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MellowDem

(5,018 posts) Mon Jun 30, 2014, 07:59 PM Jun 2014

Today's ruling on Hobby Lobby was religious privilege at work...

Religion, as a type of belief system or ideology, gets special privileges under US law no other type of belief system gets. Why?

If a company wanted to opt out of contraceptive coverage for any conceivable reason OTHER than religion, they couldn't.

What the fuck is going on here?

Why is religion given so much deference and respect, to the point of being given advantages no other type of belief system gets?

I can't think of one good reason.

Religion should be treated the same as any other type of belief system or ideology under the law. It's discriminatory to anyone who doesn't have any religious beliefs, and in many cases to those with a minority religious belief.

Hobby Lobby can get away with being slightly theocratic in a majority Christian nation.

Religious privilege amplifies other types of privilege, and it's why it benefits conservatives so much, and it's why they keep pushing it so often.

Religion should get no special treatment, and if it takes a Constitutional Amendment to do so, I think it should be done.

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Today's ruling on Hobby Lobby was religious privilege at work... (Original Post) MellowDem Jun 2014 OP

and yet we don't see it being used when it comes to men and Viagra type drugs JI7 Jun 2014 #1

IMO because many Americans are brainwashed from birth, and then a number of others are just RKP5637 Jun 2014 #2

JI7

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1. and yet we don't see it being used when it comes to men and Viagra type drugs

Reply to MellowDem (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 08:06 PM

Jun 2014

maybe someone believes that it's a sign from God that men should not be having sex anymore .

RKP5637

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2. IMO because many Americans are brainwashed from birth, and then a number of others are just

Reply to MellowDem (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 08:08 PM

Jun 2014

plain stupid, hence, we have delusions often having predominance laced with propaganda. In a country that supposedly believes in separation of church and state, it's appalling. And, we have seen what happens in other countries when religion starts to dominate government and irrationality grips the collective psyche of the country.

Exactly as you say IMO! "Religion should get no special treatment, and if it takes a Constitutional Amendment to do so, I think it should be done."

And, the religion is tax exempt, yet another WTF.

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