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Austria bans headscarves in schools for under-14s (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Religion today is voluntary, at least in most of the world.

You often don't have the autonomy to not participate in religion as a child if your parents want you to.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    True but I mean no one respects child autonomy anyway, so we would need to levy that criticism far more widely if we want to take it seriously.

    Plus I'm not sure I trust governments to protect child welfare more than their parents do. Parents are imperfect but when governments get it wrong the consequences are far more catastrophic.

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