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Tony Perkins ["It Is About Religious Belief," op-ed, May 14] thinks that "just about any religious person" would agree "that the Bible is an 'absolute authority' for human conduct."
I guess Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Bahais, Sikhs, Jains, Rastafarians and Taoists aren't religious, and Jews are only partly religious because they accept only part of the Bible. Mormons also fail the test, because they hold another scripture equal to the Bible. Christians for whom the Bible is less than "absolute" must not be religious either; perhaps they have doubts about Deuteronomy 21:18-21, which decrees that parents should have their disobedient sons stoned to death.
Mr. Perkins has the right to believe in the "absolute authority" of the Bible, but he has no right to suggest that folks who don't share his belief in the "absolute authority" of the Bible are even a smidgen less religious than folks who do.
WILLIAM C. LANE
Woodstock, Va.
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Though it is obviously not his intention, Tony Perkins made a compelling case for opposing certain judicial nominees because of their "deeply held personal beliefs."
How could anyone for whom abortion is " 'an abomination' " rule fairly on Roe v. Wade cases? To believe that homosexuality is a sin and to ignore the scientific evidence that it is an inborn genetic trait should disqualify the person holding such a belief from rendering judgments in cases involving gay rights. If the Bible is "an 'absolute authority' for human conduct," why pay any attention to the Constitution?
PAUL CHODOFF
Bethesda
