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From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion
Subject: Re: The Bible and the Constitution
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Date: Sun, 10-Jul-83 06:47:12 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 10 06:47:12 1983
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Pamela Troy writes:

(2) As a member of the Georgian Church of Wicca, a pagan group, would
    I be able to practice my religion without worrying about losing my
    job, my home, or my children?

*DONT* move to Ontario if you are not a Christian and are under 13 and
expect equality under the law. Be careful where you live in the States
as well; a Judge friend of mine says that the laws are the same in several
American States. He is on vacation right now, or I would phone him and ask
him to tell me which ones he knows about.

You may have to worry about more than your job and your home. (If you
are under 13 I assume that you wont have children). The Ontario Law
has virtually declared "open-season" on non-Christian children, unless
they are willing to perjure themselves.

Here is the scandelous piece of legislation. If you or I were asked to
testify in a court of law we would be given the choice of "Swearing on
the Bible" or Clearly stating the we were going to tell the Truth. If
you are a child under thirteen, you do not have this option. You must
swear on the Bible. In addition, you must pass a test which makes it clear
that you know that you will go to HELL if you tell a lie. You will
get examined on this at court, and often cross-examined as well. This
is the law in Ontario. If you do not pass this criteria, then the charges
are dropped.

In effect this says that if you are a child, an atheist, or a pagan, or
even a Christian who believes that God will forgive you if you are truly 
sorry for your sins then you are not able to prosecute people who rape
you, assualt you, or even those you witness stealing property from yourself
or others, without perjuring yourself.

Laura Creighton
utzoo!utcsstat!laura

ps to send mail to unc I am using "utcsrgv!cornell!unc" as a path. 
so far, I havent received any mail back from anyone at unc. Is this
still a valid path?

Laura