Some in America see religious freedom as privileging only one set of beliefs

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

As the Trump administration and its religious right allies push an exclusionary view of religious freedom, let’s be clear about the dangers their agenda represents for the basic rights of everyday Americans. What ultra-conservatives like Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights director Roger Severino and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will have you believe is that today religious Americans are discriminated against because of their beliefs. That we must protect and uplift these faithful voices.

Yet what they present is one narrow slice of the story — every time they seek your empathy for the baker, the nun, or any other individual who refuses to provide services or care to a fellow American they conveniently leave out the person left holding the short end of the stick. The person who is discriminated against or fired because of who they love.

The woman who is left struggling to make ends meet and pay for birth control to responsibly decide when and if she can get pregnant. The couple who finds out too late that the hospital they’re in will not provide the reproductive care they need to be responsible parents when and if they choose to. Who gives voice to them? Who speaks up for their freedoms, including their freedom of conscience? Who defends their right to make their own ethical choices over their lives?

For too long, the religious right has been the “squeaky wheel” in American politics, drowning out the voices of the majority of faithful Americans who revere the separation of church and state and believe that the greatness of America lies in our ability to protect and defend the rights of all regardless of what you believe, where you came from or who you love.

http://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/385190-some-religious-folks-in-america-see-religious-freedom-as-privileging

[malthaussen]

1. Yeah, the ones who scream about it the most. n/t

[zipplewrath]

2. Christian Nation

It's where the whole "Christian Nation" bunch come from. They don't believe in the freedom of religion, they believe in the freedom of THEIR religion. They are fairly open about it as well. I'll at least give them points for honesty, but it is overwhelmed by their ignorance of history.

[FuzzyRabbit]

3. Not only that, but if you do not abide by their religious beliefs

then they accuse you of violating their freedom of religion.

[zipplewrath]

4. Loss of privilege will feel like oppression

One way you know you've been privileged is if you would feel oppressed if you were treated like everyone else.

At various times I've traveled enough to start to get the "perks" of "frequent traveler" programs. Upgrades, special check in lines, complementary gifts, etc. Let me tell ya, when the traveling falls off, and you don't get them anymore, you can easily get irritated. People frequently will try to justify why they should continue to get the perks well after they've qualified for them.

It is no less so for these people. When their privilege gets exposed to them, they attempt to desperately justify why they should be privileged.