Secondary source: https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/07/18/judge-blocks-wa-requirement-for-priests-to-report-child-abuse-disclosed-in-confession/
A court just barred Washington state from enforcing a law that would have required Churches to report child abuse. The judge says the law infringed on freedom of religion
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.348728/gov.uscourts.wawd.348728.227.0.pdf
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Openopenopenopen@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
obvs@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
They really need to reexamine what freedom of religion means in whatever countries end up being created out of the remains of the U.S. when this is all over.
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y
Sovereign idiots will love this one. "laws don't apply to me because it's against my religion."
InternetRando@lemmy.myserv.one · 4 pts · 1y
Judge makes case for abolition of all Abrahamic religions.
People like this are who the 2A was designed to control