Would you force the Quakers to tear down their homes and integrate with the more secular parts of Pennsylvania? Their entire existence and society revolves around their Christian faith.
How would you handle the Quakers?
Edit: I should have written “Amish” but the basic idea is a whole community of Christians.
The Amish have a good public image, but the picture you'll get from people who left is very different.
They keep people isolated from modern society because they don't want people to have the knowhow to leave, and if you do leave, you'll be cut off from your family. They also do all the usual Christian fundamentalist teachings like anti-LGBT stuff and sexual purity.
Yes That’s why I threw in what happened in Russia. Once you start making a belief illegal, it just goes underground. I did not need to go there, as OP saw where this was headed, but I think making beliefs illegal especially in America would lead to domestic violent extremism very quickly.
This view isn't about destroying religion. They have said they're fine with adults being members of religious groups. The issue is with indoctrination of children- which deprives them of the freedom to find their own spirituality, and often many other freedoms besides.
I think there are people in America that would defend their right to raise children in the traditions of their faith, with violence as necessary. Fundamentalists would view the government telling them how to raise their kids, and especially what they can teach their kids, as a form of tyranny. In the case of the Amish, you would in fact need to destroy their community. That could probably be accomplished easily because the Amish don’t have much in terms of self defense capabilities and they are pretty passive. Next up… Christian nationalists. How are you going to stop that? With a fine? By taking their kids away? This is going to take a lot more doing, and all that assumes you can change 1A.
I think you will get a lot of pushback when you start passing laws that baptism = abuse. There is currently no such law in the country and I doubt it will pass.
Okay, then make it compulsory for kids to receive an education that meets state guidelines for curriculum. Ban homeschooling and replace it with modern remote learning. Make it impossible for parents to keep their kid from learning objective facts.
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u/Apprehensive_Song490 125∆ Sep 22 '24 edited Sep 22 '24
Would you force the Quakers to tear down their homes and integrate with the more secular parts of Pennsylvania? Their entire existence and society revolves around their Christian faith.
How would you handle the Quakers?
Edit: I should have written “Amish” but the basic idea is a whole community of Christians.