Why must I have respect for religions that have little respect for me? That seek to curtail the rights of women? That find me unclean? ... I don’t have to go back to seventh-century texts to find faiths in which women are not seen as equal to men. This is from the founder of another religion: A society in which women are taught anything but the management of a family, the care of men and the creation of the future generation is a society which is on the way out. That’s L Ron Hubbard for you. And you can satirise Scientology all you like. ... It may be none of my business what women of faith do but I am offended by segregation, by literal interpretations of texts, by the treatment of women as second‑class citizens. ... There are ultra-conservative forces at work at the moment, some deadly, and what they all share is an absolute refusal to give women agency and autonomy. So don’t ask me to have respect for these kinds of fundamentalism that have none for me. theguardian/commentisfree/2015/jan/14/charlie-hebdo-add-faithophobia-to-my-crimes?CMP=share_btn_fb
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:10:37 +0000
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