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My, there's a lot of conclusion-jumping going on this afternoon.  |
No conclusion jumping imo. Asking for clarification. Perhaps the number of requests is an indication of the ambiguity of your post though.
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The follow-on question from that is, who are you (aimed at no-one in particular) to say that your personal morality should be favoured over that of someone who is comfortable to claim their morality is derived from an external, supernatural source? Again, what appears to be a libertarian argument has decidedly illiberal undertones once you examine it.
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I'm not necessarily talking about my morality, but rather about a morality that is shared by the majority of people in this country whilst not offending others. A faith-neutral morality if you like. It shouldn't be too hard to find such a set of morals I would think.
As for there being illiberal undertones to the libertarian argument. Well, yes, if someone has the right to not be subjected to another person's faith-based morals in school, than it stands to reason that this will impact on another person's ability to make those morals heard (in school). But then, as a non-religious person, I think faith should be a personal matter. You are free to adhere to your faith, but you are not free to impose it on me or my children.