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Old 05-11-2006, 10:35 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by lfantwister
Government and religion should be separated to begin with. You can still practice whatever religion you want but it shouldn't be imposed on you, unless you elect a religious group to lead you. If that is the people's chioce(Hamas), it ought to be respected, as long as the democratic principles are upheld ie people still get to vote and have a significant range of personal liberties.
You can't force that upon a country that has been that way for so long though. It would be like if they came over and wanted to make us a theocracy. Separation of church and state is really just a recent development in history.
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