Should there be a constitutional amendment banning the burning of all religious literature?

[Better Believe It]

Including of courss the Bible and Koran.

[Better Believe It]

1. A big NO!

[Ohio Joe]

2. Other

Fuck No.

[Demeter]

3. I'd rather ban the literature

[Better Believe It]

7. And a big no to banning religious literature. How would you enforce the ban?

Jail and fine people who have such material in their possession or who print it and destroy the literature by some method other than burning?

[Demeter]

9. I figure like any other literary ban, It would ensure that maximum exposure

which would put an end to the twisting, manipulative preachers bamboozling the flocks....when every one was reading the "banned in Boston" material for themselves, and arguing interpretations.

[laconicsax]

4. Would that include The DaVinci code?

[Codeine]

5. Jesus fuckin' Christ no.

My 1st Amendment rights don't go away because some assnugget is apt to lose his or her shit over the fate of a book, be it the Bible, the Quran, or Harry Friggin' Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

The Heckler's Veto can suck my dick.

[sabrina 1]

10. All your other constitutional rights have gone away

because some assnugget, we are told anyhow, is likely to try and kill us. We have to let the government listen in on our phones, read emails etc, submit to groping by strangers, no 4th Amendment rights anymore there, no 5th either to protect against self incrimination. We have the Patriot Act, the MCA, no Habeas Corpus. What rights do we have left?

We can burn a book! Yay!

I'd like the rest of my rights back. But there isn't much outrage over them being gone. In fact a lot of people think we need to give them up, for safety.

[snagglepuss]

13. There would never have been any constitutional rights had not brave

souls during the Enlightenment undermined religious authority. The right to disrespect symbols of religion is not an insignificant right. The fanatical filth who have just beheaded people are no different from the fanatical filth who waged the Inquisition. The very concept of rights came as a result of people confronting the idiocy of religious fanaticism, not tiptoeing around it.

[sabrina 1]

19. There is plenty of fanatical filth in this country. Some of it

was just manifested in Afghanistan by the 'Kill Team' slaughters. What religion were they representative of?

He is perfectly free to denigrate religion, he is not free to place the lives of others in danger as he was warned he would be doing if he went ahead with his stupid stunt.

If people are not forcing their religion on anyone, why is there a need to 'confront' them? Just for the hell of it? To satisfy some sick, irrational hatred for anything or anyone different? The world has seen that kind thing before.

In fact, what Jones is doing is attempting to force his beliefs on the rest of us. Muslims were not bothering him. He is the agressor here, the initiator of the violence. I think the FFs are rolling over in their graves to see the way their ideas are being so abused by religious fanatics like Jones.

[liberal N proud]

6. NO

We can't.
But here is an idea I had on the other poll: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=804948&mesg_id=804996

[OutNow]

8. NO

No, but I'd be in favor of a constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights for women.

Now doesn't your proposal sound silly comparatively speaking?

[rzemanfl]

11. How about everyone just keeps their religion to themselves?

I would love to see the President of the United States not end a speech with that god bless stuff.

[madrchsod]

12. can we stack all three books and burn them?

just kidding....from what i gather christ could give a shit less about burning scrolls.....

[Loge23]

14. No. You can't legislate stupidity. (eom)

[Iggo]

15. Good gawd, NO!!!

Worse than the flag-worshippers, I tell ya.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. no, i am also going to venture to say, that the koran burning is a catalyst

for the violence in afghanistan now. not the only reason. i suspect there was a lot of anger at the us, poverty, despair and sociopaths ready to take advantage of embittered people. this eventually lead to the violence.

i wouldnt necessarily say this was a causal relationship. the world is more complex than our media and media narratives have us believe

[Runework]

17. Question for the 3 geniuses who voted yes

would that cover Scientology's books? Ufo cult manifestos?

[Festivito]

18. You should be able to burn at least -- your own.

It should not be illegal to burn another's religious text. But, we do have the right to rewrite rights.