Posted on 10/12/2009 8:02:46 PM PDT by Walter Scott Hudson
Minneapolis firefighter and paramedic John Ackerman joins Fightin Words to discuss recent cases where parents faced homicide charges for turning to religion as medicine rather than modern science. What are the proper bounds of parental authority? How much religious freedom is too much? Who gets to decide, and where do they derive their authority? Part one of a two part interview, to be continued next week.
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Religion is allowed everywhere... except in public schools, where you might offend someone, where you might be seen/heard in public.
Ok, religion is allowed only in church, and once you step outside of it it ceases to mean anything. [/sarc][/cynic]
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