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In many western countries you can be prosecuted for not following certain religious dogmas, like Catholic views on sexuality and reproductive rights.
by trasz 4y ago
In many western countries you can be prosecuted for not following certain religious dogmas, like Catholic views on sexuality and reproductive rights.
- coldtea 4y agoIn some western countries you can be prosecuted for not following the law, which might be inspired by "Catholic views on sexuality and reproductive rights" (e.g. if you do X and X is forbidden) but which is a different thing.
- trasz 4y agoIt’s exactly the same thing: penalizing people in the name of religion. There are no examples in the other direction, ie penalizing people in the name of atheism.
- coldtea 4y ago>ie penalizing people in the name of atheism. You'd be surprised. It has happened in revolutionary France, up to and including civil war Spain, USSR, China, and several other times and places besides...
- trasz 4y agoThis is something that's often said, but it's just not true. In France, the Church was the "internal occupant"; it was an uprising. In Spain, the Church was known to be ally of fascists; we can see the consequences of failing to contain it. USSR was replacing Jesus with Stalin, himself a cleric. China - I'd love to see Western countries handling religious fundamentalism as well as they do.