that all States [including all sectors of civil society] shall take effective measures to prevent and eliminate discrimination based on religion or belief through:
ยท Actions in all fields of civil, economic, political, social, cultural life;
So the declaration applies to SOCIAL as well as ecomonic (like employment etc) life... Still, how do you legislate to prevent people being barred by religious dictate from talking to each other in a social context? Also, w hat interest does the state have in how religious comunities interact socially? It's hard enough to get anti-descrimination legislation on economic matters!
DOH!!! Haven't we just gone to war over how religious communites interact? Isn't that the main casue of war? Hate manifested through strict interpritation of religious doctrine has it's ultimate expression in murder and terrorism, and that's certainly an area of life that government's have an interest in...
My wife said somthing interesting about her (former) level of belief in the JW's a while ago. She said that if she'd been asked to do a suicide bombing for the Congo, then there's a possibility she might have. I know she's not the only one who could consider such extreme acts.
I really do beleive there that if someone chose to and succeded in misusing the congregations, that there is the potential amongst some Witnesses to commit murder and acts terrorism on behalf of the organisation.
I think it's unlikley and improbable, but not impossible - these people are trained to exercise z eal and are taught that destruction and killing are part of God's Plan - it's just the belief that god does the killing and not the people that holds them back - and that's easily subjected to secret 'New Light' for a special form of secret 'full time service'.
They've felt the need before to publish in The Watchtower that Witnesses are not to kill opposers and apostates.
Just my thoughts...
