Comments on: You don’t get to ignore the law just because you believe in a particular god https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/08/you-dont-get-to-ignore-the-law-just-because-you-believe-in-a-particular-god/ Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:47:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: jogging stroller for toddlers https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/08/you-dont-get-to-ignore-the-law-just-because-you-believe-in-a-particular-god/#comment-12629 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:47:49 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=721#comment-12629 jogging stroller for toddlers…

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]]> By: Aliasalpha https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/08/you-dont-get-to-ignore-the-law-just-because-you-believe-in-a-particular-god/#comment-12628 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:49:08 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=721#comment-12628 I think we should to invent a new god any time we feel like breaking a law that inconveniences us.

Whats that I say, I’m in the mood to listen to music? Well its a good thing I’m a devout follower of MusoInfringo, god of illegally downloading MP3s

Whats that I say? I fancy something to eat but haven’t got any money? Well isn’t it lucky I know the one true truth of DinaDasher, the goddess of eating what you can and then running away before getting the bill

Whats that I say? I’m in the mood for hateful unquestionable tax exempt authoritarian abuse of women, homosexuals and people who disagree with me or are just a little bit too different? Oh wait, there’s already gods for that…

]]> By: Trebuchet https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/08/you-dont-get-to-ignore-the-law-just-because-you-believe-in-a-particular-god/#comment-12627 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 00:23:22 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=721#comment-12627 Reminiscent of the Washington Sate Patrol officer, 20 years or so ago, who stopped a car for speeding. The driver, suffering from idiotic honesty, explained they were late for an appointment at the abortion clinic for his pregnant girlfriend.

The fundy trooper then ordered him to follow him to a “crisis pregnancy center”, where they were harangued for a couple of hours before being allowed to leave.

The couple complained, the trooper was disciplined. He then filed suit against the state for violating his freedom of religion. That, I’m happy to say, went exactly nowhere.

Why is it so hard for these people to understand that their freedom of religion stops when acting as an agent of the state?

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