For those who thought obergefell meant they will have to 'move on' from discriminating against lgbt:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/opinion/sunday/the-republicans-gay-freakout.html?_r=0
"OUR infrastructure is inexcusable, much of our public education is miserable and one of our leading presidential candidates is a know-nothing, say-anything egomaniac who yanks harder every day at the tattered fabric of civil discourse and fundamental decency in this country.
But let’s by all means worry about the gays! Let’s make sure they know their place...
It takes forever in this country to build a new bridge, tunnel or train line, but it took no time flat for politicians in the Tar Heel State to convene a special session, formally ostracize North Carolina’s L.G.B.T. voters and wrap conservative Christians in a tight embrace. Who says America’s can-do spirit is dead?...
Apparently conservatives love the concept of local control when the locality being given control tilts right, but they have a different view when it leans left."
very well-written IMO. Remember the 'states' rights' nonsense? Well whatever happened to citys' rights??
This only emphasizes the need for federal protections (the only kind i believe in, precisely because anything less is only transitory), or else this farce will drag on and on for decades more
Sorry if you thought legalizing gay marriage would allow you and your ilk to usurp the 1st Amendment. :shrug:
For those who thought obergefell meant they will have to 'move on' from discriminating against lgbt:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/opinion/sunday/the-republicans-gay-freakout.html?_r=0
"OUR infrastructure is inexcusable, much of our public education is miserable and one of our leading presidential candidates is a know-nothing, say-anything egomaniac who yanks harder every day at the tattered fabric of civil discourse and fundamental decency in this country.
But let’s by all means worry about the gays! Let’s make sure they know their place...
It takes forever in this country to build a new bridge, tunnel or train line, but it took no time flat for politicians in the Tar Heel State to convene a special session, formally ostracize North Carolina’s L.G.B.T. voters and wrap conservative Christians in a tight embrace. Who says America’s can-do spirit is dead?...
Apparently conservatives love the concept of local control when the locality being given control tilts right, but they have a different view when it leans left."
very well-written IMO. Remember the 'states' rights' nonsense? Well whatever happened to citys' rights??
This only emphasizes the need for federal protections (the only kind i believe in, precisely because anything less is only transitory), or else this farce will drag on and on for decades more
yes because the 1st amendment allows publicly operating businesses and publicly funded schools and adoption agencies to discriminate against anyone. I try to encourage participation in my threads, but that's the weakest defense i ever heard
Freedom of religion doesn't require people to participate in activities which run counter to their religion. If you didn't want legislation like this to become necessary, you shouldn't have persecuted people for exercising their religious freedoms. Not sure what you expected. :shrug:
Freedom of religion doesn't require people to participate in activities which run counter to their religion. If you didn't want legislation like this to become necessary, you shouldn't have persecuted people for exercising their religious freedoms. Not sure what you expected. :shrug:
Many republicans support gay rights which is in fact equal rights. Unfortunately the party is also littered with those that don't. In the end they will lose though, equal rights will continue to move forward and temporary set backs like the ones SOME republicans are pushing won't last. Right's will win but yes it is sad that the process will take way longer than it should. The bigots are in panic mode because they know their anti-rights views are going away
Ok. My religion (that I just made up) says I don't have to pay taxes. Because First Amendment, I guess the government can't give me the Wesley Snipes treatment.
Your rights end where my rights begin. You can't use your religion as a crutch for discrimination.
Just so you know, you do have a right known as freedom of association. That is the right to choose with whom you associate. Put another way, it is the right to discriminate. I guess that puts you in the 'anti-rights' camp as well now doesn't it.
I could say the same to you. You cannot use your SSM "rights" to force people to participate in your homosexual activities against their will. If you hadn't done so, none of this would be happening. What did you expect? Did you think you could force your gay lifestyle on people and there'd be no pushback?
I could say the same to you. You cannot use your SSM "rights" to force people to participate in your homosexual activities against their will. If you hadn't done so, none of this would be happening. What did you expect? Did you think you could force your gay lifestyle on people and there'd be no pushback?
WTF are "homosexual activities"? Gay arts and crafts?
I could say the same to you. You cannot use your SSM "rights" to force people to participate in your homosexual activities against their will. If you hadn't done so, none of this would be happening. What did you expect? Did you think you could force your gay lifestyle on people and there'd be no pushback?
Sorry if you thought legalizing gay marriage would allow you and your ilk to usurp the 1st Amendment.
I could say the same to you. You cannot use your SSM "rights" to force people to participate in your homosexual activities against their will.
For those who thought obergefell meant they will have to 'move on' from discriminating against lgbt:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/opinion/sunday/the-republicans-gay-freakout.html?_r=0
"OUR infrastructure is inexcusable, much of our public education is miserable and one of our leading presidential candidates is a know-nothing, say-anything egomaniac who yanks harder every day at the tattered fabric of civil discourse and fundamental decency in this country.
But let’s by all means worry about the gays! Let’s make sure they know their place...
It takes forever in this country to build a new bridge, tunnel or train line, but it took no time flat for politicians in the Tar Heel State to convene a special session, formally ostracize North Carolina’s L.G.B.T. voters and wrap conservative Christians in a tight embrace. Who says America’s can-do spirit is dead?...
Apparently conservatives love the concept of local control when the locality being given control tilts right, but they have a different view when it leans left."
very well-written IMO. Remember the 'states' rights' nonsense? Well whatever happened to citys' rights??
This only emphasizes the need for federal protections (the only kind i believe in, precisely because anything less is only transitory), or else this farce will drag on and on for decades more
Freedom of religion doesn't require people to participate in activities which run counter to their religion. If you didn't want legislation like this to become necessary, you shouldn't have persecuted people for exercising their religious freedoms. Not sure what you expected. :shrug:
I could say the same to you. You cannot use your SSM "rights" to force people to participate in your homosexual activities against their will. If you hadn't done so, none of this would be happening. What did you expect? Did you think you could force your gay lifestyle on people and there'd be no pushback?
I suppose it was bound to happen, Kobie, but you are correct on this. The idea that a belief in a particular Deity grants a person the right to discriminate is incorrect. Everyone has that right regardless of their faith or lack of it.
If you sell me a knife, and one month later I use that knife to cut a steak at a gay person's house, did you participate in my dinner?
The notion that selling someone a product, which they later use in a reception following a ceremony that you disagree with, is "forcing" you to "participate" in the earlier ceremony is laughable. It's transparent. It's a blatant attempt to hide anti-gay animus behind religion.
You know it. I know it. They know it.
We all know it.
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