[drivingmenuts]

No protection for clergy is how far it should go. As far as government is concerned, clergy should be exactly the same as any other civilian. Confession, in this case, is about a person’s relationship with a deity, over which government can make no claim, or relationship to church law, likewise.

No religious authority or relationship should receive special treatment under civil law.

This is not an “it’s for the children” argument, but rather about complete separation of church and state. Religious law should never overrule civil law in any circumstance, in the US.

[cgriswald]

This law breaks separation of church and state by making clergy de facto agents of the state and treats them differently than civilians.