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WASHINGTON (AP) Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Saturday night accused President Barack Obama and other Democrats of waging wars against religious liberty and education and said that a rebellion is brewing in the U.S. with people ready for "a hostile takeover" of the nation's capital.
Jindal spoke at the annual conference hosted by the Faith and Freedom Coalition, a group led by longtime Christian activist Ralph Reed. Organizers said more than 1,000 evangelical leaders attended the three-day gathering. Republican officials across the political spectrum concede that evangelical voters continue to play a critical role in GOP politics.
"I can sense right now a rebellion brewing amongst these United States," Jindal said, "where people are ready for a hostile takeover of Washington, D.C., to preserve the American Dream for our children and grandchildren."
read: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jindal-hostile-takeover
consider Jindal's own 'war' on American liberties:
Opposes same-sex marriage
Supports constitutional amendment to define marriage
Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman
Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent
He believes anti-discrimination laws are a Silent War on Religious Liberty' . . . RawStory:
This Silent War, Jindal contended, threatens the fabric of our communities, the health of our public square, and the endurance of our constitutional governance. It is a war against the propositions in the Declaration of Independence. It is a war against the spirit that motivated abolitionism. It is a war against the faith that motivated the Civil Rights struggle
It is a war against Americas best self, at Americas best moments.
It is a war a silent war against religious liberty.
The main front in this silent war, according to Jindal, involves the freedom to exercise your religion in the way you run your business, large or small. He cites the case of Hobby Lobby, which is exercising its religious freedom by refusing its employees health care and not stocking Hanukkah-related merchandise.
Jindal believes that the Constitutions free exercise of religion clause gives people the right to discriminate against people whose lifestyles offend their religious sensibilities. Consider the many cases against bakers, photographers, caterers and other wedding consultants who have religious beliefs, which prevent them from taking part in a same-sex ceremony, he said. The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled in August that one small business, Elane Photography, had violated the states Human Rights Act by declining to photograph a same sex commitment ceremony.
This assault on what he believes is the constitutionally protected right to discriminate will only spread in the immediate future.
Really?
randys1
(16,286 posts)When the SC criminals decide against religious freedom next week with Hobby Lobby, when they come down on the side of employers being able to dictate someones belief, well, what can i say...
America is so horribly broken
shenmue
(38,503 posts)they would respect the Constitutional rights of everybody, not just conservative evangelicals.
bigtree
(85,919 posts). . . he's seriously encouraging a receptive bevy of nutcases out there to violence. Someone should ask Secret Service to give him a visit and ask him what he means by calling for a hostile government takeover.
randys1
(16,286 posts)They are allowed to point loaded weapons by the dozens at federal agents with NO REPERCUSSIONS
if your Black or Latino friend tried this they would be shot dead instantly
shot dead instantly