its time to use freedom of religion to our advantage

[moonshinegnomie]

the fascists in the SC say you can use your religion to discriminate. the right has been using religion as a hammer to push their vision on the rest of us. Its time to fight back.

I know some lawsuits have been filed saying anti abortion laws violate religious freedom but thats just a start. Its time to use the same idea on other things.

1) drugs. any nature based religion could make an argument that anti marijuana or magic mushroom laws violate that persons religious rights as both pot and shrooms are natural substances.
2) its time for non christians to complain about government offices being closed christmas. Its a christian holiday and being closed violates my rights since im not a christian.
3) ANY prayer in a public setting violates my right since i'm not of that religion.


and im sure there are a lot of others that ca be pushed as a violation of my religious freedom.

[Ocelot II]

1. The use of drugs in religious services was upheld almost 20 years ago.

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2006/02/21/supreme-court-rules-that-religious-group-can-use-illegal-drug-in-their-worship-services/

[moonshinegnomie]

4. that was only a narrow exemption

its time to make it clear and universal. Im a pagan. the gods would not have created pot or shrooms if they didnt want us to partake of them. therefore they should be legal and i should be able to buy them in an store since banning their sale also infringes my religious freedom.

[NowISeetheLight]

2. Already Happend - Drugs

A pro-religion law was used in a way I'm sure the authors didn't intend. I think this is the strategy. Like banning the Bible in Utah. Turn their own laws against them.


https://firstamendmentlawreview.org/2021/03/02/drugs-and-religion/

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2006/02/21/supreme-court-rules-that-religious-group-can-use-illegal-drug-in-their-worship-services/#:~:text=A%20unanimous%20Supreme%20Court%20ruled,drug%20in%20their%20worship%20services.

[USALiberal]

3. Caps?

[Torchlight]

11. lol ok nt

[2naSalit]

5. Once upon a time...

A lady named Mrs. Smith, I kid you not, said something truly profound when we were discussing the mormons, who surrounded us, and their control over everything in the state, there really is no separation there, and she said this,

"If you want to gain control over a whole bunch of people in a hurry, start a religion."


I never forgot that. Mrs. Smith knew something about it having lived in several countries in the middle east.

[Greybnk48]

6. I don't know if this fits, but I don't want to vote in a fucking church anymore.

We've been forced to vote in a church for most of 43 years in our town. We have public schools everywhere, but we get sent to churches. Sick of it!

[moonshinegnomie]

7. time to legalize polygamy

my religion allows it

[usonian]

8. This amounts to establishment of religion in my not so humble opinion. Yes, turn the tables.

You can write prayers on your price list, put up Buddha statues
Use your imagination

https://democraticunderground.com/100218041751
Man Demands Refund After Seeing Buddha Imagery At Chinese Restaurant Because He's Christian

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217438673
Restaurant refuses service to Christian group, citing staff 'dignity'

https://democraticunderground.com/100218053425
its time to use freedom of religion to our advantage


https://democraticunderground.com/100218053470
as a hobby I own a small business

cross-posting to gopiscrap

[Elessar Zappa]

9. Call for Christmas to be abolished as a holiday

and watch us lose the White House and Congress by huge margins. It’s not just Christians who celebrate Christmas.

[Igel]

10. Don't forget Thanksgiving, right? n/t

[HAB911]

12. I have marketplace turned off on my photography website

I think maybe it's time to allow purchasing but not for Christians or perhaps any non-atheists



We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

No more Mister Nice Guy,
No more Mister Clean,
No more Mister Nice Guy,
They say he's sick, he's obscene.