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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Religion and Public Choice?
Ten Commandments | Posted by William Marshall at 10:29 AM
As Doug suggested yesterday, one of the practical results of these
decisions is that they will force politicians to conceal their
motivations (if they want their displays of religoius symbols upheld.)
This strikes me as a very good thing. Although I have no doubt that the societal divisions these cases represent are real and deep, there is also no doubt that these divisions have been exacerbated by politicians seeking to exploit them for political gain. True, as Eugene notes, the decisions themselves can be divisive; but isn't there a difference when the division is caused by a court seeking to resolve a controversy rather than by a politican seeking to exploit one? That said, I certianly agree with Burt and Ann that these cases are trivial and cause more harm than they solve. My only concern about that, however, is that, left unchecked, politicans will continue to push the envelope in order to get the political benefits that they percieve in being seen as advancing religion against a hostile secularism.
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