It begins norway no money for wt because of shunning

Yomama

Organized shunning will stop when money stops.

Yomama

Someone please give step by step instructions how to post.

You can open the article in a new window or not it doesn't matter, highlight the address, right click 'copy', come here and if you see the little icon that looks like a paperclip click it and a box will show up and ask 'what url should this link go to, right click and hit 'paste', click blue box that says 'insert link'

carla

here is your reddit article- https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/sdzvh7/jehovahs_witnesses_are_denied_subsidies_in_norway/

hit translate to English if needed- https://direkte.vg.no/nyhetsdognet/news/jehovas-vitner-nektes-statsstoette.5Z-PnaO3E?utm_source=share-btn

carla

Yomama, maybe you should try to give a link as well just so you know how to do it in the future.

neat blue dog

Good to hear. I will be the first to advocate for freedom of speech and religion and adherence to the US constitution, but whenever someone says that you can't have both, ie you can't legally discourage shunning and not be on a slippery slope I disagree.

You of course can't force individuals not to shun (nor would you want to) but you CAN decide to not grant privileges to religious entities who require such behavior lest the persons themselves be shunned.

Just like consequences for criminal threats isn't a violation of free speech, and just like not allowing a weapon for someone with a history of criminal violence isn't a violation of the right to defend oneself, so too this wouldn't be a violation of religious freedom. In fact it would be a defense of it seeing as millions aren't free to worship or not worship the way they choose, being held hostage based on explicit organizational instructions.

Yomama

Thank you carla.

It begins norway no money for wt because of shunning

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