DUmmy, in desperation to find fault, has forgotten how to use dictionary.

[dane]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024734657

stopbush (12,210 posts)

Where Does It Say In The Constitution That Religious Beliefs Are To Be Respected?

 Or any other beliefs, for that matter?

Last I looked, the First Amendment states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." How does that equate to having respect for the beliefs themselves? In this instance, 'respecting' doesn't mean what you seem to think it means.
 
We're also entitled to our own political beliefs, but nobody would say that a Democrat needs to "respect" the political beliefs of, say, a tea partier.
 
Respect their right to hold such beliefs, sure. Respect the beliefs themselves, not so much.
 
So why would anyone think that people need to respect religious beliefs?

BTW - I don't think this is a semantic discussion.

re·spect·ing  /riˈspektiNG/  preposition  dated, (For the DUmmy, this means it is a really old usage, as in the period when constitutions and stuff were being written) formal

preposition: respecting

1. with reference or regard to.

"he began to have serious worries respecting his car" You see what they did here, DUmmy?  It means 'about his car', 'concerning his car', nothing to do with 'respect' for the actual car or the imagined beliefs if it had human characteristics

Why do the DUmmies continue to think they are not DUmmies?

[Carl]

I know all about Godwins law but they really do have the same mindset as the German population of the 30s.

[Dori]

1. with reference or regard to.

"he began to have serious worries respecting his car"

Responding in the literal sense can be a symptom of a mental disorder.

#1 "My best friend stabbed me in the back"

Dummy "didn't that hurt?

#2 "What brought you to see me?"

Dummy "My car"