Congress Has Passed a Bill Protecting Atheists, Animal Slaughter, and Male Circumcision

pintocat · 2016-12-18T17:07:51+00:00

What the fuck.

ALTSuzzxingcoh · 2016-12-18T18:58:20+00:00

The same shit the krauts pulled, isn't it? Ah, we can't let rationality and CHILDREN'S RIGHTS TO THEIR BODY stand in the way of 6000-year-old desert scrolls that say to cut their penis.

I think this is a perfect example of even the most moderate, humanistically-thinking people committing logical errors and more importantly, actually neither thinking nor attempting to use logic when finding solutions to a conflict. "Religious freedom versus right to own body? What, you said HOLOCAUST? Right, poor people, right to cut their babies it is!"

It's pretty much the same as if the NRA started expecting politicians to legalize shooting people. Sure, people should have a right to live, but weapons are tradition so fuck that. In b4 "he said circumcision is like killing people" ah go fuck yourself, non-comprehending children.

Wisemanner · 2016-12-18T16:21:19+00:00

To protect Jewish rites, I suppose.

Vandechoz · 2016-12-18T20:14:36+00:00

I do not think advocates should be persecuted for highlighting prohibitions on male infant circumcision. It seems weird that they were singled out for protection, but even they deserve the right to advocate for their beliefs without persecution.

thrway_1000 · 2016-12-18T18:10:02+00:00

https://archive.is/gBX8A

JakeDC · 2016-12-19T15:28:06+00:00

There seems to be some misunderstanding of this piece. Someone even gave an archive link for it.

In relation to the circumcision piece, the author says:

There is a downside, though...[The bill] means that if people who defend male infant circumcision or animal slaughter are “persecuted,” the U.S. will consider it a violation of religious freedom. Our government is therefore giving tacit approval to those practices. When the Senate had the chance to remove that section from the bill, they didn’t do it. No one wants to see people persecuted regardless of their beliefs, but our government shouldn’t endorse these barbaric practices even in a symbolic way. They shouldn’t be protecting those who seek to harm anyone else...[This] certainly puts a damper on any celebration of the bill’s passage.

On the circumcision issue, the author is on our side...

PowerToAnnihilate · 2016-12-18T23:04:37+00:00

Fuck them.

8thling · 2016-12-19T20:33:15+00:00

An act objectively worse than rape is being defended by our government.

An interesting way to approach this would be to sue for the right to genitally mutilate your daughter, and then claim that as precedent while suing for the rights of infant boys.

pootinesque · 2016-12-19T03:35:44+00:00

Excellent, for protecting atheists. I am one, and I see all that toxicity that religious fairy tales produce in the minds of my fellow citizens.

And it is rather instructive to see how some /r/mensrights members react to this. Too much religion in this sub.

Title	Congress Has Passed a Bill Protecting Atheists, Animal Slaughter, and Male Circumcision
Author	Thinkmoreaboutit
Upvotes	44
Comments	21
Date	December 18, 2016 4:05 PM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/5j0txk/congress_has_passed_a_bill_protecting_atheists/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/congress-has-passed-a-bill-protecting-atheists.935581 https://theredarchive.com/post/935581

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