If the law does make exceptions because of people’s ‘faith’ or ‘belief’, call it what you will, where does that end? it’s already acceptable to allow parents of certain faiths to mutilate the genitalia of their male babies, which I find absolutely appalling. If the faith of the parents called for removing the earlobes of their infants, should the law allow that?

What if the faith allowed and encouraged parents to sexualise their children? (Many of these ‘charismatic’ leaders of cults seem to come up with special dispensation from god to sleep with 14 year old girls).

The secular law of a country should be there as a check and balance against practices by faiths which harm children. Of course, as a secularist, I’d include indoctrinating your children to your own faith.

If you’re reading this and think ‘indoctrinating’ is too strong a word, look up the true meaning. Think of all those poor children of satanists who are brought up as satanists by their parents brain-washing them. All those moor muslim children who are brought up by muslim parents who send them off to schools run by mad mullahs who demand unquestioning faith. The poor deluded Mormons and Scientologist children, who basically haven’t been given a chance to get the right faith, because their heads have been filled with nonsense by parents, school and religious leaders.

Of course, your faith is the right one, so doing this to your own kids if fine.