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What bizarre cult does this?
I was singling out evangelicals in that post. When I was talking about forced conversions and the like, I was referring to Christianity as a whole.
Well how can you foist atheism on a child without it being coercion? What if God is real? Then what damage is being done?
You can get fined for hate speech against LGBT in Turkey. The majority in that country is not large as it is in some countries.
I would be willing to be that that law has not been dusted off too many times. At best, its an appeasement to the EU rather than being an organic change in Turkish society. We used to have a flamboyant gay Turk on RF. I'd love to hear his take on this. I doubt he would be patting the Erdogan Administration on the back.
Support and tolerance for LGBT isn't low there though, comparing to some countries in the neighborhood.
Which isn't saying much. Jus' sayin'...
I remember seeing something like 1/4 of people there supporting them in the polls.
I absolutely believe atheist parents can be as coercive as religious parents. When I was growing up my parents worked hard to mitigate this by taking us to several churches of several faiths both Christian and non Christian, and did not discuss their own faith with us. From their view religion should be personal and personally come to through personal research. I think that's far wiser than bringing up children into your own view. Whatever that view may be.
Unless you have decent human rights I do not believe you can claim to be modern.
That's just so sweet.
Certainly heading in that direction; looking after one's people; looking after the planet whilst embracing modern technologies that doesn't conflict with the two aims.