In a petition to the court the petitioners stated, that in the context of the case, the " coercive persuasion " hypothesis is wholly divorced from its purported theoretical basis, the theory of coercive persuasion is not scientific, the methodological foundations for the theory of coercive persuasion does not exist and that the allegation of " coercive persuasion " on which the California Supreme Court relied has no specific legitimacy, but uses the language of science to cloak an attack on religious liberty.
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In a petition to the court the petitioners stated, that in the context of the case, the " coercive persuasion " hypothesis is wholly divorced from its purported theoretical basis, the theory of coercive persuasion is not scientific, the methodological foundations for the theory of coercive persuasion does not exist and that the allegation of " coercive persuasion " on which the California Supreme Court relied has no specific legitimacy, but uses the language of science to cloak an attack on religious liberty.
