Nihil est verum

In an evolution's theory on creation man evolved from other species which evolved from other species and so on and so forth... From a scientific view on creation life started in oceans and expanded to land, so lets go back billions of years to just before lifeforms were about to expand to land. Now lets assume there is an Anthropologist in this prehistoric time period who records various cultures creation myths.... he/she is on land and looks for any life on land but fails to find it, but sees what he/she perceives to be a blob in the water so he/she swims to this blob to see if the blob can convey it's cultures creation myth. The anthropologist begins to question this creature the first question being what their cultures creation myth is and the blob says there is no such creation myth, what he knows as creation is fact, the anthropologist says oh yes of course please tell me about it. The blob tells the anthropologist of the colliding planets and the development of single ce...

I think America is. While perhaps an individual might feel their religion is being "spat upon" by the idea, that individual must remember their beliefs do not reflect every persons. What if someone's religion said that only gay people should be married while straight people must settle for civil unions? Society certainly would not allow that religion some/any sway with established law, but when gay marriage comes up Christianity seems to have this sway. While Christianity is a completely valid belief system which I respect immensely (and am often envious of due to the spiritual fulfillment practicing Christians seem to enjoy), the first amendment guarantees the right to freedom of religion and the establishment clause says the government can not make a law aiding the establishment (or the disestablishment) of any religion, which would include establishing a law against homosexuals. I understand the counterargument to this, "church's should not be forced to marry ...