• dwalin@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    If i said: South Africa is the official state of the white people. How would you feel about it?

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      11 months ago

      White people is a race, so it’s a little different. Also S.A. has a history of apartheid, so that would be worrying for them specifically.

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        11 months ago

        Ok, so you agree that israel differenciates between religions.

        Positive descrimination is still discrimination, especially then you discriminate in favor of the majority.

        Example: USA is the state of the cristian people. Is this good? Is this secular?

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          11 months ago

          I don’t believe an argument can realistically be made that the US is particularly Christian at all, as a government.

          Some conservatives use Christianity as a tool to get elected though.

          A Christian nation, for instance, would take care of their poor and welcome immigrants.

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            It was an example. You are missing the point.

            The point is: if a state has in its base law a preference for one religion over another, it can never call itself secular. Even if they teach evolution in schools.

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              It doesn’t, though. None of its laws are preferential or exclusive. What you linked above isn’t a law that restricts anyone.

              And if you’re curious, should a right-wing government there impose those laws, id wholeheartedly support reforms.