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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 01:35 PM Jun 2015

Religious Freedom To RW Is The Freedom To Discriminate Against Non Believers

The religious freedom meme has as much to do with discriminating against non believers as it does the LGBT community. It is about not having the Bible & 10 Commandments as the base for rule in this country. It is about not being able to refuse proven science, stopping cultural and even religious diversity, having the Bible and prayer in all the schools, censoring unChristian books and publications. And we all know it comes down to having a Christian like sharia in the US.

Even though the main focus is about the LGBT the real goal is having a religious based government and these folks will never give up on that idea. It is as ingrained as racism and the Confederate flag. Being non Christian or non believing is treason in their eyes. So we will continue this fight that is generational as much as anything.

We must remember that the early settlers viewed the Indians as pagans. And even though these early settlers were fleeing religious persecution. They were persecuting non believers of their era and even fellow community members who did not tow the religious line.

Expect the GOP presidential candidates to double down on the Christian persecution meme and Christian nation banter. They will act like THEIR country has been stolen by the heathens. And in the long run they could be just as dangerous as anything else to the country.

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Religious Freedom To RW Is The Freedom To Discriminate Against Non Believers (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Jun 2015 OP
Exactly. They even use "Religious Freedom" to oppose anti-bullying measures arcane1 Jun 2015 #1
Just posted this response to a whine on facebook: madamesilverspurs Jun 2015 #2
That's the "freedom" of -all- authoritarians Shamash Jun 2015 #3
It's what our country was founded upon SwankyXomb Jun 2015 #4
 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
1. Exactly. They even use "Religious Freedom" to oppose anti-bullying measures
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 01:40 PM
Jun 2015

If little Jimmy can't call his classmate a "Hell-bound fag" then his "Religious Freedom" is being denied

madamesilverspurs

(15,805 posts)
2. Just posted this response to a whine on facebook:
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 02:00 PM
Jun 2015

Your “religious liberty” is NOT assaulted in any way by today’s court ruling on gay marriage unless your definition of religious liberty requires that you compel everyone else to do things your way, in which case you do have a problem.

 

Shamash

(597 posts)
3. That's the "freedom" of -all- authoritarians
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 02:11 PM
Jun 2015

You have the "freedom" to believe and live as we do, or we will find a way to make your life miserable.

It's not just religions that act that way, they're just the only ones claiming supernatural wisdom as the basis for it.

But when you mix religion and conservatism, yeah, it seems to happen an awful lot.

SwankyXomb

(2,030 posts)
4. It's what our country was founded upon
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 02:20 PM
Jun 2015

The Pilgrims weren't thrown out of Europe because of "religious intolerance", they were thrown out for trying to establish a theocracy, with themselves as the head of course.

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