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cleanhippie

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32. "Otherwise everyone could claim that something they believed in was a religion"

Reply to cbayer (Reply #16)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 12:00 AM

Jan 2013

Then who the hell has the right to define that but the individual with the belief? Perhaps were YOUR beliefs not so mainstream, you would not be so quick to offer judgement (or the need for someone to judge...).

You are speaking from your position of privilege. Do you understand that?

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Vegan refuses vaccination on �religious� grounds [View all] rug Jan 2013 OP

That's a conundrum, but less so because she works as a customer service representative. cbayer Jan 2013 #1

Not necessarily customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #2

While that may be true, she presents no more risk than your average citizen. cbayer Jan 2013 #3

Other than people who truly live in caves SheilaT Jan 2013 #4

And people who live in caves customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #6

You do realise that CSR includes the coffee shop lady... TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #27

Yes I do. That's going to be true of everyone in your local coffee shop, cbayer Jan 2013 #28

Anyone is free to go to hell in their own handbasket. TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #29

You have seen an ICU nurse go from colostomy bag to dressing on a brain surgery patient cbayer Jan 2013 #30

I didn't. My mother did, and you can bet she raised... TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #31

Veganism can be a religion... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #5

If "the minute a person says it's religion it is", then you can have no religious exemptions muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #7

Well now that sounds like a good plan... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #10

Because of the first amendment. Is that ok? cbayer Jan 2013 #12

I'm sorry is there something in the first amendment that Kalidurga Jan 2013 #13

Yes there is. It explicitly protects freedom of religion from governmental interference. cbayer Jan 2013 #14

So if there is no definition... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #15

At the time it was written, there apparently was no need for a definition. cbayer Jan 2013 #16

I find this argument weak. Kalidurga Jan 2013 #17

This country was founded primarily by groups who were escaping religious prosecution. cbayer Jan 2013 #18

I didn't say the government can't protect against discrimination. Kalidurga Jan 2013 #19

I want to be clear about the government's role. cbayer Jan 2013 #20

Now we are getting somewhere... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #21

The definition part, as you point out, is the most complicated, but you bring up a good cbayer Jan 2013 #22

That's kind of the mythy version of that. Goblinmonger Jan 2013 #23

The Church of England was the official religion of 5 of the 13 colonies that rebelled. rug Jan 2013 #25

No. It. Was. Not. This COUNTRY was founded on no such thing. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #33

"Otherwise everyone could claim that something they believed in was a religion" cleanhippie Jan 2013 #32

It sounds like you probably would not object to the vaccine based on your reasons cbayer Jan 2013 #8

No I don't object to vaccines based on that. Kalidurga Jan 2013 #11

Whether you call it "religious" or not, if you adopt special self-imposed rules for yourself... Silent3 Jan 2013 #9

I agree elfin Jan 2013 #26

I picture a EvilAL Jan 2013 #24