Another locked thread.

[Highway Man]

The whole slaughter business is cruel and painful to the animal, so why do you focus your ire on the religion bit? Seems a bit fake and selective to me.

It may seem selective to you, my reason is simple. I love animals and as a person that rescues greyhounds and volunteers at a donkey sanctuary shows what you are saying is simply trolling.

 

[blup]

Chancel repair liability and registration – Law Commission

Reforming the law

lawcom.gov.uk

The right to demand money for a religion I do not believe in.

The money is "demanded" for repairs to a building, not religion

Bishops - Why do they still sit in Parliament? - Politics.co.uk

An overview of Bishops in the House of Lords (Lords Spiritual). Their history, role, and the debate around their continuing membership.

www.politics.co.uk

Interfering in government and the making of laws.

They aren't elected to the HoL, no one is. Independent minded members of the HoL can only be a good things (especially given the country's slide into authoritarianism) same with hereditary peers. Just look at the time served politicians who get into the Lords. Or wealthy donors.

Trading hours for retailers: the law

Trading hours for retailers, restrictions on Sunday opening and public holiday opening in England, Wales and Scotland

www.gov.uk

Preventing me buying ice-cream after 4pm on Sunday from my local supermarket.

They only do that because the law lets them, not because of direct control over secular laws.

Then there's education, Anglican or Catholic Madrassas shouldn't be a thing.

Lots of Musslims go to Catholic schools

But mostly I get annoyed by people assuming that their particular delusion deserves respect. They deserve my tolerance as long as they keep it to themselves but respect has a wider meaning that religion doesn't deserve.

You misunderstand respect, Freedom of religion is a fundamental human right. That's not the same as stuffing it into your face.