The recent attempt by Arizona
All should realize that this
was not a policy of Republicans in general, but was wholly driven by the Fundamentalist
Christian Religions. Politicians have parroted
this bigoted rhetoric to garner support from Christian Fundamentalist –
including the Catholic Church.
Had this law gone into effect
it could have yielded resulted beyond effecting just the Gay community: it would
have return the state of Arizona to the days of Jim Crow where people
with religious objections could refuse service
to a mixed race couples, women who have had abortions, doctors that have
performed abortions, atheist, non-Christians etc. It would have been possible for an Arizona
We have a glimpse of a future
under a Christian theocracy: Abortion would be criminalized, birth control
would be banned, homosexuality would be criminalized, books, movies and music
would be censored and racial taboos would be enforced. You would not find a great difference
between a Christian theocracy and the Muslim Taliban.
Our only protection against
the religious right’s drive to establish America
Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof: or abridge
the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
To paraphrase George Carlin:
The Christians are coming and they are not very nice people.
Our separation of church and
state is meant to protect us from the fanaticism of religions; but
systematically the Christian religion in America
It is a form of bigotry to speak out against
religions; and I have stated before that individuals have a right to their
personal beliefs.
The insidious way that religion
(Christian religion) functions in our country endangers our individual freedom,
and as such should be confronted and condemned at each attempt to impose
Christian doctrine as the law of the land.
We should not rail against
Republican bias on social issues; but address the fact that Republicans are
only the spokesmen for the Christian Religious Right; and that it is the Christian
religion, not a political party, that is attempting to enforce draconian
rule.
the Ol'Buzzard
Too true and very well put, OB.
ReplyDeleteCrow knows.
DeleteGood post, OB!
ReplyDeleteWe try
DeleteO'B
I wonder if in addition to the business aspect (loss of money) if some realized that other religions could use the law to refuse service to bible-bangers?? I think some journalists might have brought this up when interviewing some idiot pols from AZ.
ReplyDeleteSaw a clip where one of the idiots that sponsored the bill said that nobody told them what the law would do. He admitted he was too fucking stupid to realize the consequences of his bill!!
and the law was only two pages long.
DeleteO'B
The last comment by Kulkuri open up an entirely new can of baked beans! Could an atheist business owner refuse services to say a Jehovah's Witness on anti-religious grounds? If this was about free speech, then why should only kkkristian free speech count? This law would never have stood the scrutiny of a real legal challenge and you can sure bet that the challenges were already being researched and written up as the idiots in Arizona legislature were marching off the edge of the cliff.
ReplyDeleteI love it.
DeleteO'B
One more thing...the law in Arizona was only one of many currently being proposed in State legislatures purportedly to use the cover of religious freedom to discriminate. Look at the bigger picture, though I was being a little silly in my earlier post, this trend and tactic really represents a very serious conservative agenda against the civil rights we take for granted. Bills currently under consideration in Kansas, Idaho, Georgia, Mississipi, MIssouri and Idaho all use similar language. If these bills gain acceptance, then it is the beginning of the erosion of a broad swath of civil rights laws. That's a typical fascist tactic, you start with an easy target...The Gays... and then go from there.
ReplyDeleteIt is all about civil rights verses religious dogma.
DeleteO'B
These people are edging ever closer to power. The GOP think they are using religion but it is a reverse takeover. The American Christian Taliban should be feared as the worst evil on the planet.
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