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

Secondary source: https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/07/18/judge-blocks-wa-requirement-for-priests-to-report-child-abuse-disclosed-in-confession/

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Openopenopenopen@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
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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