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Excluding Religion Excludes More Than Religion, Richard Stith Jan 2008

Excluding Religion Excludes More Than Religion, Richard Stith

Law Faculty Publications

This Article contends that excluding apparently religious perspectives from public debate may inadvertently exclude non-religious perspectives as well, consequently impoverishing public discussion. This contention is demonstrated through an examination of the current debate over embryonic stem cell research, in which the pro-life position is often declared unacceptably religious. The truth is that those who envision the unborn as under construction in the womb do not find a human being present when gestation has just begun, while those who understand the unborn to be developing see an identity of being from conception. But neither view is based on religion. To disqualify …


Why The Taint To Religion?: The Interplay Of Chance And Reason, Richard Stith Jan 1993

Why The Taint To Religion?: The Interplay Of Chance And Reason, Richard Stith

Law Faculty Publications

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