Australia: Fury as Muslim students allowed to walk out of assembly during national anthem

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50. Exceptions made on religious grounds are a slippery slope

Empirical evidence shows the religious chamans end up altering their rules when faced with a non sequitur.

Let the Jehovah witness chamans reinterpret the Bible so that it allows taking an oath.

If not, then your question comes in full swing: if the Jehovah witnesses got one exception, why not grant another to Mulslims? Next, Hindus. and why not maintain forever the esception Christianity currently enjoys? Why is Sunday a day off, and not Friday as the Muslims would be justified to ask. Saturday for Jews and some parts of Christianity. Why not Tuesda for the Followers of the Sacred Spirit of the First Tuesday of Creation, a religion I just made up because I get the feeling next Tuesday, I'd rather stay at home?

It's endless, and opens the door to step by step encroachment of mad practices. In Britain, there are Shariah courts operating alongside the Law of the land, and they were recorded as operating sometimes in flagrant contradiction. Some imams were caught on tape accepting to officialise weddings with underage girls because they were physically nubile.

What next? In Germany, a court exonerated a husband for beating his wife on the grounds it was condoned by the Quran. Once you start giving in, there's no telling where it stops because it is the very nature of religion to always demand more towards total submission. Look at how the Roman Catholic Church in the US is fighting tooth and nail to avoid participating to health schemes on the ground it might end up paying for birth control pills and the like.

It never stops.