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03 May, 2006 18:07

Wow - the State of Wisconsin allows the use of baptism records in place of Birth Certificates.

I just about shit my pants when I received a call today. For particular reasons, this agency needed my birth certificate for some sort of verification. I asked if there was an alternative (in case I was unable to find my birth certificate), when I was told a baptism record could be used in replacement.

Once again, the shit fell from my ass.

to edit:

This truly does boggle my mind. Even on the phone with the State Official, I had to ask her twice to repeat herself.

The fact that this can be used in difference and apart from what is provided by other faiths; the whole idea of using a theology and its rituals to prove what the birth certificate does otherwise, reflects the sided opinion that a religious corroboration can have as much authority as a state authenticated: Birth Certificate (already mentioned), Driver's License, or State issued Identification Card.

If I were to provide proof of my whole hearted faith, and induction to such faith, would that be legal documentation in replacement of say, as state identification card?

I wonder how I can be so short sighted, as throughout my life, up until now, I was never aware that there was a singular alternative, based on a religious belief, that has as much just and weight as a government would provide; and with that believe of authority - the operations of the government's pledge that church and state should be separate, are said to be true.

The similar aspects of this entire idea, although not ratified by a majority, are the likes of segregation of not only belief, but heritage, culture AND identity as a whole. Is this huge flaw of this system such an accepted policy, or am I literally unattached from events in the past century that have attempted to persuade this sort of idealism out of the US government.

To allow the state to include a belief as an authority, excludes those who believe in other faiths with there own free will from completely and entirely having equal rights in the sate of Wisconsin - and the inclusion of a singular certification of faith forces inequality, as any effort to enforce a will onto someone else, has proved in the past. Although the state is not actively doing this (forcing a will), it is forcing a preference towards belief, and therefor the balance and conception of equality is screwed.

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