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There Should Not Be “Religious Exemptions” To Laws (www.currentaffairs.org)

submitted 1 year ago by OneRedFox@beehaw.org to c/socialism@beehaw.org

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If a law should apply, it should apply regardless of how people feel about following it. If the law infringes on liberty, it should be repealed.

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[–] reverendsteveii@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

"Religious exemptions" are just conservatives doing exactly what conservatives do: setting up one set of laws for one class of citizens and another set of laws for everyone else. Try denying two Christians their marriage certificate in the name of Lord Satan, or refusing to make a cake for Christians because you don't believe in Christianity, or any number of the other freedoms they've claimed for themselves. Not only will you not be offered the same rights the Christians have, but when they get violent you'll be told you brought it on yourself.