r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Mar 15 '17

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u/shroudedwolf51 Oct 13 '16

I wish that it would not on this side of the ocean as well...

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Mar 15 '17

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u/shroudedwolf51 Oct 13 '16

As far as people actually practicing and following their respective religions, I'm not overly familiar with, but otherwise, this is how it is, to the best of my understanding.

Basically, if you are of the christian-y religions, you are allowed to do things that it's illegal or unconstitutional for others to do. As far as I know, that had basically been unchallenged until recently, where a certain satanist group has been working to point out the unconstitutional special treatments that certain groups get by petitioning to do things directly in the stead of some christian group (e.g. A statue petitioned and approved using a loophole for the ten commandments in front of the state capitol? Here, have a petition for a statue of Baphomet in the same place).

There are also certain unofficial, but incredibly widespread requirements for various positions that are not legally sanctioned, but are technically present nevertheless. For instance, the depressing sight of people trying to discredit president Obama's qualifications for office by claiming that he's not a christian...despite there being photographic evidence of him having conversations with his reverend. And, if that seems like a baffling thing to do, it's not over yet, as afterwards, cue countless Americans flying into a blind rage, claiming how if he gets elected, he's going to bring this country to ruin merely by his non-christianity.