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flexibeastIn the same country in which publishers are afraid of promoting books on religion-free parenting for fear of offending religious sensibilities, we have anti-choicers trying to kill people in an attempt to 'save' foetuses - the sort of terrorism the mass media doesn't talk about because it doesn't involve Muslims or people of Middle Eastern background. Yet i would suggest that it's most likely that the perpetrators were members of the religious (probably so-called 'Christian') right.
This is why so many people, including myself, feel that we need to not only talk about the right to freedom of religion1 but the right to freedom from religion.
1. i would actually prefer to use the term 'spirituality' here. i would call myself a 'spiritual' person, but not a 'religious' person, because i tend to regard 'religion' as involving dogma to a much greater extent than 'spirituality'.
This is why so many people, including myself, feel that we need to not only talk about the right to freedom of religion1 but the right to freedom from religion.
1. i would actually prefer to use the term 'spirituality' here. i would call myself a 'spiritual' person, but not a 'religious' person, because i tend to regard 'religion' as involving dogma to a much greater extent than 'spirituality'.
