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In reply to the discussion: Catholic Church Fights Bill To Force Priests To Report Sex Crimes Heard In Confession [View all]Major Nikon
(36,911 posts)44. And yet you replied to the OP doing exactly that
Then when called on your assertion you cant do any better than waving a folded piece of paper.
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Catholic Church Fights Bill To Force Priests To Report Sex Crimes Heard In Confession [View all]
MineralMan
Jun 2019
OP
It is not true that the priest can put conditions on absolution. He must absolve regardless of the
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#33
Many Bills are proposed, and passed, that are determined to be unConstitutional.
guillaumeb
Jun 2019
#2
Because for them, religious privilege is more important than political consistency.
trotsky
Jun 2019
#19
Your free exercise of religion ends where religious people hide child rape behind the curtain of
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2019
#36
Might be better to 'chip away' at this, like they do to our side with abortion
mr_lebowski
Jun 2019
#4
Your proverbial log had no advocates, nor ostensible 1A rights ... just sayin (nt)
mr_lebowski
Jun 2019
#7
I don't disagree with any of this, but I'm not sure it'll pass Constitutional Muster
mr_lebowski
Jun 2019
#15
So far, no court has ruled that a priest must break the seal of the confessional. To do so
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#30
They confess when law enforcement has something on them. Your point about the pull of absolution
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#37