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[–] brucethemoose 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I love this as a "society hack."

Write exceptions for religious sacraments into law? Outlaw abortion ostensibly as a secular matter? Fine, abortion is now a sacrament for our religion.

It forces a dillema upon courts and the state:

  • Tolerate a legal loophole for abortion, which may spread out of control.

  • Write in more specific exceptions to religeous freedom, and open a legal can of worms with the Constitution.

  • Explicitly codify the law for "recognized" religions like specific forms of Christianity, instead of doing it with a wink an a nod while acting like its for all religions. This is also a can of worms.

I didn't know about this aspect of the Satanic Temple until this year, and now I absolutely love it. It makes me want to join, if only to throw a monkey wrench in the aspects of religion that have crept into law.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The people arguing against abortion have no issue with tearing down the separation of church and state, as long as it’s their religion.

[–] brucethemoose 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, but to do so explicitly pulls the curtain away.

[–] shalafi 2 points 1 month ago

And makes court cases much harder, or impossible, to argue.