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

August 25th, 2008 by Erich Vieth

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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