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Should religious/moral considerations EVER outweight constitutional concerns?

I've been given this question to answer as an out of school assignment. And quite honestly; I'm a bit stuck.

This is a homework assignment. I have to take the pro/con side of this issue support all of my claims with evidence/facts.

Absolutely Not. The Constitution, which is partially composed of the Bill of Rights grants individual's certain rights that the government, the majority, or religious cannot take away.

We live in a Constitutional Republic structured as a representative democracy. We do NOT live in a theocracy. If people would like to live by biblical law, then I would suggest that they move to Iran where they live under a theocracy.

All constitutional concerns should be based on religious/moral considerations. We have moved so far from our foundations, we can't even see it anymore.

The Declaration of Independence talked about Natural Law. That is law that comes from God. He's at the top of the heap. Next comes man. Then the constitution. Then the branches of government. Then laws. And finally, corporations.

Read the groundbreaking Supreme County Case Yick Wo v Hopkins 118 US 356 for all the details.

Government on democratic principles requires that the people be moral. Where there are areas in which government should have no legitimate function at all, otherwise all political considerations should be filtered through your religious/moral filter, or else you're just voting self-interest.

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