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Originally Posted by SebC
Society can restrict worship when it promotes hatred. In this case, worship is promoting criminal negligence and should be assessed similarly.
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I haven't read that the church was responsible for believing in this bad science, they are likely Mormon I believe, and there are plenty of them who believe in science and are Doctors, Nurses and other healthcare professionals (if you consider a pharmacist a professional!). The church's doctrines may be backwards but they aren't responsible for these two idiots horrible decisions. They are solely responsible for their child's death. However it isn't a responsibility that was borne out of maliciousness or hatred, rather out of ignorance. That is a much harder thing to punish because as much as it pains me to say it they are likely good, albeit very, very misguided people who are loving parents who are as dumb as a brick and shouldn't be trusted to make medical decisions, which the judge obviously agrees with as well.