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 What happens when a religious congregation denies membership based on prejudice? (2)

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What happens when a religious congregation denies membership based on prejudice?

Is that considered a legal form of discrimination?

Which right/freedom wins?

Unlikely/impossible scenario?

The person can just find another similar congregation? Is that a win/lose/neither?

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Is that considered a legal form of discrimination?

I would assume it would be as long as the standard requirements are able to be known before the person wishes to join.

Which right/freedom wins?

I believe the freedom of religion would probably win as long as the person was aware that they didn't meet the standard requirements to join.

Unlikely/impossible scenario?

I think the scenario is quite likely to happen, but I'd imagine most religious groups have some sort of standard they want people to fall under.

The person can just find another similar congregation? Is that a win/lose/neither?

The person most likely could. It may be a win/lose type of situation.

flewk(1193) Clarified
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I would assume it would be as long as the standard requirements are able to be known before the person wishes to join.

Most religions do not list requirements for membership, at least not in traditional prejudicial categories like race, gender, orientation, political affiliation, age, etc.

From my interpretation, you would consider it illegal discrimination if the religion does not explicitly list these requirements but rejects the person for that reason.

I think the scenario is quite likely to happen, but I'd imagine most religious groups have some sort of standard they want people to fall under.

What about explicit vs implicit standards? We can look at some form of Protestantism. I do not believe there is an explicit set of requirements for membership.

Thewayitis(4071) Clarified
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We can look at some form of Protestantism. I do not believe there is an explicit set of requirements for membership.

There is explicit set of requirements for membership, just not any to attend. Most churches you have to go through affirmation of Faith after attending classes with the Pastor (complete confirmation).

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It is a legal forms of discrimination. The private sector has lots of legal forms of discrimination (high insurance for the young, cheap theater tickets for the old). No one is going to care if a congregation does this. Similarly no one will care if the KKK denies entry to black people. It would only be a problem if there was a state church.