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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 (storage.courtlistener.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/law@lemmy.world

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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 points 1 week ago

Religion and child abuse, go together like ignorance and being a judge.

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

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 points 1 week ago

Sovereign idiots will love this one. "laws don't apply to me because it's against my religion."

[–] InternetRando@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Judge makes case for abolition of all Abrahamic religions.

People like this are who the 2A was designed to control