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Yes, it is also illegal for Atheists to pass laws enforcing their
views, e. g. "You MUST buy alcohol."

Laws CANNOT be passed on MORAL grounds, because MORALITY is specific
for one particular religion.

For instance,

(1) Murder is NOT illegal because it is IMMORAL, but because it violates
the Constitional Rights of the victim.

(2) Rape is illegal because it violates the rights of the victim, not because
we think "it is wrong."

(3) Smoking is banned in public places because it violates the rights of those
who are in the same room, and it has been demonstrated that smoke causes
disease: i. e. You smoke around me, and you are violating my right to
good health.

(4) Robbery is illegal becuase it violates your right to liberty and freedom
from siezure.

So, therefore, which one of your Constitutional Rights am I violating
when I sell liquor on a Sunday? This is an important question that
any resonable response to this must address.

Unless you can show me how the sale of liquor on a Sunday violates
the US Constitution, there is no legal ground to stand on.

However, I can show you how MY rights are violated. 

If YOU prevent ME from doing something I want, it is ILLEGAL unless
what I want to do violates the rights of others.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY CLEAR.

We do not live in England, which supports a state religion.

We live in America, a country who's existence is based on the fact that it is
illegal to make laws enforcing anyone's morality.

Christianity is no more a state religion than French is the offical
language of Georgia.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY ILLEGAL TO PASS A LAW THAT ENFORCES A MORAL VIEW.

Just because murder is illegal, and it is viewed by some to be immoral,
IS COINCIDENCE.


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