Do you posit, or is it your position that secular law in force in this country or any western country specifically allows one to force another to accept the tenets of any faith, religion or superstition (a distinction without a difference)? If that is not your position, we agree and can stop wasting bandwidth on an undergraduate-style philosophical discussion. Deconstruction of words is a clear waste of time.
Before the referee blows the whistle, I hope it is clear from my last post that such is not my position, including of course your 'distinction without a difference'.
AWIAI, since this is a Conservative website*, to imply that the freedoms with which this Nation has been blessed and which are presently being stolen from us are the result of superstition is a demeaning absurdity reminiscent of Obama and his ilk.
Maybe you are not of Obama ilk, but when the foundation is being continually undermined the whole structure will eventually collapse.
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Cordially,