US State Dept. Report Cites France, Germany & Belgium

[Frodo_Baggins]

The Religious Freedom Report issued by the U.S. State Department declares in its Executive Summary that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights "...proclaimed as one of humanity's highest aspirations the advent of a world in which people enjoyed freedom of belief. Article 18 declared that 'everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.'"

The Report highlights three countries in its section on "Stigmatization of Certain Religions by Wrongfully Associating Them with Dangerous 'Cults' or 'Sects:'" Belgium, France, and Germany. It states:

"There continues to be concern that some Western European countries pursue restrictive legislation and practices that stigmatize minority religions by associating them with dangerous 'cults.'"

http://www.humanrightsandtolerance.org/

[NewHampshireDem]

1. Scientologists?

I've heard they are "persecuted" in Europe.

[Mikimouse]

2. Pot, meet Kettle, Kettle, Pot

n/t

[MrBenchley]

3. Chimpy's biggest supporter is the Reverend Moon

and the loony-tune religious right...and where would they be without brainwashing?

[Frodo_Baggins]

4. You seem to be obsessed with Reverend Moon

and GW*. Why?

[MrBenchley]

5. Gee, frodo, get a clue...

I suggest you toddle up to GD and ask someone there about the Bu$h crime family and the criminal nutcase from Korea...

[Frodo_Baggins]

6. I know all that story

but it's not related to this thread

[MrBenchley]

7. Who DO you think you're kidding, frodo?

You start a thread on cults and then you want to claim the Moonies have nothing to do with the subject?

[Frodo_Baggins]

8. I started a thread on human rights abuse

Do you think EVERY "cult" is like Moon?

[MrBenchley]

9. Geeze, frodo, you mean the scientology thread?

So I take it now you're not going to pretend you don't know what it is about Moon?

[Frodo_Baggins]

10. AND this one.

So basically you claim nobody is getting unfairly abused?

[MrBenchley]

11. Basically

I think scientologists deserve a lot more abuse than they've been getting...

[Frodo_Baggins]

12. And they are the only ones getting abused?

Or do these weird "sect-watch" laws apply to evey small religion?

[MrBenchley]

13. There's the Reverend Moon

as much as you want to squirm away from him....

[Frodo_Baggins]

14. OK, then, I'll ask this:

Is oppressing small religioins good, as long as it gets you rid of Reverend Moon/

[MrBenchley]

15. Now how the fuck is keeping scumbags from brainwashing the unwary

"oppressing small religions"?

[FatSlob]

16. This is odd.

It seems that you don't support freedom of religion for those who disagree with you. Sure, the moonies are weird, but they have the right to practice. I am amazed by your "progressive" policies.

[MrBenchley]

18. Wow, frodo....perhaps you'd like to show me

where I said they couldn'yt practice their creed...

What I said was they couldn't use coercion and brainwashing...

"I am amazed by your "progressive" policies."
Get over it.

[demsrule4life]

17. I guess us gun owners are a pretty wary crowd

since you haven't been able to brainwash us.

[MrBenchley]

19. Subjects have got to have brains to wash, dems...

and so far there's no fucking sign of any on the RKBA crowd's side.

How you coming finding that pro-Democrat post of yours...I'm sure you must have made ONE sometime, even if I missed it.

[demsrule4life]

20. I'm still waiting on you to put your membership where your

mouth is and prove that I have ever posted anything from News Max.

[MrBenchley]

21. I asked you first dems...

and it speaks volumes that you can't respond.

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[MrBenchley]

24. Why? You can't point to anything you've ever said pro-Democrat

and I have no interest in combing through months of crap filled with idiocy like "left of Stalin".

Very telling.

[demsrule4life]

25. I can prove that Dems aren't Dems according

to what state they live in or if they aren't far enough to the left for you, very telling.

[iverglas]

23. were you actually not aware

... that the "international foundation for human rights and tolerance" is a scientology front organization?

Google is your friend.

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