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Quran worth less than nothing in North Carolina
Geoff Rands
Issue date: 6/30/05 Section: Opinion
As things stand now, you can swear on nothing in a North Carolina courtroom, in lieu of a Bible, and it means more than if you were to, as a believer in the Muslim faith, swear on your own holy scriptures. The First Amendment of the Constitution supposedly strips government's ability to pass laws that endorse one religion over another. But there are obviously numerous religions one could wish for one's government to support which are non-Christian. What makes Christianity "better" in this country than any other religion that one may practice? Majority rules?
One problem with "majority rules" is that a great deal of belief in something makes it in no way true. The majority can always be wrong. If America truly wishes to be the melting pot it seemed so proud to be a century or more ago, we must let everyone alone to practice whatever faith they like, we must not tout one group's holy book above another group's, and most of all, we must ensure that our laws, lawyers and lawmakers are truly unbiased.
One problem with "majority rules" is that a great deal of belief in something makes it in no way true. The majority can always be wrong. If America truly wishes to be the melting pot it seemed so proud to be a century or more ago, we must let everyone alone to practice whatever faith they like, we must not tout one group's holy book above another group's, and most of all, we must ensure that our laws, lawyers and lawmakers are truly unbiased.
