Denmark Passes Muslim-Focused Law Requiring Handshakes In Citizenship Ceremonies

[LiberalLovinLug]

68. "religious liberty" Oxymoron?

Its kind of ironic, don't you think, in using the term "liberty" to defend a private organization the right to infringe on liberties, long held as standard freedoms in that country, on those they deem lessers within their community?

I agree that it is wrong and hypocritical on the highest level to only pick on one religion. What I like about Quebec's law is that when you enter a government service building, you are not going to get a clerk wearing a giant cross around their neck either. To me, the fewer religious icons and talisman around the better.

I do realize I am living in a kind of fantasy world as well. Because I don't see an end to religion itself anytime soon. In fact, people flock to religion in tough times, and the world ain't gettin any easier. I'm pining.

I read through some other posts in the thread, and you talk about nun's habits. And how similar they are to Muslim women's garb. And perhaps one could find equivalencies of every religious symbolic gesture. And yes, it would seem discriminatory to only cater to the one traditional religion, by not accommodating other religions edicts. My point was that this kind of ban on religious symbolism should be multi-lateral. Even though I realize it probably will never be done. That by INCREASING the amount and variety of proselytization through religious garb, and gestures , NO MATTER THE FAITH, bolsters the other religions as valid to more of a degree, than if there weren't others. It is viewed more of in the realm by one religions followers as being....well, at least they are searching for God, who is obviously real otherwise there would not be so many religions...its just that they haven't discovered yet that OUR religion is the true one.

Now...my view is that SO WHAT if you are not seen as being equal in accommodating yet another fairy tale cult's requirements? Its not the governments job to make sure the archaic rules of every cult member and every cult they adhere to, is accommodated, let alone equally, if that word could even apply. I say cut the other legs of the table down, rather than trying to add a piece to one of the table legs, if you want equality.

Because despite, say, Islam's vile opposition to Christianity, and visa versa, they have a symbiotic relationship in the realm of, by their sheer repetitiveness of their own Big Lie's, an acceptance from society that fantasy is not merely a Hollywood creation, but are very real unearthly worlds one must accept on faith.....or burn forever. And the rest of us must sit on our hands, even though we ourselves may be strong enough not to have to use that crutch, we have to watch others hobble around on their crutches. But more than that, we have to make special door entries, or special walk ways so they can manuvor through our public spaces unfettered and catered to at every step even when grimacing as they support themselves with uncomfortable looking crutches. And their wives beside them having to use even more, purposely painful versions of those crutches than their husbands.

Why?