Religion
The pressure Western outlets are putting on Qatar for its opposition to same-sex “marriage” and transgenderism is nothing more than hypocritical, geopolitical virtue signaling, something American politicians and international media are quite skilled at.
Consider that the same press that’s complaining about gays not being able to openly flaunt their sexuality in Qatar is the same group of people that’s silent on the U.S.’s corrupt partnership with the Wahhabist government of Saudi Arabia, an Islamist state that decapitates homosexuals. Read more
The new law will guarantee the implementation of rules and regulations on how the state, including all government agencies, would respect the right of Filipinos to choose their religion.
“With this bill, Filipinos will be encouraged to pursue spiritual growth by affording them the freedom to conduct their lives in accordance with their faith or religious belief without the fear of persecution, threat, or punishment,” lawmaker Eddie Villanueva said in a speech endorsing the law. Read more
Newport also documented some of the complexities of classifying religious belief when polling people, noting that there exist “other measures of religiosity, and they don’t all show the same patterns.”
“Those with no religious identity can still be religious, as measured by their responses to other questions,” he added. “And those who identify with a religion can be quite irreligious, based on their responses to those same questions.”
“Another measure of religiosity involves membership in a church, synagogue, mosque or temple. Trends show such membership has declined over the years. This may reflect the fact that Americans are less interested these days in official ‘membership,’ even if they remain religious.” Read more