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Censorship of views critical of religion, out of fear or “respect”

In modern times in the U.S., do we self-censor out of fear or allegedly of out respect?   We certainly do, for both “reasons.”

At Daylight Atheism, Ebonmuse has published a post describing a modern example of self-censorship, this one involving the story of a nine-year old girl who was forced to have sex with an extraordinarily famous 53-year old religious leader.

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About the Author

Erich Vieth is an iconoclastic attorney, musician and writer living in the Shaw neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. He and his wife Anne Jay have two daughters, aged 9 and 11.

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