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"NO religious freedom," so let's ban that religion? Every religion believes theirs is correct.
"Women brutalized" "Slavery allowed" "Child marriage & rape" These things are already illegal from our other laws.
"Girl genital mutilation" I think this one is already illegal, as well.
"No pet dogs allowed" First of all, wut? But second of all, I'd love to see some Texas politician try to pass a law that outlawed pet dogs. They'd probably get shot to death by the other politicians before they left the chamber.
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From a purely argumentative standpoint, that doesn't mean that one of them isn't. Again, strictly from a rhetorical point of view.
From a rhetorical point of view, strictly, one could say, if one were to defend the statement, which I'm not, but one could, hypothetically say that any religion actively espousing those things is worthy of condemnation regardless of our laws.
Same goes for this. Hypothetically.
Yeah I don't know either. Even hypothetically.
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Child marriage and rape (within marriage) are legal in far too many US States.
Slavery is allowed in far too many US States.
Brutalizing women (if you consider things like revocation of bodily autonomy or incarceration for miscarriages) is legal in far too many US States. If you consider unpunished crimes against women, though illegal, it is far too common in many US States.
Many landlords forbid having pets and there's little to no recourse for pets killed by the state.
Also these are laws that Christians insisted were fundamental for their religion in our country's past. Hell, some still say that.