Religion
In reply to the discussion: A Proposal: Remove All Privileges of Religious Organizations that Exceed [View all]Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)"Sacraments" are a Christian term, and are specific to certain Christian denominations. They don't—or rather shouldn't—receive any special consideration under the law.
The fact of the matter is religious practices like matrimony, circumcision, or human sacrifice to a temperamental blood god are all religious rites. Yet despite religious rites being broadly protected under the First Amendment, some of these are legal and others are not. The rationale is, and always has been, that freedom to practice religion can curtailed if the greater public interest demands it.
The same applies to every other freedom protected in the Bill of Rights. I have to assume that by virtue of your presence here that you support gun control, yes? It's the same principal.
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