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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 10-May-2024 22:30:16 JST Paul Cantrell

   Right-wing religious leaders (again): “but our beliefs make it OK for us to be bigots”
   https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/05/08/some-religious-leaders-say-equal-rights-amendment-infringes-on-their-rights/

   Meanwhile the numerous people whose religious beliefs make them feel obligated to oppose bigotry somehow once again don’t make the news.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 10-May-2024 22:34:21 JST Paul Cantrell

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     The irony here is that AFAICT this bill doesn’t constrain religious orgs; it only constrains the state itself. Right-wing Catholics think their beliefs are under attack because the amendment would prevent them from using the state to impose their beliefs on others.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 10-May-2024 22:36:36 JST Paul Cantrell

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     (If I’m missing something legally substantive here, let me know)

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 10-May-2024 23:29:43 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Morten Grøftehauge

     @drgroftehauge
     I believe it is an ill-phrased attempt to reference late-term abortions

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     Morten Grøftehauge (drgroftehauge@sigmoid.social)'s status on Friday, 10-May-2024 23:29:44 JST Morten Grøftehauge

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     @inthehands That sign... Aren't abortions usually before birth?