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Poll: Are you for or against the separation of church and state?
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Are you for or against the separation of church and state?
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RE: Are you for or against the separation of church and state?
(April 14, 2013 at 5:26 pm)ebg Wrote: Can you please give me the definition of "rational". And how do I know that a. "Persons" rational decision for gay marriage (in the context of happy, or sexual orintation) wasn't influence by say the religion of christianity, or ancestory worship, or nature worship, or confucianism?

Ok fine, Rational:based on or in accordance with reason or logic.
able to think clearly, sensibly, and logically
endowed with the capacity to reason Source:http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/
Logic:reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity.
There will always be an influence of an belief but as long as that decision has validating evidence outside of their religion, it can be considered rational.
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RE: Are you for or against the separation of church and state? - by Atheist(KM) - April 14, 2013 at 5:32 pm

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