Originally Posted by NW Ponderer
I'm going to focus on just this part of your response:[quote=Senator Hatrack]The separation of church and state should not be a current issue. That was resolved by the First Amendment. There is and always will be income inequality. It exists because what some people do has more value than what others do. Should the income of the Rolling Stones be equal to that of person working at their first job? Hell no it shouldn't! The efforts to make everyone's income equal can only be successful if everyone is equally poor. To achieve that is to take away the incentive to improve your life. To get rid of income inequality is part of the social justice reform. Therefore it is a bad idea.


Originally Posted by NW Ponderer
A) Given the spate of separation cases recently decided that have expanded the sphere of "acceptable" interposition of religious beliefs on others, and in contravention of generally applicable laws, I'm not sure that assertion is currently accurate.
Those cases, I believe, are based on a Supreme Court decision that misinterpreted what the is a governmental support of religion. Since I don't know which cases you are talking about that is why I said "I believe" they are based on an cases about Christmas decorations on city property.

Originally Posted by NW Ponderer
B) Not putting words into your keyboard, but is it your contention that only talent determines economic outcome? Factors like, say family wealth, race, and luck don't play a role? I'm genuinely interested in your take. Expect pushback.

The factors you mentioned do have an effect om how much money somebody might make. There are a lot of very talented musicians who will never make anywhere near what the Rolling Stones do. However, to try to eliminate those factors to make everyone's income equal is not possible.
Originally Posted by NW Ponderer
C) Does society, generally, and government specifically, have an interest or responsibility to ensure justice is administered fairly?
Yes, government does have both an interest and responsibility to administer justice fairly. The problem is that our justice system is operated by human beings. To expect human beings to completely set aside their biases when called upon by our government to administer justice.

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