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Discrimination in the name of religion

Texashiker

Texashiker

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Any kind of discrimination is wrong, I do not care if its racial, religious or sexual discrimination, it is wrong.

With that being said, why is discrimination done in the name of religion tolerated in a modern society?

Example:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mor...ium-to-determine-the-dangers-of-the-internet/

40,000 ultra-orthodox jews had a rally at mets stadium, but no women were allowed.

Could we imagine the uproar if whites held a rally and said no blacks were allowed?

Why do religions get a free pass to discriminate? Its not just jews, its any religion. Christians for a long time discriminated against gays.

But if a business discriminates against gays or women, that business can get sued.
 
No outrage found. It was a meeting of Ultra Orthodox Men to discuss things pertaining to their religion.

I take it you are outraged at the Congressional Black Caucus, which does not allow white members?
 
Because interfering with the free exercise of religion causes more problems than it solves. Sometimes when religion gets out of its place and tries to infiltrate other areas the government has to step in, but by and large it's best to stay away.
 
I am just a bit surprised there are that many ultra orthodox Jewish men who were close enough to attend. I know New York has a lot of Jews in it, but I did not know there were so many ultra orthodox ones.
 
cybrsage said:
No outrage found. It was a meeting of Ultra Orthodox Men to discuss things pertaining to their religion.

I take it you are outraged at the Congressional Black Caucus, which does not allow white members?
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I kind of agree with this. Let them do what they want. As long as they aren't demanding that we have to create laws that favor their religion exclusively then I don't see it being an issue. Their religion being stupid or not, is their own problem.
 
Texashiker said:
Any kind of discrimination is wrong, I do not care if its racial, religious or sexual discrimination, it is wrong.

With that being said, why is discrimination done in the name of religion tolerated in a modern society?

Example:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mor...ium-to-determine-the-dangers-of-the-internet/

40,000 ultra-orthodox jews had a rally at mets stadium, but no women were allowed.

Could we imagine the uproar if whites held a rally and said no blacks were allowed?

Why do religions get a free pass to discriminate? Its not just jews, its any religion. Christians for a long time discriminated against gays.

But if a business discriminates against gays or women, that business can get sued.
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These are the special protections that we provide religious organizations. They are allowed to assemble themselves however they see fit. While I find the way Haredi culture treats women (essentially as second-class citizens) to be despicable, it's to some extent the price we pay to allow open religious freedom in this country.

I will also say that there are many non-religious organizations are are allowed to have similar levels of discrimination (the Augusta National Golf Club, for instance).

This is why there is occasionally a push for an equal rights amendment that includes women. Unlike ethnic minorities, women are generally not considered a protected class under the law.

cybrsage said:
I am just a bit surprised there are that many ultra orthodox Jewish men who were close enough to attend. I know New York has a lot of Jews in it, but I did not know there were so many ultra orthodox ones.
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There were many that came in from other parts of the northeast (the Times article interviewed someone from Toronto).
 
crashtestdummy said:
There were many that came in from other parts of the northeast (the Times article interviewed someone from Toronto).
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Even if there weren't, NYC has huge numbers of ultra orthodox. Within about a mile of my apartment there are 50,000+ Hasidic Jews, and they aren't the only ones around by any means.
 
Most organized religions give power and leadership to their male members, the ultra Orthodox Hasidic Jews have a lot of like-minded friends as far as that goes. I can't think of too many sects of Christianity that don't feel the same way other than Episcopalians.

It does seem to me though that if they're concerned about the pervasiveness of Internet usage among their members; "harnessing the Internet" might best be served by their leaders issuing an edict to their members directly about Internet and social media usage. Harnessing the internet smacks of abusing power and politics that would restrict for all people, not just Hasidic Jews. Perhaps that's what they are proposing; the article wasn't clear on that.

The attendee from Toronto said it best when he said to a reporter, "We have to learn how to control ourselves." Pretty good advice for members of any religion, or of none, as far as the Internet goes.

Incorruptible said:
Interesting how nothing is said about islam which has much more discrimination towards women
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It's also interesting how you seem to work Islam into ~25% of your posts, regardless of the original subject matter. You might want to work on that. By the way, you capitalize the first letter of the name of an organized religion when referencing it.
 
Religions people can go *beep* themselfes.
They call me a "sinner"..judging me..so I jugde them...as people suffering from a cognetive virus.

But yeah...religion today is a freepass to violate rights and equality.
 
I never understood the Hasidics placing women in an inferior position. I think it is something they learned from Europe.

In Judaism, women are considered holier than men. This is true. The Torah rules are there to tell us what to do and what not to do to be holy. God wants everyone to be holy - men and women alike. Women have less commands placed on them than than men do...which means women need LESS rules to make them holy...which means women are HOLIER than men (who need MORE rules to make them holy).
 
You can't legislate people to be 100% tolerant of everything, because there is always some form of intolerance somewhere. Try to force a group to tolerate something? You're not being tolerant of them. Catch-22.

There are many, many groups - both religious AND non-religious - that have set rules in place that bar certain people from doing certain things or being part of certain things. It's called reality and you CAN'T allow or force 100% of everyone to accept 100% of everything.

If you can't deal with that, well, too bad, because reality takes precedence over your feelings.
 
cybrsage said:
I never understood the Hasidics placing women in an inferior position. I think it is something they learned from Europe.

In Judaism, women are considered holier than men. This is true. The Torah rules are there to tell us what to do and what not to do to be holy. God wants everyone to be holy - men and women alike. Women have less commands placed on them than than men do...which means women need LESS rules to make them holy...which means women are HOLIER than men (who need MORE rules to make them holy).
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Because women are "holier" (whatever the fuck that means), they must therefore be protected, and be forbidden from dressing immodestly, from driving, from being educated, and from being exposed to ideas that could potentially harm them... You get the idea.
 
Texashiker said:
Any kind of discrimination is wrong, I do not care if its racial, religious or sexual discrimination, it is wrong.

With that being said, why is discrimination done in the name of religion tolerated in a modern society?

Example:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mor...ium-to-determine-the-dangers-of-the-internet/

40,000 ultra-orthodox jews had a rally at mets stadium, but no women were allowed.

Could we imagine the uproar if whites held a rally and said no blacks were allowed?

Why do religions get a free pass to discriminate? Its not just jews, its any religion. Christians for a long time discriminated against gays.

But if a business discriminates against gays or women, that business can get sued.
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Purty much the rule in religion, "as man is to God, so women are to men." Slaves.
 
Texashiker said:
Could we imagine the uproar if whites held a rally and said no blacks were allowed?
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Do you think the KKK invites black people to their meetings?

Why do religions get a free pass to discriminate? Its not just jews, its any religion. Christians for a long time discriminated against gays.

But if a business discriminates against gays or women, that business can get sued.
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Being a Jew/Catholic/Muslim/etc is in no way necessary. Being able to shop at the Grocery store kinda is.
 
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