Comments on: Eliminating the Faith-Healing Exemptions in Wisconsin http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/07/02/eliminating-the-faith-healing-exemptions-in-wisconsin/ Atheism with Positivity Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:58:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: jtradke http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/07/02/eliminating-the-faith-healing-exemptions-in-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-325408 jtradke Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:45:17 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13222#comment-325408 Woohoo! My rep (well, a clerk) just e-mailed back and he said added himself as a cosponsor to the bill! Woohoo! My rep (well, a clerk) just e-mailed back and he said added himself as a cosponsor to the bill!

]]> By: Alx-Nichole http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/07/02/eliminating-the-faith-healing-exemptions-in-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-324926 Alx-Nichole Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:13:19 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13222#comment-324926 Thank you Wisconsin, now time to spread it across the country. I find this exeption very irresposible because it endangers the lives of the person and everyone around them. This is the reason why diseases like mumps, measles and whooping cough are depleted. My mother is a cancer patient with a weak immune system and caught whooping cough from a Christian Scientist at a gas station. It's time to take action. Thank you Wisconsin, now time to spread it across the country. I find this exeption very irresposible because it endangers the lives of the person and everyone around them. This is the reason why diseases like mumps, measles and whooping cough are depleted. My mother is a cancer patient with a weak immune system and caught whooping cough from a Christian Scientist at a gas station. It’s time to take action.

]]> By: John http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/07/02/eliminating-the-faith-healing-exemptions-in-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-324750 John Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:11:54 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13222#comment-324750 E-mailed my rep. Quoth I (in part): <blockquote>I know that freedom of religion is essential to this state and this nation, as it is important to allow the marketplace of ideas to operate freely. But, as we know, all rights are limited by the extent to which they infringe on others' rights. This is especially true when a particular freedom, in this case religion, infringes on another's very basic rights to health and life, which trump all others. A child's right to health and life absolutely trumps a parent's freedom of religion, with no exceptions.</blockquote> Probably more explanatory than necessary, but one can never be too careful. E-mailed my rep. Quoth I (in part):

I know that freedom of religion is essential to this state and this nation, as it is important to allow the marketplace of ideas to operate freely. But, as we know, all rights are limited by the extent to which they infringe on others’ rights. This is especially true when a particular freedom, in this case religion, infringes on another’s very basic rights to health and life, which trump all others. A child’s right to health and life absolutely trumps a parent’s freedom of religion, with no exceptions.

Probably more explanatory than necessary, but one can never be too careful.

]]> By: Sean http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/07/02/eliminating-the-faith-healing-exemptions-in-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-324740 Sean Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:50:31 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13222#comment-324740 Huzza for my home state. It's about time. Huzza for my home state. It’s about time.

]]> By: SarahH http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/07/02/eliminating-the-faith-healing-exemptions-in-wisconsin/comment-page-1/#comment-324726 SarahH Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:53:14 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13222#comment-324726 I agree with Pickard, and while I don't live in Wisconsin, I hope its residents and legislators do what it takes to get rid of these exemptions. I agree with Pickard, and while I don’t live in Wisconsin, I hope its residents and legislators do what it takes to get rid of these exemptions.

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