> > But threatening to refuse communion and/or excommunication goes far
> > beyond free speech. It is coercion.
>
> How is it coercion? Would my refusing to give someone money or to say I
> like them be equivalent to coercion? If not, how is that any different?
> And why can't someone whose denied communion or excommunicated join
> some other church if they consider it such a big deal?
>
> Rich
>
You're not religious, I can tell. : )
Forgive me if I mangle Catholic doctrine, but they do claim
to have a monopoly on "real" communion, don't they?
That last step may be iffy, but if the holder of a monopoly on
an important item threatens to cut you off, isn't that coercive?
---David
Hoist by their own petard?
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