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Religious Freedom?? We need a new term. [View all]
Once again, we let them control the language. Let's take it back and start calling it what it is.
I am specifically talking about the legislation that appears to be sweeping this country under the banner of "religious liberty".
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Religious privilege | |
3 (43%) |
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Religious indulgence | |
0 (0%) |
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Religious profligacy | |
0 (0%) |
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Religious unrestraint | |
0 (0%) |
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Religious recklessness | |
0 (0%) |
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Religious free rein | |
0 (0%) |
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Religious rampancy | |
0 (0%) |
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Religious discrimination | |
1 (14%) |
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Other | |
3 (43%) |
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I'm not a fan of lumping. Call people assholes if they are assholes, and call people
MADem
Mar 2015
#4
Huh? People at the Unitarian Universalist church "believe" but they don't "hate."
MADem
Mar 2015
#14
I don't presume to speak for them but I had a cousin who was active in that church and
MADem
Mar 2015
#35
Well, they came out in droves for my cousin's funeral, from all walks of life, all circumstances,
MADem
Mar 2015
#38
Your OP didn't include that reference point--it appeared generic, so I took it that way.
MADem
Mar 2015
#10
I like that as well because it can be applied to other areas besides these laws.
cbayer
Mar 2015
#25
Telling children that non-believers are going to hell is threatening nobody
Starboard Tack
Mar 2015
#54
I chose "Religious Discrimination" at first, but that smacked of martyrdom, so I changed my vote
BlueCaliDem
Mar 2015
#56