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[QUOTE=direstraits88;686242]Which Mosque were you denied access for worship?[/QUOTE] I should say, it wasn't a ban by Government. It was more like my hands will be cut off if I "dis-respect" and I didn't try. Maybe they freely wellcome activists in Mosques, but was too afraid to try I guess ...

[QUOTE=mn_op;686244]True. Is Sabarimala a private property? Who owns it? If the state is spending money for it then it cannot be a private property. Government needs to get rid of all those jokers and form a new management committee. One which is not anti-Hindu as the current one.[/QUOTE] State ...

[QUOTE=Desi;686177] My view is different than yours. I support this verdict for humanitarian reasons. I reject this argument. You think that women are not being discriminated, that is OK, you are entitled to believe that, the law has ruled against your stance.[/QUOTE] I am not sure what harm to the ...

Assuming that you truly want to know the details of this "belief".

[url]https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sabarimala-legend-women-lord-ayyappa-1351674-2018-09-28[/url]

[QUOTE=Desi;682387]Intent does not matter, the actions clearly display discrimination. Just because it has been drilled into them since childhood that this is not discrimination and cloaked in primitive explanations does not make it non discrimination. Should we allow some schools to teach flat ...

[QUOTE=techynt;682395]Most devotees can choose to believe whatever that does not make it right. Say for example, most whites in the south used to believe blacks are ok as slave, does that mean we let them do it?[/QUOTE] I am not sure if you can say what is right and what is wrong in every religion ...

[QUOTE=techynt;682374]Lets say a private restaurant say they wont allow dark colored people or people from lower caste, will that be ok?[/QUOTE] Quite different case though. In a restaurant case, there was a clear intent to discriminate in the past. In the case of shabarimala, there is an argument ...

Definition of public place is the problem. Should a religious institution be open to "all" public? Why should government be able to dictate what they not allow... Of course Sabarimala is a Govt controlled temple, so they can do whatever they want... but broader point is that this is a fine line

Ahead of time thinkers are very common at least in Physical Sciences (Blotzman comes to mind) . Not sure about Ayn Rand. "Selfishness" existed way before Atlas Shrugged.

I have an allopathic doctor in Calicut (Retired Head from Medical College) who always asks "not to take head bath" if you have a cold/fever. In US, whenever I ask a doctor here whether my daughter can take a head bath when she has cold/fever, they have no issues. I think different Doctors are ...