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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis scares me - all the states that allow "religious freedom.."
Let's hope that discrimination against certain groups does not fall into this category.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)The "certain group" that is discriminated against involves 50% of the adult population.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)abused by these states by the way they vote. Are they that subservient?
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Look, let's be clear: it is NOT up to women alone to fight these laws. All of us should (and hopefully do) work against institutional forms of racism and homophobia, not just racial minorities and gay people. We'd never succeed in fighting such laws if we left it up to these groups alone.
Similarly, it's up to everybody--not just women in their reproductive years--to oppose laws that discriminate against women.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)not. It's all about repression of many groups. And often I think there is a lot of commonality in the suppressors across many groups, that often it's the same people. If one loves to suppress people in one area, I bet they like to do the same in other areas too. We should ALL be fighting those working hard to suppress people!
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)I'm curious what exactly this means.
Bryant
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)gave difficulties with fairness and equality for all.
B2G
(9,766 posts)passed Congress with only 3 dissenting votes.
And:
"The Religious Freedom Restoration Act applies to all religions, but is most pertinent to Native American religions that are burdened by increasing expansion of government projects onto sacred land. In Native American religion the land they worship on is very important. Often the particular ceremonies can only take place in certain locations because these locations have special significance.[5] This, along with peyote use are the main parts of Native American religions that are often left unprotected."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Act
rug
(82,333 posts)That's as it should be.
Don't let the assholes reframe the argument.
B2G
(9,766 posts)How much of their land have they lost to Fedco over the years? Wasn't a critical component of their religious ceremonies banned...peyote?
The RFRA has righted that.
rug
(82,333 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)type 'religious freedom to discriminate laws'.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)That map and statement should be grain of salt time unless one is a Chuck Colson Christian.