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And Chrump isn't "for" religious liberty, --he's not religious himself-- he's for saying anything that will stimulate zealotry in his base.
You're either a part of society and serve society as a whole or you don't.
I am so sick of these bigots getting to control any kind of dialogue at all. If your religious beliefs are more important than civil rights, offer your baked goods for sale at your local church. If your religious beliefs are more important than civil rights, why not do us all a favor and just sequester yourself from the rest of society, period. We want nothing to do with you. You and the white supremacists and the pedophiles and the misogynists can all gather in your homes and lament at how sad it is that you don't get to be openly, publicly hateful pieces of shit and make money while doing so.
I keep hoping humanity will evolve and the hateful and disgusting sub human pieces of shit in this world will die off like the dinosaurs, but it's more likely that the only thing that will ever end humanity's cruelty and debasement will be the end of humanity itself.
"Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. " Erich Fromm
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CrnBudjUIAI3…
I know this is not what he meant, but....
Let's just skip ahead a generation by which time all LGBTQ rights will have disappeared and there will, once again, only be straight (or closeted) marriages. If these holier-than-thou idiots are serious about following their so-called Christian beliefs, then there should be a gynecologist installed in ALL hotels, making sure (even though there is no absolute medical proof) that young couples arriving on their honeymoons include a virginal bride! There should be a roaring side-business for the docs - including cash only payments as these tests are without medical merit. My only query: will the stoning commence the same day or be advertised as a special feature for the next?
Oh, so you think you can get away by staying at a non-denominational or atheist hotel chain? They'll have been outlawed (we've already seen how atheists are reviled by fundamentalists), as all businesses will be forced to swear allegiance to and follow ONE national religion.
I despise all religious hypocrites but especially those whose targets have the smallest numbers. Let's see them up their game to its most ridiculous conclusion.
I was still writing my comment while yours was posted. The answer is that it's ALL a numbers game. The proscription that affects them the least is the one they'll INSIST must be implemented.
Seems like the best way to fight back in red states. Religious freedom acts make discrimination optional. So make choosing that option expensive.
Is that the corollary or the flip side (or is it the same side) as Marx's quote (Groucho Marx, that is), "I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member."
Bridal virginity? No divorced folks marrying? No interracial marriages—it was 'basic Christianity' for decades?
There's a reason why the bigots fought on the grounds of a cake. Because it's easy to convince people that this isn't really a serious fight with serious consequences, and who wants a cake made by someone who hates them anyway?
But it's not about the cake. It's about the ability to openly discriminate against gay people in any situation they want, even with life altering consequences. The cake itself is just a smokescreen for blanket discrimination. If we don't fight this battle now we loose more than a freaking cake. At some point some of us lose our lives.