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Cory Booker to Trump judicial nominee: Do you believe gay relationships are a sin?

Acadia said:
So when will Ilhan Omar and Tlaib be questioned whether infidels should be killed?
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They shouldn't be asked that question because the vast majority of Muslims are against murdering infidels. Enough that it would be considered rude and bigoted to ask someone such a question, which implies extremism without evidence. If most Christians embraced homosexuality and believed in equal rights for the LGBT community, then the same logic would apply and it would be rude and bigoted to ask a Christian if they believed homosexuality was a sin. Sadly, a significant majority of Christians are less tolerant in that regard and so the question is very much relevant.

A Muslim who wants to kill infidels is an extremist. A Christian who is against homosexuality is unfortunately not an extremist. At least not yet.
 
lwf said:
They shouldn't be asked that question because the vast majority of Muslims are against murdering infidels. Enough that it would be considered rude and bigoted to ask someone such a question, which implies extremism without evidence. If most Christians embraced homosexuality and believed in equal rights for the LGBT community, then the same logic would apply and it would be rude and bigoted to ask a Christian if they believed homosexuality was a sin. Sadly, a significant majority of Christians are less tolerant in that regard and so the question is very much relevant.

A Muslim who wants to kill infidels is an extremist. A Christian who is against homosexuality is unfortunately not an extremist. At least not yet.
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You are conflating beliefs with actions. We have very different ideas of extremism when the Left considers not baking a gay couple a cake for their wedding vs. murdering someone based on their religion or sexuality (which is actually occurring in Muslim countries such as Iran and Saudi Arabia).
 
lwf said:
That isn't a religious test, it's a homophobia test and his constituents have a right to know if homophobia will affect his duty as a judge.
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right wingers are just complete and utter idiots. Being a bigot is not a religious characteristic. These RW trolls are so incredibly stupid and unoriginal

probably should have worded the question better without putting sin in there.
 
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Crovax said:
Christian=homophobe to you, you must be a delight at parties
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The OP is claiming asking a question about gay relationships is a religious test. the OP is basically saying its a religious thing to be a bigot. So according to the OP, a christian does equal a homophobe.

Take your issue up with the dumb OP. Asking someone who's going to determine people's rights if they are going to be biased against people is not a religious test. A judge's religion should have no bearing on their decisions based on laws and facts. Religion has no bearing on the legal branch of government
 
lwf said:
That isn't a religious test, it's a homophobia test and his constituents have a right to know if homophobia will affect his duty as a judge.
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You mean like hating religious people or conservatives might affect someone's duty as a judge? There is deafening silence on that issue.
 
Sampson Simpson said:
The OP is claiming asking a question about gay relationships is a religious test. the OP is basically saying its a religious thing to be a bigot. So according to the OP, a christian does equal a homophobe.

Take your issue up with the dumb OP. Asking someone who's going to determine people's rights if they are going to be biased against people is not a religious test. A judge's religion should have no bearing on their decisions based on laws and facts. Religion has no bearing on the legal branch of government
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Everyone has the same rights under the Constitution. Someone can be opposed to the gay lifestyle and still acknowledge that fact. In the brave new world of the left, one must approve of and promote the gay lifestyle to be fit to be a judge. IOW, serious Christians, or Muslims for that matter, need not apply.
 
Acadia said:
You are conflating beliefs with actions. We have very different ideas of extremism when the Left considers not baking a gay couple a cake for their wedding vs. murdering someone based on their religion or sexuality (which is actually occurring in Muslim countries such as Iran and Saudi Arabia).
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Fair enough. Some forms of extremism are vastly more extreme than others. An extremist Muslim can believe that it's OK to murder infidels without actually doing so. A Christian can believe that it's OK to discriminate based on sexual orientation without actually doing so. Certainly these two things are in no way equal. In the Muslim case, it represents a small extremist minority that should not be tolerated by society. In the Christian case, it seems to represent the majority. Even if I am way more tolerant of homophobic Christians than I am of Muslim extremists, it doesn't mean that homophobic Christians should be equally tolerated along with non-homophobic people.
 
veritas1 said:
You mean like hating religious people or conservatives might affect someone's duty as a judge? There is deafening silence on that issue.
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There shouldn't be. Hatred of any kind should have no place in the government. Someone who hates religious people or conservative people ought not to be in government. Someone who believes that certain Americans ought not to have the same rights as others also should not be in government.

Being intolerant of hatred is not intolerance.
 
lwf said:
Fair enough. Some forms of extremism are vastly more extreme than others. An extremist Muslim can believe that it's OK to murder infidels without actually doing so. A Christian can believe that it's OK to discriminate based on sexual orientation without actually doing so. Certainly these two things are in no way equal. In the Muslim case, it represents a small extremist minority that should not be tolerated by society. In the Christian case, it seems to represent the majority. Even if I am way more tolerant of homophobic Christians than I am of Muslim extremists, it doesn't mean that homophobic Christians should be equally tolerated along with non-homophobic people.
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Again, it seems you are putting not supporting gay marriage on the same level as not tolerating gay people and killing them for having same sex sex. If we should be giving ANY religious litmus test, it should be rooting out those who think it's OK to punish gay people with death. But we don't do that sort of thing as protected in Article VI...except Democrats do.
 
Acadia said:
Again, it seems you are putting not supporting gay marriage on the same level as not tolerating gay people and killing them for having same sex sex. If we should be giving ANY religious litmus test, it should be rooting out those who think it's OK to punish gay people with death. But we don't do that sort of thing as protected in Article VI...except Democrats do.
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How many people in this country want to kill gay people? While even a small number is too many, I don't feel like this belief is wide spread enough to worry about having laws passed allowing it. It would be silly to ask every politician how they feel about legalizing LGBT homicide. Legalizing homicide of LGBT folks is simply not a relevant issue in this country. Unfortunately, the conservatives of this country don't have the greatest track record on things like granting the LGBT community equal rights when it comes to marriage, military service, and bathroom access. So because this is a relevant issue, it makes sense to question politicians on these things.
 
It's an awfully big assumption that those who do not support gay marriage, based on their religious views, are hating gay people. This willy-nilly use of "homophobia" is only highlighting the intolerance of religious Americans who are guaranteed their right to be religious, openly, in society. Yet, it's become de rigueur to punish them and publicly flog them because you simply don't want to understand the canons of their faith.
It is the very definition of intolerance to blithely label religious people as bad or evil, simply because they do not support homosexuality. In the vast majority of cases, this is not acted upon in any harmful way. Christians are not automatically going to avoid gays or not hire them or violate their rights. If anything, Christians don't have nearly the protections afforded to protected classes.
 
lwf said:
How many people in this country want to kill gay people? While even a small number is too many, I don't feel like this belief is wide spread enough to worry about having laws passed allowing it. It would be silly to ask every politician how they feel about legalizing LGBT homicide. Legalizing homicide of LGBT folks is simply not a relevant issue in this country. Unfortunately, the conservatives of this country don't have the greatest track record on things like granting the LGBT community equal rights when it comes to marriage, military service, and bathroom access. So because this is a relevant issue, it makes sense to question politicians on these things.
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You really need to read Article VI and the Constitution which binds all those sworn Democrats to not violate it. Wow.
 
Acadia said:
You really need to read Article VI and the Constitution which binds all those sworn Democrats to not violate it. Wow.
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The right to discriminate is not protected by Article six.
 
Acadia said:
So when will Ilhan Omar and Tlaib be questioned whether infidels should be killed?
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Never. They are female and Muslim, so the are "special" and off-limits.
 
lwf said:
They shouldn't be asked that question because the vast majority of Muslims are against murdering infidels.
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Considering their opinions about Jews and the company they keep....
 
Roadvirus said:
Never. They are female and Muslim, so the are "special" and off-limits.
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They are way too intersectional:doh Shoot, Omar came out and attacked Catholic children! What happened to her? Nothing.
 
You think anyone is going to say to a Muslim that "dogma" lives inside them?
 
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