The Perils of Extreme Religious Liberty and Protecting Children with Marci Hamilton

Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan

Dr. Steven Hassan

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 684 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that current American law looks at children as property? Even though we know corporal punishment has been banned by most civilized countries, it is legal in the USA due to the religious lobby. Hamilton is a law professor as well as the Founder and CEO of CHILD USA, www.childusa.org, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit academic think tank dedicated to interdisciplinary, evidence-based research to improve laws and public policy to end child abuse and neglect. She is the author of God vs. the Gavel: The Perils of Extreme Religious Liberty, (2009, Cambridge University Press), Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children (2012, Cambridge University Press), and co-author of Children and the Law (2017, Carolina Academic Press). This is one of the most important interviews that I have ever done with one of the great activists of our day. Learn more about Steven Hassan and Freedom of Mind Resource Center. Visit freedomofmind.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Stephen Hassan with another episode of the Influence Continuum, and I am so excited and so grateful to Marcy Hamilton.
0:15.4	Marcy, I, you know, adore you and your work ever since I read God versus the gavel.
0:21.6	The whole title is Justice and also Justice Denied,
0:25.6	what America must do to protect its children.
0:28.6	God versus the gavel, the perils of extreme religious liberty.
0:33.6	So on Spot, you are the founder and CEO of Child USA, an organization that I admire and support.
0:43.6	The last time I saw you in person, you are honoring, I think, Leah Remini and Mike Rinder,
0:49.3	Julie Epstein, who, excuse me, Julie Brown, Kay Brown, who exposed Epstein after 10 years, was there.
0:59.8	I got to meet her.
1:01.2	Thank you for that, too.
1:04.3	You came to speak at the Forensic Think Tank at Harvard Medical School that I was a part of talking
1:10.7	about your plans
1:11.8	to abolish the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse. You've accomplished so much
1:18.3	since you came and spoke in person there. And I can go on and on. I'm telling you people,
1:26.3	you should check out this woman's bio. It's amazing.
1:31.2	Marcy, thank you for coming. And please tell us what we need to know about what's happening
1:38.1	in the United States and the legal system and protecting people from predators and abusive organizations.
1:45.9	Well, thanks so much, Steve, and I'm a fan of yours, so this works out perfectly.
1:50.0	Neither one of us is wasting any time.
1:52.9	Delighted to be here.
1:55.2	So, you know, my focus is on the civil rights movement to transform children from property to being
2:03.5	rights holders. And so, you know, that's a complex build. The United States has never signed on
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