The problem is that laws on paper have little to do with the conduct of
either the people or the voters if they are not understood. Not only do
we need to teach civic in schools, we also need to constantly demonstrate
that it is "underlying principles that make laws work. You cannot support
freedom of speech if people believe that they have the right to do violence
against people who say what they don't like and/or wish not to hear. If
religion gets state powers, the question is which religion? Then what
does that religion do with its powers and do different religions accept
it or do they see a mortal threat because the powers of state include the
powers of life and death. So laws must be fashioned in ways that all can
agree to abide by and if not immediately then all agree to study the matter
further and abide by some intermediate law or rule until an answer can
be found that satisfies the largest majority, Anything else leads to a
path of violence which, as we know from history, tears everything down.
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