re: Are corporations people?

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You were clearly separating "optional" religious beliefs with "required" religious beliefs, all to be defined by government.

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The other poster was referring to a different example, of a group of 90 students in Colorado singing religious songs and what have you. And for a while the school felt it was fine, until it got that big.

BUT I also said if the school was going to allow that then they would have to allow it for any other religion.

Since he was trying to use that as evidence of Christian banning, in comparison of the Texas school. So yes, in that case, I thought Texas allowing a required prayer of indivdual students was a more reasonable accommodation than a school in Colorado having concerns about a group of near 100 students singing religious songs and having religious discussions as an organized entity.

No, I recall you deeming the Catholic crucifix as optional and the Muslim prayer as mandatory. As in, favoring a court ruling to that effect.

I sure noticed a lot of optional Muslim prayer rugs in that room. Why not a Catholic crucifix?

I don't remember it quite like that. You did say "bring the crucifix," but you never answered about hanging it on a wall (such as an already established coat hook) or who would go first with their prayers out loud.

You were very adamant that Muslims prayers out loud were mandatory and that Christian prayers were optional to be said to oneself, therefore the Christians should keep to themselves.

Let's get back to the peyote ruling as applied to religious individuals and corporations. Personal use was deemed fine with bona fide religious practices.

How are you automatically extending that to corporate drug trafficking, which is not personal use?

Were the religious peyote users allowed to sell drugs to non-believers? Come on, man.

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You purport to be a man of the law but decide at that point to "let them decide it among themselves."

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Yeah. It's called being an adult; good leave by experience. .

You said they could only have one room for 30 minutes, no exception variation. So they can figure out how to coexist in that time, or tough luck.

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The Muslims would threaten everyone and demand appeasement and total accommodation.

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Maybe, but I don't know. I know of plenty examples of that occurring, but of course, it's not newsworthy if it doesn't occur. But if they can't handle it, and given the constraints you set forth, then that's their problem.

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Yes or no

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Do you really want the government deciding what is a legitimate religion and what exceptions should therefore be allowed?

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You should have thought about this before government was allowed to participate in healthcare.

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So the corporation has limited liability?

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It has limited everything. Commerce is a human construct (unless you count when chimps pimp other chimps); any right a business has is a right we gave to it and, therefore, can erase.