Religion
In reply to the discussion: How can religious moderates be said to enable hateful fundamentalists? [View all]Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)Where religion is concerned, moderate believers don't stand idly by while the fundies crash our collective party. Moderate believers are by and large responsible for funding fundamentalist whackjobs in the form of collections or other religious "taxes" (tithe, zakhat, whatever).
98% of American Catholics use birth control. Let's assume half of them go to church and put money in the collection plate. The church in turn takes their money to lobby congress into denying women adequate healthcare. The fact the State of Arizona is now seriously considering allowing employers to fire female employees for using birth control in a manner they find religiously offensive (that is, for controlling birth), is directly related to moderate Catholics (and other Christians) who show up to church every Sunday to drop a fiver in the collection basket.