There's a problem, Robert...

Submitted by J.S. (Canada), Oct 11, 2006 at 23:02

Suppose you go to a drug store, hoping to have your prescription filled. But there's a religious fundamentalist at the counter... Suppose you're an unmarried woman who wants birth control pills...Or supose you need anti-AIDS medications...Just consider these possiblities. If the fundies ruled the world, just think of the consequences for a secular society...it could be worse than the Prohibition era of the 1930s. (I suspect there would also be underground facilities to provide the "service" at a cost -- thus introducing all sorts of corruption into society...) When considering what's good for society, typically one asks oneself: "What would happen if everyone acted this way?"

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