🤔 Austria, Headscarf Ban and a Question of Consistency... Austria is planning to ban underage girls from wearing religious headscarves. Defending young Muslim women are, among others... Catholic clergy, speaking out against "religious coercion" and violations of freedom. Hold on. Religious coercion? What about the baptism of infants who have no choice? The first confession of 7-year-olds who have to confess their "sins"? The confirmation of teenagers under family pressure? The entire system of religious indoctrination of children before they're old enough to consciously choose? I'm not attacking religion. It's an honest question: why is the Catholic "imprinting" of children into faith a cultural norm, while a Muslim headscarf suddenly becomes coercion requiring state intervention? Either we consistently defend children's right to religious neutrality (in EVERY religion), or we admit it's about something other than concern for the child's freedom. What do you think? Where's the line between raising kids in faith and coercion? And should it be the same for all religions? What's your take? Let's discuss civilly! 👇