Religious freedom

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Sy_Noe said:
Does this include people whose faith allows women a legal right to an abortion in at least some cases? Right now Catholic women and others can choose to follow the dictates of their faith and not abort. And women whose faiths allow at least some degree of choice, can follow the dictates of their faith communities. But make abortion illegal and a whole lot of women of faith lose their liberty to follow their faiths.
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I’m sorry, but that is a complete load of nonsense. 😦
 
Sy_Noe said:
Does this include people whose faith allows women a legal right to an abortion in at least some cases? Right now Catholic women and others can choose to follow the dictates of their faith and not abort. And women whose faiths allow at least some degree of choice, can follow the dictates of their faith communities. But make abortion illegal and a whole lot of women of faith lose their liberty to follow their faiths. The same goes for marriage equality. Right now the Catholic Church and other faith communities do not have to perform a marriage ceremony for a monogamous loving same gender couple. But if for instance the UCC, TEC, PCUSA, ELCA, and UU faith communities wish to, they can.
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Which faiths allow murder?
 
IMHO, my country has gone a little nuts w.r.t. the playing of the you’re-violating-my-religious-liberty card.

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It might be worth exploring the concept that a totally secular government is not a necessity to having religious freedom. Believe it or not, there are countless examples in the Middle Ages of Christian societies promoting and enforcing religious freedom. As a matter of fact, the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem after the First Crusade is a good example. Obviously it was a formally Christian government that was even at war with formally Muslim nations. Yet, Muslims were able to freely live and worship in that city.
 
Peter_J said:
IMHO, my country has gone a little nuts w.r.t. the playing of the you’re-violating-my-religious-liberty card.

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Mine too ( I live in Virginia, the United States of America, with a Baptist church on every corner and a Methodist church right across the street from the Baptist). 🤷
 
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