So, do I think that law and religion should ever come in contact with each other? Nope, never. They should never ever be intertwined. We talked about Islam and the laws of Islam yesterday in a class discussion. One question that came up was do we think that law and religion are the same. And I feel very strongly that law is not religion because in a society like today's where one place may have many different types races and religions, having the state follow the law of only one religion is really unfair to the rest of the society who doesn't not follow that religion.
Also, some laws that where created in the name of religion where actually made because of very specific religious things/rituals. Why should that law apply to everyone when to them it is actually a really pointless law. Like in Judaism, if you keep kosher, you can't eat pork or dairy and meat together. That is a law for them but for anyone who follows another religion, it would be pointless for them to follow that law. Especially when not all jewish people keep kosher, so it would be unfair to those people too.
I don't think its bad, though when the state takes ideas for laws from religion. As long as the laws aren't specifically catering to one religion and can apply to anyone. But in general, if laws are made from specific laws in religion, it is really unfair and I don't think that they should exist,
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