I have a profound dislike for religious speech exceptions of all kinds.
Partially because it encourages the use of "God said it, not me!" as a get-out-of-jail-free card for all kinds of unpleasantness, but also because it puts the government in the business of deciding what is and is not a religion and I'm really not okay with that.
I'm not implying a slippery-slope here, I'm more bothered by a lack of one.
"Well, the Church of Pelor gets a pass on the orc-bashing cuz their holy book says they should do it, and I guess the Vecna guys are allowed to deny the Cataclysm happened cuz they've been doing it for generations and it's part of their culture, but the Raven Queen clergy aren't allowed to preach that the Vecna guys are dummyheads, cuz they've only been around for like, five years, and I think Susan made it up anyway so she could take that feat she wanted."
(See how I'm using fictional religions instead of real ones? It's cuz I'm being diplomatic and stuff!)
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Partially because it encourages the use of "God said it, not me!" as a get-out-of-jail-free card for all kinds of unpleasantness, but also because it puts the government in the business of deciding what is and is not a religion and I'm really not okay with that.
I'm not implying a slippery-slope here, I'm more bothered by a lack of one.
"Well, the Church of Pelor gets a pass on the orc-bashing cuz their holy book says they should do it, and I guess the Vecna guys are allowed to deny the Cataclysm happened cuz they've been doing it for generations and it's part of their culture, but the Raven Queen clergy aren't allowed to preach that the Vecna guys are dummyheads, cuz they've only been around for like, five years, and I think Susan made it up anyway so she could take that feat she wanted."
(See how I'm using fictional religions instead of real ones? It's cuz I'm being diplomatic and stuff!)