They often are silent and look the other way, pointing to unfair
treatment by other religions or agnostics as some form of justification for their odd behavior as Americans.
Not exact matches
The
treatment of
other religions by Islam must be judged
by a simple test: How did the Muslim rulers behave for more than a thousand years, when they had the power to «spread the faith
by the sword»?
due to some crazy religious beliefs out there in the world i.e. marrying off young children and marrying genetic kin, the government can't ever allow
religion to dictate marriage policy, so have your ceremonies and deny same - gender couples to marry in your church but bluntly stated your crying and foot - stomping will accomplish nothing, marriage isn't a religious thing it is a civil rights and equality thing, thus if the religious win
by denying same gender cuples their civil rights to equal
treatment under the law, then don't be surprised when
others use those same grounds to deny you your rights under the law.
The
treatment of people outside Christianity was even worse, such as our
treatment of «pagans» who refused to convert to Christianity after it became the official
religion of the Roman Empire, or the Jews during most of Christian history, or
other religious groups in Germany and Great Britain who were slaughtered and enslaved
by invading Christian armies, or the enslavement of Native Americans and Africans
by imperialistic Christian settlers of the «New World.»
If any
other minority (color /
religion), has accepted Obama's
treatment by the foul - mouthed, extreme right, as an example of what to expect, then I doubt whether, many would have the courage, to emulate him.
You might also be interested in the
other direction of the same issue; I recall some Christian Scientists faced jail for not letting doctors treat children with life threatening issues where
treatment was banned
by the
religion.
Mr. Roth has spent his career advocating for the rights of employees subjected to unlawful
treatment by employers based on age, race, sex, ethnic origin,
religion, disability, and
other protected categories; retaliation for whistle - blowing activity; hostile or racially - charged work environments; sexual harassment in the workplace; etc..