Yeah, the religious defenses are specifically what I'm talking about. There should be no reason for any sort of religious defense at all in these type of charities. If they're going to operate, they need to operate under a secular framework.

I don't care if they do it in the name of their god or for whatever reason they're doing it, but it needs to be done in full compliance with secular raas with no religious exemptions.

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When Marx was talking about the opium of the masses, he didn't mean it as a drug that we are addicted to, he meant it as a salve for humanity, so we can get through the absolute worst things. I don't have a problem with people being religious as long as they use a material reasoning for their decisions, they cannot justify any decisions solely based off metaphysical religion.