we're currently watching leah remini's series about scientology and the main thing she seems to focus on is the shunning policies of the scientology organization which let's face it are very similar to jw procedure.. i was wondering with all that's in the media recently about bullying could a petition be put together to get the goverment to consider making religiously mandated shunning illegal?
has such a thing been tried before?.
https://petition.parliament.uk/help says the following - .
Freedom from religion is another form of freedom of association (you get to choose you associate with and who you don't associate with). I find it odd that some are saying we need to legislate against freedom of association so that we can have freedom of association.
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i'm all for religious freedoms.
i am not for a religious organization demanding freedoms from the government that they in turn take away from their own members.
why should the organization get religious freedom when they take that very thing away from it's members?.
What other institutions do is irrelevant. The religion is a group of people exercising their right to associate with whomever they choose. Each of us has that same right. In order for you to feel truely free, you trample the freedoms of others.
Shunning, especially family members, is for assholes. But being an asshole isn't a human rights violation.
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i'm all for religious freedoms.
i am not for a religious organization demanding freedoms from the government that they in turn take away from their own members.
why should the organization get religious freedom when they take that very thing away from it's members?.
I disagree. There are no human rights violations here.
You are free to leave (exercise your freedom of association), and so are they. Freedom for everyone!
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so now you can share spiritual things with df ones.
Sounds legit....
this you will never see on the mainstream media.
before you comment watch the whole video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqaigeqxqgi.
this you will never see on the mainstream media.
before you comment watch the whole video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqaigeqxqgi.
I have said on a few threads : "The only good Muslim is a bad Muslim."
I like good Muslims.
Islam desperately needs a "Jesus" figure - someone to come in and sweep away Mohammad and his "excellent example of conduct" that includes just about every act the West holds in contempt.
The reform needs to comes from Muslims. It can't be done by Christians or Jews or Hindus or atheists.
The reform will be bloody. It will take decades if not hundreds of years to sweep away the religious jurisprudence built up around the current mythology.
In the mean time, I would like to not have my culture undermined.
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It violates freedom of choice ...
How? I don't think it does. You can choose to leave at any time. They can choose to leave you at any time. Seems like everyone has lots of choices here.
in regards to human rights of freedom of religion ...
How? You can leave. I left.
and sexual identity to name a few.
This one confused me.
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all that talk about hillary clinton's unsecured e-mails?
read the following:.
"deagazio posted additional photos from the weekend, including one of his dining companions kissing trump on the cheek, a selfie with white house strategist steve bannon and another selfie identifying a man named rick who he says is responsible for carrying the nuclear “football,” which allows the president to authorize a nuclear attack while away from the white house.. "“this is rick,” wrote deagazio.
@bohm: I read through the observer link article. I gave up halfway. Just claims that Trump is falling apart, he is completely incompetent, the government is turning against him.... bla bla bla. Same old stuff that has been said since he first announced his candidacy.
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just saw this commercial and was very impressed.
hoping more companies start doing the same.
most of us are immigrants.
Arguments that Trump does not need to show his tax returns are in my opinion quite ridiculous. It is well-known he owns hundreds of millions to hostile governments as well as nearly 100 limited liability companies. What are these companies doing? Who exactly has financial power over Trump? Nobody knows...
I asked TurboTax support which tax form to file in order to report details about money owed to hostile governments. Schedule-BS.. or something like that...
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just saw this commercial and was very impressed.
hoping more companies start doing the same.
most of us are immigrants.
@bohm: yes .. free speech means you can use whatever terms you want. But note: nobody was trying to jail anyone for using "racism" for "nationality". However, it is anyone's right to point out it is an attempt to obfuscate.
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