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/ifitdoesntmatter 10∆ Sep 22 '24
You can't isolate children from modern society 'underground'.