Clergy members have jumped into the New York fight over legalizing mixed martial arts competitions in the state, lobbying Tuesday against what they called a vicious “blood sport” that appears to hold special appeal for some hate groups.
Opponents including a priest and rabbi who visited individual lawmakers in Albany said the sensationalized violence of cage fighting has no place in civilized society.
Clerics keep intruding on people’s right to dispose of their own bodies however they wish, and I find that appalling. This situation is proof that the right to choose knows no gender boundaries. We need to let these barbarians know that what has no place in civilized society is a group of priests and rabbis who don’t understand that what happens outside of their synagogue / church does not concern them.
As to the completely ridiculous argument that “the kiddies are watching the violence, OMG, the horror, the horror,” it just makes me want to spit. Where are this priest and this rabbi when religious fanatics advocate beatings of children as a parenting strategy? And if we are talking about violent spectacles, I remember how the beginning of the US’s war on Iraq was televised live. If it’s so dangerous for children to watch willing participants beat each other, how come it is not detrimental to them to see unwilling Iraqis have bombs dropped on them?
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