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Religious Right Ecstatic Over Supreme Court Ruling On Baker Who Refused Wedding Cake For Gay Couples
Anti-LGBTQ groups celebrated Monday’s Supreme Court ruling in a much-watched case involving a baker who violated Colorado’s anti-discrimination laws by refusing to make a custom wedding cake for a gay couple.
The baker had argued that making a wedding cake for the gay couple would violate his religious beliefs and freedom of speech, and the case was seen as a major test of the Religious Right’s effort to firmly establish in law the standard that a business owner’s religious beliefs trump nondiscrimination laws when it comes to LGBTQ people and same-sex couples. Religious Right leaders celebrated the ruling in favor of the baker even though the Court did not go as far as they had hoped.
The Court found that comments made by members of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission reflected disrespect toward the baker’s religious beliefs, which violated his right to fair treatment in a way that reflected government hostility toward religion. So the Court ruled against the state without addressing the broader constitutional questions about nondiscrimination laws and business owners with anti-LGBTQ beliefs.
Anti-LGBTQ activists were ecstatic. “God bless America. Glory Hallelujah,” radio host and “conservative warrior” Wayne Allen Root declared. The American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer called it “a huge victory for religious liberty in our winnable war!” Fischer, never one to treat LGBTQ people with respect, sneered at what he calls “sodomy-based ‘marriage.’” Matt Barber called it ”the biggest culture war game changer in decades,” adding, “It cannot be overemphasized what a historical win this is for #ReligiousLiberty and “what a devastating blow it is to the homofascist #LGBTQ political agenda.” Ted Cruz celebrated “a major victory for religious liberty.”
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/religious-right-ecstatic-over-supreme-court-ruling-on-baker-who-refused-wedding-cake-for-gay-couple/
The baker had argued that making a wedding cake for the gay couple would violate his religious beliefs and freedom of speech, and the case was seen as a major test of the Religious Right’s effort to firmly establish in law the standard that a business owner’s religious beliefs trump nondiscrimination laws when it comes to LGBTQ people and same-sex couples. Religious Right leaders celebrated the ruling in favor of the baker even though the Court did not go as far as they had hoped.
The Court found that comments made by members of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission reflected disrespect toward the baker’s religious beliefs, which violated his right to fair treatment in a way that reflected government hostility toward religion. So the Court ruled against the state without addressing the broader constitutional questions about nondiscrimination laws and business owners with anti-LGBTQ beliefs.
Anti-LGBTQ activists were ecstatic. “God bless America. Glory Hallelujah,” radio host and “conservative warrior” Wayne Allen Root declared. The American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer called it “a huge victory for religious liberty in our winnable war!” Fischer, never one to treat LGBTQ people with respect, sneered at what he calls “sodomy-based ‘marriage.’” Matt Barber called it ”the biggest culture war game changer in decades,” adding, “It cannot be overemphasized what a historical win this is for #ReligiousLiberty and “what a devastating blow it is to the homofascist #LGBTQ political agenda.” Ted Cruz celebrated “a major victory for religious liberty.”
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/religious-right-ecstatic-over-supreme-court-ruling-on-baker-who-refused-wedding-cake-for-gay-couple/
I am so embarrassed to be breathing the same air as these fucking assholes. I hope they will get theirs one day.
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Hopefully the Roman Empire is revived through the EU and starts it up again.
If there is an Anti-Christ that eventually rules the EU, he/she has my full support for persecution.
