• NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    I believe the state should be concerned with people’s rights, safety and wellbeing and then their confort and convenience. If that means making religious (or otherwise) exceptions then I don’t see the problem with that. As long as whatever needs to be done gets done the idea of no religious exceptions is just counterproductive. Again, Sikhs getting to take their knives to school and court is a good example; as long as no hard is done there’s no need to blindly stick to the rules since the point of the rules is to improve people’s lives.

    Separation of church and state doesn’t mean the state’s rejection of religious belief; it means religious institutions don’t get to participate in lawmaking.

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      11 months ago

      The second you start making exceptions it means your need to draw a line somewhere and you’re then discriminating.

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          11 months ago

          Or you know, just don’t make any exceptions so you can’t be accused of favoritism or discrimination?

          What if one officer thinks that one thing is ok but another officer thinks it’s not?

          Do you really want more subjectivity in the prison system? Really?

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            11 months ago

            What if one officer thinks that one thing is ok but another officer thinks it’s not?

            Have a clear line that can’t be crossed. For example in booking pictures that could be the face, or otherwise enough that you can recognize the person when you see them. Make exceptions in the fluff, so to speak.

            “Everyone has it bad” is worse than “some people have it bad”.