Meanwhile, On The Human Rights of Ministers

[deirdre]

It's apparently perfectly okay for a religion to coerce a married minister to divorce.

It's apparently perfectly okay for a religion to coerce a married minister to have an abortion against her will.

It's apparently perfectly okay for a religion to hunt down a minister who wants to leave, promist to stalk her, threaten to excommunicate her family, threaten to never permit her to speak to her family, and threaten her former co-workers.

It's apparently perfectly okay for a religion to engage in human trafficking.

It's apparently perfectly okay for a religion to revoke food privileges for a minister in a religious order. So: no food.

It's apparently perfectly okay for a religion to revoke berthing privileges for a minister in a religious order and force her to sleep under a desk.

The judge ignored numerous other documents supporting said minister's experiences. Such as this one.

Family values. Truly.

Sorry, Claire.

Ruling here.

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (“TVPA”) prohibits, inter alia, knowingly
obtaining the labor or services of a person by means of force, threats of force, physical
restraint, or threats of physical restraint to that person or another person.18 U.S.C. §
1589(a)(1).A victim of a violation of the TVPA may bring a civil action against the
perpetrator.18 U.S.C. § 1595.

Defendants argue that this claim fails because of the First Amendment’s ministerial
exception.The Court agrees.“The Religion Clauses of the First Amendment provide
that ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof.’”Alcazar v. Corp. of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle, 598
F.3d 668, 671 (9th Cir. 2010) (quoting U.S. Const. Amend. I).

Yep. Human trafficking is now ruled a freakin' sacrament. (In violation of Employment Division v. Smith.)

I'm just waiting until all human trafficking goes under religious cloaking for these "benefits."