Post by Admin on Nov 15, 2020 7:18:31 GMT
Maybe where you and I differ is that I don't care if it's a priest, a politician, a stranger, or my best friend. I don't hold any of them less guilty than any of the others.
But here's the issue: this church claiming they have a God-given right to mentally abuse a 15 year old girl because a church elder raped her. Rather than putting the elder on church trial, they decided to investigate not her assailant but her—for the crime of having sex outside of marriage.
In what situation would a non-religious person get away with this in federal court. You sure you want to equivocate this as not exclusive to religious people? Do you need to take a shower before you answer?
It was a fucking rape. She 15, even if she gave some consent, it's still rape. And she is guilty one because she let herself get raped outside of marriage. Which in her particular church is a crime? When did churches in the United States of America start judging crimes outside of a courtroom? Do you think the supreme court should side with the church or the victim?
It was the title of this thread that initially got my attention - by design, I presume. I know a lot of religious people, and I'd be shocked if any of them would disagree with you. But I don't think being raped under difference circumstances is somehow less horrifying and traumatic. If this is more of a judicial issue, then maybe you should be asking why the justice system is so messed up.
By the way, thanks for not putting "fucked up" in the title. I know you wanted to.
