Organized religion .... it makes child molestation, rape, murder, torture and more a question of constitutional protection for religion.

I'm for the kids - fuck the churches.

And a huge fuck you to Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington too for putting the rights of big, organized, world-wide religion ahead of the rights of children to not be molested, raped, murdered, tortured or other.

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I guess the kids could challenge on the basis of constitutional protections too, but they'd have to do that after the fact and all the damage. The churches get to cover up the abuse in a proactive fashion.

Fine, maybe a court would throw it out, but until that moment there'd be that much more protections for the children.

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So tell me how it works then, and let's figure out how to keep religious leaders from covering up some of the worst crimes imaginable.

PS. I don't think ANY religion will be found to legally aid and abet child molestation, rape, murder and torture. I do not think that will be found constitutional.

Has that stopped the rightwing from pushing their agenda through legislatures, knowing it’ll be challenged or rejected? Then they simply try again and again, improving their craft each time until it’s finally the new law. They did it with abortion in numerous states until it was federally overturned. They found a way to have bounty hunter laws for abortions be accepted by the courts. Has that literally ever stopped them from challenging existing laws? So why should it stop us?

Maybe let Texas be an example and implement bounty Hunter laws against clergy sex abuse.

Agreed. If churches want a seat at the table to be involved the legislative process, maybe they could start by paying taxes.

““And the sacramental seal of confession is the worldwide law of the Catholic Church, not just the diocese of Burlington, Vermont,” Coyne said, according to the Associated Press. He added that the bill “crosses a Constitutional protective element of our religious faith: the right to worship as we see fit.”

The Church position is clear, requiring them to report any information about child abuse infringes on the Catholic ability to worship.

Just imagine if the Church of Scientology asked for an exemption to the mandatory reporting requirement.

I am pretty sure the Catholics legally aided their rapists by hiding them and moving them location to location. Murder is totally okay in a lot of religions, especially if deemed holy by another human. Torture, see murder.

‘“And the sacramental seal of confession is the worldwide law of the Catholic Church, not just the diocese of Burlington, Vermont,” Coyne said, according to the Associated Press. He added that the bill “crosses a Constitutional protective element of our religious faith: the right to worship as we see fit.’”

Let’s be clear here folks. The Catholic Diocese of Burlington (and really the Catholic Church as a whole) thinks that the right to a confidential confession is more important than the rights of children who have been abused by them. Even though in any context outside of religion (I.e. a therapy session), you would be required to report suspected child abuse. Cultures of silence are dangerous.

The right bought the supreme court fair and square!

But what about the drag queens how do we get rid of them /s

It would be very unchristian of us to get rid of men in dresses. Jesus may have called it robe, but we can always tell.

If this is unconstitutional, then the constitution is wrong.

remind me what happened with Roe v Wade or the Civil Rights act

Church of Scientology isn't a religion, and they'll be the first to tell you that

Do they have tax exemption for religious organizations?

Depends on the location

Listen regardless of what you think the US government gives them religious protection.

Regardless of what you think not every Scientology building is tax exempt

Cool story bro, tell Xenu I said Hi.

Aww, did you not like the truth so you came back with a childish retort.