Reply #24: By the way "limiting" their protections is the same concept

[kevinbgoode]

they have used to limit the protections of others, often those who have no choice (in gender, race, and arguably sexual/relational orientation). Those limits were based on the religious CHOICE to see these people as less than themselves and as undeserving of the benefits of full citizenship.

They also choose to alter their beliefs and interpretations at the will of the clergy - meaning that these same people are careful not to portray themselves as white supremacists, even though their own forefathers who embraced the literal translations certainly did and demanded all others in the country live under their doctrine. Their protections do not deserve any additional special status than anyone elses innate characteristics, particularly when it is obvious these beliefs are a conscious CHOICE.