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So, Connecticut wanted to join several other states in ending the religious exemption to childhood vaccination requirements, andthousands of people showed up to protest the bill at a hearing that lasted 24 hours.Okay, I suppose you want to know how I feel about this.First let me get a couple of points out of the way that are specific to this issue but not really to the principles involved. The only, for want of a better word major religion I can think of that would actually forbid vaccination is Christian Science. That doesn ' t really matter, however, because people can make up whatever religious beliefs they want and even get together with their friends and give it a name. " Church of True Believers in the Immaculate Body of Christ " or whatever.  We can ' t really go around deciding what does and does not constitute a religion and furthermore, being in a minority doesn ' t mean you have fewer rights. Also, the absurdity of your religious beliefs doesn ' t matter, since all religions are equally ridiculous, though some are more equally ridiculous than others.The general problem here is the inevitable problem of balancing liberty with general public or social welfare, whatever you want to call it. This case also includes the subsidiary case of parental rights over children. An absolutist libertarian position is trivially absurd. If your religion requires human sacrifice, you cannot practice it in the United States. The same goes for any violation of criminal law. You ca...
Source: Stayin' Alive - Category: American Health Source Type: blogs