# Does religion have a place in public debate?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 29, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-religion-have-a-place-in-public-debate/834709 "2019-05-29T15:02:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-religion-have-a-place-in-public-debate/834709/152 "2019-05-31T02:09:34Z")

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> [@Max\_S](#):
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> Yeah. But I guess I’m using a weird definition of “religious”:

Ah. That might explain something I’ve been puzzling over: I’ve been confused as to why you say you’re not religious but you also say things like this:

> [@"Pro-lifers want to control women's bodies" - Okay, but........why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-lifers-want-to-control-womens-bodies-okay-but-why/834330/282):
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> (sinful women are better than dead sinful women and dead innocent babies).

> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#):
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> That’s not good time management.

Indeed.

I suspect that my continuing on in this thread is also not good time management.

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