Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life
by CamperBob2 on Thursday February 12, 2015 @07:19PM
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Aren't most religions prohibited in China, though? Those people are basically answering the survey under duress.
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Re:How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life
by latestrevision on Thursday February 12, 2015 @07:44PM
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Naw -- not really illegal; although it's probably politically complicated to be religious: "No state organ, public organization or individual may compel citizens to believe in, or not to believe in, any religion; nor may they discriminate against citizens because they do, or do not believe in religion." (Article 45 of their 1978 Constitution).
Even today -- decades after the state/social pressures against religious affiliation disappeared -- most former soviet states still have very large atheist populations.