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> SF has recently made specific parking laws for churches Context matters. This is not a general xtian supremacy thing. It is a unique historical thing with S

> SF has recently made specific parking laws for churches Context matters. This is not a general xtian supremacy thing. It is a unique historical thing with SF AA Baptist churches whose populations were gentrified out of their neighborhoods. Their churches remained and they commute from all over the Bay Area to attend Sunday mass. Cops and neighborhoods accomodated this practice, but the latest generation of gentrifiers whined and complained as they are wont to do so the Supervisors got involved.

renewiltord 5y ago
To be clear, I do not live in that neighbourhood and I don't really mind the America-as-moderate-theocracy system in place. You won't see me whining about the Christian median parking. I have a motorcycle. SF's traffic doesn't bother me and the numerous curb cuts advantage me (cars can't park, but I can). However, the fact that this stuff happens repeatedly for Christian institutions and rarely (almost never, in fact) for others is not something that escapes me. The state does privilege Christianity. That makes sense since America is a Christian nation.
- rkk3 5y ago
  > However, the fact that this stuff happens repeatedly for Christian institutions and rarely (almost never, in fact) for others is not something that escapes me. Probably just because there are a lot of Christian institutions.
  - renewiltord 5y ago
    This is transparently not the case when exceptions are made for a Christian institution but not a Jewish one as frequently occurred during COVID-19 restrictions.
    - rkk3 5y ago
      I'm not familiar with this, care to cite?
    - throwaway894345 5y ago
      Where did this happen? Are you perhaps observing that Jews are disproportionately located in municipalities that were stricter on religious communities in general while Christians are all over (including the places that were very lax on COVID restrictions)?

renewiltord 5y ago

To be clear, I do not live in that neighbourhood and I don't really mind the America-as-moderate-theocracy system in place. You won't see me whining about the Christian median parking. I have a motorcycle. SF's traffic doesn't bother me and the numerous curb cuts advantage me (cars can't park, but I can). However, the fact that this stuff happens repeatedly for Christian institutions and rarely (almost never, in fact) for others is not something that escapes me. The state does privilege Christianity. That makes sense since America is a Christian nation.

rkk3 5y ago
> However, the fact that this stuff happens repeatedly for Christian institutions and rarely (almost never, in fact) for others is not something that escapes me. Probably just because there are a lot of Christian institutions.
- renewiltord 5y ago
  This is transparently not the case when exceptions are made for a Christian institution but not a Jewish one as frequently occurred during COVID-19 restrictions.
  - rkk3 5y ago
    I'm not familiar with this, care to cite?
  - throwaway894345 5y ago
    Where did this happen? Are you perhaps observing that Jews are disproportionately located in municipalities that were stricter on religious communities in general while Christians are all over (including the places that were very lax on COVID restrictions)?