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YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)
Sat Sep 5, 2015, 02:19 PM Sep 2015

To right-wingers, Christian fundies breaking the law="religious freedom"

Yet when, say, a Muslim speaks up for THEIR religious convictions in America, then all of a sudden those very same right-wingers are the first to scream bloody murder about "sharia law coming to America." And that's just one example.

The double standards are ridiculous here.

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To right-wingers, Christian fundies breaking the law="religious freedom" (Original Post) YoungDemCA Sep 2015 OP
An excellent comparison. Recommended. guillaumeb Sep 2015 #1
Civil rights Faux pas Sep 2015 #2

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
1. An excellent comparison. Recommended.
Sat Sep 5, 2015, 02:24 PM
Sep 2015

But the response from the religious right will be that the US was founded as a white, English speaking, Christian nation. What the Constitution actually says does not matter in this version of history.

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