The dangers of religious privilege

[NovaSaber]

Ohio exempts clergy from reporting abuse

Thirty-three states exempt clergy from laws requiring professionals such as teachers and doctors to report information about alleged child abuse to police or child welfare officials if the church d…

www.wtrf.com

This pisses me off so much.

Why do states keep giving exemptions to the organization that needs to be cracked down on the hardest?

 

[Rhinox]

Absolutely galling. And demonstrative at how the religious in America have a damning hold over our politics. What can we do to remedy this?

 

[Pocket]

I'm curious if snake handling is legal in all 33 of those states. Because that's the usual case that's brought up when discussing the idea that freedom of religion has limits.

 

[Ironbite4]

Absolutely galling. And demonstrative at how the religious in America have a damning hold over our politics. What can we do to remedy this?

I have a solution but it's not board friendly.

 

[Pale Rider]

FB friend:

You know how the Amish are kind of charming in their own retrograde way, but you would NEVER want them running our entire society and government?

That applies to all religions, not just the Amish.

 

[NovaSaber]

And then there's these frauds.

 

[NovaSaber]

Church Sex Scandal Widens: Hundreds More Catholic Clergy Accused Across CA

Plaintiffs’ attorneys say 1500 new lawsuits have been filed against the Roman Catholic Church in Northern CA alone. The Investigative Unit has independently reviewed nearly 700 of them.

www.nbcbayarea.com

An NBC Bay Area analysis of nearly 700 lawsuits filed against Catholic institutions across Northern California over the past three years suggests the church’s child sexual abuse scandal in the region is significantly worse than the public previously knew.

More than 200 of the clergy and lay employees of the Catholic Church named in the wave of lawsuits have never been publicly accused of being sexually abusive towards children and teenagers until now, NBC Bay Area’s investigation found. Some of the newly accused continue to work as priests.

Other alleged perpetrators named in the civil filings have faced previous accusations but now face new claims, some of them dozens.

 

[NovaSaber]

Of course, the issue the Catholic Church is best known for is not limited to just them:

A Culture of Abuse and Cover-Ups in the Southern Baptist Convention | The Takeaway | WNYC Studios

A 2022 report revealed that leadership of the largest Protestant denomination in the US was aware of hundreds of cases of sexual abuse in their churches and covered them up for decades.

www.wnycstudios.org

 

[Ironbite4]

Yeah all these things have a root common core.

Ironbite-and it isn't exactly exclusive to Christianity.

 

[NovaSaber]

Delaware bill would force priests to ‘break seal of confession’ for child abuse

One sponsor says current law turns “a sacred space into an unsafe space.” A lawyer who opposes the bill calls it “anti-Catholic bigotry.”

whyy.org

Morrison said he’s undeterred by the expected pushback.

“This is not a freedom of religion issue because no one’s being prevented from practicing their religion,’’ Morrison said. “This is an extreme example, but if someone says, ‘My religion says that I have to perform human sacrifice,’ that is not allowed. Freedom of religion is not necessarily absolute, whenever you’re talking about protecting people and the rights of people and especially vulnerable people.”

Sen. Poore had harsh words for those who oppose the bill.

“I feel like anybody who fights this, it’s a little crazy,’’ she said. “We are talking about the protections of children. We’re talking about someone that could have done something to harm another human being. And we’re going to utilize the sacrament of confession to give a protection. That doesn’t sound right.”

The arguments against this are so stupid, just assholes who like having their cult be above the law saying they'll break the law anyway.

 

[Ironbite4]

They're so caught up in the sanctity of the confessional they never stop to think what that protects.

Ironbite-god I hate Chirstianity.

 

[NovaSaber]

There shouldn't be religious exemptions to anything, let alone something as important as laws protecting children.

 

[Pocket]

Frankly, if any religion tried to claim that protecting pedophiles was integral to their faith, I'd take that as a sign that the religion as a whole is straight-up evil and should no longer be protected in any way by the first amendment, up to and including protection from having the religion utterly disbanded.

 

[NovaSaber]

Hindu loons in India get away with as much crap as Christian loons in America:

India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textbooks — experts are baffled

Nature has learnt that the periodic table, as well as evolution, won’t be taught to under-16s as they start the new school year.

www.nature.com

 

[Ironbite4]

I'd argue they get away with it more due to how tied religion is with everything over there.

 

[KidTDragon]

That's the level of influence that American Christians aspire to have.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Just like in the US, ******* with the education system will only hurt them in the long run. Doesn't matter why they do it, it's going to hurt them.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

But they'll be rewarded in eternity when they die, and that's what it's really all about, right?

 

[Pale Rider]

FB friend:

People need to stop acting surprised that the fundamentalist Christian Right doesn't care about democracy. How many times does the word "democracy" appear in the Bible? I'll give you a hint: it's a number less than 1. And it's not because the concept wasn't around at the time: Athens had democracy in the 6th century BC.

Meanwhile, the word "king" appears 2552 times in the Bible (NIV).

Judaism: God and I have a complicated relationship. I'm in therapy over it.

Christianity: God and I have the most amazing relationship ever! He loves me, and I love him! And I know you've heard some things, but don't believe them! This relationship is perfect.

Islam: God is a controlling authoritarian who tells me what to do every second of every day, and I will insist until my dying days that this is what a healthy relationship looks like.

 

[Ironbite4]

.......yeah no. Islam is essentially Christianity with a more desert flavor about it.