@hominid …so ignore the constitution and unnecessarily alienate a bunch of citizens!
Well….the Declaration of Independence says:
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Ouch, I did not hear Buddha, Confucius, Zen, Baal, Zeus, or any of those guys mentioned.
Furthermore:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Curious….still no mention of Buddha, Confucius, Zen, Baal, Zeus, or any of those guys….
While we are at it, the Bill of Rights state:
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Taking it as written the government may it create any or crate laws specifically for any particular religion, but it did not say the government was forbidden from using any religious tenet in deciding law. There is some ignoring of the Constitution alright, but you may be surprised by whom.