Your freedom to swing your fist7/30/2023 We fog disinfectant and virucide throughout the gym every week. The gym is cleaned after each use, mats are sanitized and disinfected. We couldn’t be more grateful.Ĭoach Jayce teaching bars…MASKED! Note coach Gaby cleaning in the background We have asked them to trust us, and they do. They know their kids love the gym and doing gymnastics or ninja with us. Our parents have been so understanding when they let their kids attend without the parent being in the lobby ( because we have limited viewing and lobby space). Here at Gymfinity we are limited in our capacity to allow clients in the building. It seems that we are being asked to sacrifice more and more every day. Running a business in the Covid era is not easy. Can we, at least, agree on that being true? Meaning that you can do what you want until it affects someone else. A wise man once said that your right to swing your fist ends where another person’s nose begins. I have had friends and family who have fought for your right to express it I have stood up myself and spoken at length about the importance of maintaining our rights as Americans. When the experts at ( fill in any science-based think tank organization) are just as adamant that we wear them, I just can’t even…. Unfortunately, the reality, even in the West, is still different, as documented by the AU Association (Americans United for Separation of Church and State), which reports on several cases of individuals and businesses that explicitly discriminate against LGBTI people based on religious beliefs about sex or gender every year.People are so adamant about not wearing a mask and that it really is overwhelming to me. In fact, the myth of an alleged contrast between “freedom of religion” and “LGBTI rights” has to be dispelled: on the one hand, no individual sexual preference or gender orientation is at risk of threatening any religion institution or believer on the other hand, nobody should be able to use their “religious feelings” as a legitimate excuse to discriminate against LGBTI people and deny their rights either to their private life or to openly live out their identity in a public space. LGBTI people also enjoy the same right to non-discrimination, and this right cannot be denied by playing the trump card of “religious freedom” any more than a gay person could invoke their sexuality to hold a believer in contempt. Even feminist and LGBTI organizations did not exactly rush in to stand in solidarity with her – with the notable exception of LGBTI Liberals of Europe. Echoing the CFCM, the French Minister of Justice, Nicole Belloubet stated that “insulting a religion is clearly a violation of freedom of conscience, it’s serious”. While condemning the threats, Abdallah Zekri, chief spokesman of the Conseil français du culte musulman (CFCM) – namely, the official interlocutor of the French government representing Islam – also argued that Mila had “brought it upon herself”. When 16-year-old Mila sharply criticized Islam on Instagram (responding to homophobic and misogynist insults coming from a Muslim individual), she received thousands of homophobic, misogynist and above all life-threatening messages that forced her to drop out of school and live in secrecy under police protection. The so-called “Mila scandal” that erupted in France in January 2020 proved once again that the individual right to free speech is still under attack from zealous religious fanatics and often misinterpreted even by the custodians of the rule of law. Another issue that European countries are confronted with is the alleged duty to respect religions and associated “feelings”, even when those are openly homophobic.
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