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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 08:01 PM Apr 2019

To the smallminded nincompoops who actually believe that chanting "religious liberty" somehow

conceals or excuses their assholery: get a clue. Freedom of religion means you get to choose---or not---whatever unscientific and unprovable set of rules you think best to govern and control YOUR life. It does not mean that you are at "liberty" to impose your ideas of right behavior on anyone else.

So, when you decline to provide medical attention or legal services or an apartment---or a cake---to a gay person or an unwed mother or a mixed race couple, it's not because you are a "good Christian"; it's because you're an asshole.

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To the smallminded nincompoops who actually believe that chanting "religious liberty" somehow (Original Post) Atticus Apr 2019 OP
Well said!!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2019 #1
Religious freedom? ... keithbvadu2 Apr 2019 #2
One Cool, two Un-Cools Martin Eden Apr 2019 #4
The courts should listen to you! Karadeniz Apr 2019 #3
Absofuckinglutely! Buckeyeblue Apr 2019 #5
But... czarjak Apr 2019 #6

keithbvadu2

(36,937 posts)
2. Religious freedom? ...
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 10:43 PM
Apr 2019

Religious freedom? ...

Cool: I must / cannot do it because of my religious beliefs.
..... I decide for myself.

Cool?: You must / cannot do it because of my religious beliefs.
..... I decide for you.

Uncool?: I must / cannot do it because of your religious beliefs.
..... You decide for me?

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