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riqster

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Thu Apr 2, 2015, 12:52 PM Apr 2015

Teapublicans now say that cakes are “Speech”. Really. Yes, really. [View all]

https://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2015/04/02/teapublicans-now-say-that-cakes-are-speech-really-yes-really/

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“Speech” is the latest extraconstitutional workaround for anything illegal that Repubs want to get away with. Citizens United is the most egregious example: by defining money as “speech”, the Roberts Court removed almost every restriction against political spending, AKA bribery. It also means that those people with more money have more “free” speech.

See how it works? By sneaking something odious and corrupt under the protection of the First Amendment, Teapublicans make said odious thing almost impossible to control or even keep track of. That is how the criminal enterprise known as the GOP rolls.

So this morning, Mr. B & C was driving to The Place That Pays Him To Go There, and heard a Babtist preacher on the radio further attempt to add discriminatory practices against LGBTQ citizens as protected by the First Amendment. Specifically: he claimed that a cake was “speech”.

Again: Teavangelicals want wedding cakes classed as speech. Christ on a Kitchen Aid. This is ridiculous, but sadly not all that unusual. The Babtist Boyo says that a baker (or pizza maker, florist, etc.) is providing speech via their pastries and such. Thus it would be a violation of a baker’s free speech rights to have to bake a cake for a gay person. Seriously, he says that. Click the link and listen for yourself.

Teapublicans clearly wouldn’t know “speech” if it bit them on their wedding tackle. But then, they don’t really care about our Constitutional rights: they want to overthrow our current system of government and replace it with a theocracy. And this is just another step on their way to that goal. Anyone other than White male Teavangelicals is at risk.

Vote the “Republicans” out. All of them. And that soon.
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I guess diner stools and bus seats must be, as well. Orsino Apr 2015 #1
And rocks. Air. Water. riqster Apr 2015 #4
Only if every time one of them opened their mouth, someone shoved a piece of cake in it . . . Journeyman Apr 2015 #2
I thought those were pie-holes. riqster Apr 2015 #3
soon they'll be saying the 13th amendment violates their freedom and religious rights.... unblock Apr 2015 #5
Not an accident. That is the Teabagger end game. riqster Apr 2015 #6
Thank god Scarlett left me all those skirts. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #10
Lawsy! riqster Apr 2015 #13
When manipulation of law 2naSalit Apr 2015 #7
Very true. riqster Apr 2015 #14
NPR's finest hour since broadcasting that "hundreds" of Iraq war protesters marched in DC hatrack Apr 2015 #8
NPR: "Now Proudly Republican". riqster Apr 2015 #15
Scalia said that "Money is speech." Is it such a stretch to see his fans saying BLANK is speech closeupready Apr 2015 #9
Anything they want to be speech is speech. riqster Apr 2015 #16
And, to take that to its logical conclusion, how long before liberal speech will NOT be speech? closeupready Apr 2015 #25
It does beg the question... Where is the line? TampaAnimusVortex Apr 2015 #11
Art is not the question. Speech is. Political speech. riqster Apr 2015 #20
And from the unforseen ramifications camp... TampaAnimusVortex Apr 2015 #31
That explains why chocolate cake is always calling my name. Vinca Apr 2015 #12
Saint Joan of Cake. riqster Apr 2015 #18
What's next? Wedding cakes are people, my friend? NightWatcher Apr 2015 #17
Binders full of cakes! riqster Apr 2015 #19
Ummm, binders full of cakes.... NightWatcher Apr 2015 #21
Just wait for it... 2naSalit Apr 2015 #22
Doubleplusungood. riqster Apr 2015 #24
Yes they are. And so are cookies monsters! yellowcanine Apr 2015 #30
Well, they kind of are. GoCubsGo Apr 2015 #23
Or, "I am f***ing crazy". riqster Apr 2015 #26
Another candidate for Cake Wrecks. GoCubsGo Apr 2015 #28
It is true! Cakes speak to me all the time. "Come on, a little piece won't hurt you, you can skip yellowcanine Apr 2015 #27
Cake is salad. riqster Apr 2015 #33
In the ongoing Washington State case DebbieCDC Apr 2015 #29
The only time flowers are speech in my world, are when I grab a rose the wrong way. riqster Apr 2015 #35
AHA! baptist precher on NPR said cake=speech. it must be coming from rush or fuxx gnewz...... pansypoo53219 Apr 2015 #32
It's Teavangelical talking points, quoted on air. riqster Apr 2015 #34
Isn't the person ordering the cake the one providing the speech? justiceischeap Apr 2015 #36
Evidently the Baptist Bakers see it differently. riqster Apr 2015 #37
They are going to eat their words corkhead Apr 2015 #38
lol, nice one. Vattel Apr 2015 #39
DUzy! riqster Apr 2015 #40
I had someone reply to me about bakers having to fill orders from Atheists with cookies saying... LynneSin Apr 2015 #41
And that was the icing on the cake... riqster Apr 2015 #42
Let them speak cake!!! Coventina Apr 2015 #43
Oui! riqster Apr 2015 #44
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