1. Yes, it is a right everyone should have, you'll notice I didn't say that we had to purge Islam. I said it was an option. I want to push for human rights, just like you do. The only difference I see in how we feel is that you're opposed to purging Islam, whereas I'm willing to leave that on the table. Of course I would rather have us not have to do that and have the people and religion modernize without the Wests interference, but if that's not possible, I personally feel like we have to step in. Again, that doesn't even mean war or invasions or something, it could just mean sanctions until they improve the intense oppression of their people.

I respect people's right to choose their religion, but I also can't ignore their government forcing that religion upon them. That violates that same right, does it not? They're not free to worship whatever religion they want, if any at all, because their state demands they worship. No matter which route we go in the short term that right will be violated, whether it be by us or by them.

2. I don't really see the problem as the UN doing nothing. While that can be the case, that does not justify voting in the fashion that the US did. I understand that you and I don't know why they voted that way (there are some options, like it's bad for business) but I still would say it's our governments job to explain why. It makes me lowkey angry that we don't question why our government does what it does; we should be demanding answers for stuff like that... I would love to hear that there were caveats and that we still think human rights are dear to American foreign policy. But right now we are kinda trapped in a gray area when it comes to them, sadly.

Here's a question on what you mean by equality; Do you mean like an Egalitarian stance?

3/4. That's the money question, really. How can we possibly improve on that system? The system I mentioned in a theoretical sense would be very difficult to implement... it would require us, as in our population, to become a lot more interested in politics and policy. I don't think it's anywhere close to impossible, but right now it isn't something that I think we can pull off. Yes, I would imagine we would have a nationwide vote on those issues. Creating a system like that would be a massive undertaking, I can definitely imagine ways it would be done, but nothing that would be called practical. But if it was up to me, which it obviously is not, I would be doing something like that. What if, instead of that system, we did a system where the people could call for a vote if they disagreed with the Supreme Court? (Or is that possible now?). Once again, I'm unsure how we would decide which to vote on though. Just thought experiments more than anything, the systems aren't changing anytime soon. Not like we even get to vote on that sort of thing.

I think we could drastically increase voter turnout by placing voting days in holidays... like Veteran's Day. We could also impose a tax credit or fine for not voting (yes, there is a precedent to this. Australia does this and has a very high voter turnout). That could help solve those issues, right?

Also, you can't say that the SCOTUS have nothing to lose... Well, you're right, but they have a lot to gain by rulings. I'm not sure if you believe that they can be bribed, but assuming they can be imagine what could be gained by voting certain ways on gun ownership bills or religious bills?

5. Yeah, I realize this, I was merely bringing up that we suffer from those issues. But you can do your best to try and mitigate how religion impacts politics.