(－‸ლ) https://twitter.com/benjancewicz/status/1297687071281291269

Y'all already know this, but that isn't how Title II works

It's real; 42 USC §2000a is part of Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and prohibits discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin

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The reasons this sort of "religious exemption" doesn't work are near-endless and too long for a thread until I've got a lot of free time

But, some quick examples...

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@HarrisonRFox

As a baseline, "neutral laws of general applicability" can legally apply to religions without it being discrimination

It's why, for example, churches don't get to have ritual sacrifice of humans as part of their faith practices

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@HarrisonRFox

The courts have to figure out what constitutes a "religion," and ad hoc beliefs that just now sprouted into existence (and, per the photo, expire 12/31/2021) don't qualify

It's why, e.g., I can't say "my religion lets me bring a gun anywhere I want"

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@HarrisonRFox

Even if we assume this was a sincerely held religious belief of a bona fide religion, it doesn't mean you can't be blocked from the establishment

It means your remedy is to sue for an injunction prohibiting the exclusion, or get the USAO to prosecute

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@HarrisonRFox

They're obviously not going to do either of those things, because a court would LOL at them

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@HarrisonRFox

There's plenty more, but TL;DR this is just another example of a long line of SovCit-esque quackery promoted by Trumpist Republicans with zero basis in law or reality

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@HarrisonRFox

I wish Twitter let me post two GIFs at once, b/c I'd first use the pic of Will Smith in Bad Boys II ("I ain't going back"), then the standard: https://twitter.com/crypto_horse28/status/1297987488133283841

Each state define what's criminalized within their jurisdiction; if they want to write in a religious exemption to a statute, they can

But if they decide not to, they can prosecute without it running afoul of the First Amendment https://twitter.com/sapienist/status/1297987403395678214

For example, most states allow you to beat the sh*t out of a kid in Jesus's name
@sapienist https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/08/12/most-states-allow-religious-exemptions-from-child-abuse-and-neglect-laws/

But being prosecuted for child abuse isn't a First Amendment violation, so if those statutory exemptions don't exist in a given state, that prosecution would be fine
@sapienist