Pros And Cons Of Religiously Motived Laws

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I personal do not have a strong religious back ground , nor do I always agree with religiously motived laws, however, from what I understand is that, religiously motived laws can be pass. I would personally tend to lean towards the side of majority rules. The freedom for religion forbids the government in interfering in the person right to practice religion and the separation of church and state forbid the government in acknowledging one religion over the next. The Mill’s harm principle, simple states that, the only action that can be prevented are those that cause harm to others. This can be applied to why some religious freedom is accepted and others have been banned. Van Camp has provided an example of; Mormons claimed that having more