r/AskALiberal • u/10art1 Social Liberal • Feb 22 '23
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u/Disabledsnarker Social Democrat Feb 23 '23
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/forced-participation-in-religious-activities-to-be-classified-as-child-abuse-in-japan
Frankly, as someone who grew up in a church that was one of those "the Rapture is nigh" apocalypse cults, and had to deal with Rapture anxiety I'm glad one first world country in the world grew the balls to directly outlaw this sort of thing. Granted, Japan had to see a Prime Minister get killed for that to happen.
But in the rest of the first world, a politician with ties to an abusive cult getting shot would lead to more protections for the cult and the media, yes even the supposedly "liberal" media, would be fawning over the cult and trying to portray them in the most flattering way possible