Thanks, Judy. The enforcement I’m against is reflected in the Supreme Court ruling that supported allowing Christian prayer to be a requirement for the athletes on the team in question, regardless of their own beliefs. It was clearly presented that the kids didn’t have a choice to decline participation in the coach’s required Christian prayer. Yes, the coach has the right of freedom of religion, but so do the athletes. Forcing his religious views and prayers on others is not right.

I agree with you that peaceful, positive solutions can often be found in most cases, but that is dependent on honoring everyone and their beliefs equally, without favoring any group. Whether the issue is abortion, religion, marriage, sexual activity, division of church and state, the Constitution, or Supreme Court rulings, people should have the right to make personal choices, and the government should have no part in making personal decisions. I think that was the point of the Constitution. It’s unreasonable, in my opinion, to base rulings on what was specifically covered when it concerns things that were not applicable at that time, such as abortion, weapons of mass murder, abortion, contraception, etc. If we followed the example set by the founding Americans, slavery would still be legal. Times have changed, and that has to be taken into consideration when determining the letter of the law. The overarching idea behind the Constitution was to ensure that personal rights be respected, regardless of religion or political agendas, and government control over personal rights should be limited. That is not reflected in the recent findings of SCOTUS, and I think the religious as well as political agendas and overtones are obvious.

I’m all for striving to be more Godlike, as you mentioned, but that’s with the knowledge that God doesn’t favor a particular religion or group. God loves everyone and values everyone equally. Infringing on personal rights is not reflective of that and it’s not reflected in the recent findings by SCOTUS, regardless of legal interpretation. Thanks for talking to me and for respectfully sharing your views. Whether we agree or not doesn’t matter as long as we recognize that we’re entitled to our own opinions. Blessings to you.