teamosil
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This entirely depends on definitions of harm and the role of government and all that sort of thing. You even make the claim that it not okay or acceptable to force their morality on others, which is ironic since these terms like okay and acceptable must be moralistic. I'm not saying you are completely wrong, I'm must saying you have to argue your position and not assume it.
The bottom line is somebody can't use their personal religious beliefs to excuse bigotry because what is going on in their heads isn't relevant, it's how they act that matters. So a rationalization based on their own internal beliefs doesn't buy them anything. I don't care if they're Christian, Muslim, atheist, whatever, the same standard applies to them.