Comment on Sikh 'barred from Birmingham jury service' for religious sword

• HerbalGamer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s actually an important part of their religious and cultural practices

  that should -imho- never be relevant. Religions shouldn’t have any more legal meaning than a book club. but here we are.

  source

  • LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I tend to agree, but the place to start isn’t by targeting minority religions.

    source

    • Bonehead@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      But that minority religion is the only one presenting the problem...

      source

      • LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        TIL that adhering to the court’s own policy is “causing a problem.” Sure, let’s just let officials make up rules on the fly instead of applying their own policies fairly. Surely that won’t cause any further problems.

        source

        • -> View More Comments
    • HerbalGamer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      just wait until we invent actual lightsabers and the jedi start showing up

      source

      • LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The younglings: “Here we go again!”

        Seinfeld slap bass

        source