Reply #30: Put the courts aside for a moment. [View All]

[Cleita]

The real problem with our system is that we need a parlaimentary system where all factions get a voice. This way religious ideas would have a voice too, but they would be restrained from trying to take over. The idea behind a parlaimentary system is that in order to pass legislation, parties have to form coalitions with other groups to get through legislation that represents the majority.

Our system has lead to a one party system it seems that smacks of totalitarianism and dictatorship no different from the Soviet Union. The big difference was that the Marxists persecuted religion. In our new system religion is dangerously close to persecuting atheists and all other religions that don't agree with their narrow interpretation of the Bible.

Put aside the abortion issue, I am more upset about the creationism or intelligent design making it into our children's science classes. Where are we going to get our next generation of doctors, chemists, physicists etc., if they are not schooled in the basic sciences when it counts? When a kid reaches university age, who has been taught this nonsense, they have a lot of catching up to do.