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#27 Nov 06 2013 at 3:20 AM Rating: Excellent
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Constitution: Negotiable Except When I Don't Agree.
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#29 Nov 06 2013 at 10:25 AM Rating: Good
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Constitution: Negotiable Except When I Don't Agree.


You intrigue me with this religion you propose...do you have any pamphlets?
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#30 Nov 06 2013 at 10:42 AM Rating: Excellent
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Which is why "Bona fide religious organizations are exempt within their actual religious duties" is the best possible compromise and "Anyone who doesn't like a law on the basis of their faith shouldn't have to follow it because... religious liberty!" is a shitty, short-minded excuse.
Especially when so many members of a particular religion don't feel that way to begin with. Smiley: rolleyes
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#31gbaji, Posted: Nov 06 2013 at 6:40 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I'm not making a moral judgement here, just pointing out that these are matters of degree and not absolutes. At one point in time, homosexuality was considered aberrant sexual behavior and was illegal, just as pedophilia is considered aberrant sexual behavior and is illegal today. We cannot therefore assume that at some point in the future, there wont be a group of forward thinking progressive people on an internet forum bashing backwards thinking conservative people because even though we've finally realized that sex with children isn't aberrant (and got the AMA to officially declare it so), and finally stopped jailing people for it, there are still some people who think what they're doing is morally wrong and will discriminate against them. And those people are bad people who must be vilified for their blatant oppression of the rights of others.
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Jophiel wrote:
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Right. Everyone should be allowed to ignore laws based on just saying it's for religion.
No. But an advocacy group is certainly within its right to oppose a law on the basis of their religion. Which is what they are doing. Currently, the law does not grant special protective status based on sexual orientation.

Nor should it since an advocacy group is not a church.


I think you completely misunderstood what I'm trying to say. It's not about ignoring the law. It's about opposing the passage of the law in the first place. Those are two completely different things.

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Which is why "Bona fide religious organizations are exempt within their actual religious duties" is the best possible compromise and "Anyone who doesn't like a law on the basis of their faith shouldn't have to follow it because... religious liberty!" is a shitty, short-minded excuse.


Again. The argument isn't for expanding the exemption to the law Joph. It's about not passing the law in the first place. Hence whey they are opposed to the law, not advocating for additional exemptions within it.

I thought I was clear about this in my earlier post, but apparently not.
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#33 Nov 06 2013 at 6:47 PM Rating: Excellent
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gbaji wrote:
I think you completely misunderstood what I'm trying to say. It's not about ignoring the law. It's about opposing the passage of the law in the first place. Those are two completely different things.

Fair enough. So they're opposed to the law because they think retail store managers and restaurant owners should be allowed to discriminate against homosexuals in the workplace using their faith as a pretext. I wouldn't be really proud of that position but I guess that's why I don't donate to the Heritage Foundation.
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#34gbaji, Posted: Nov 06 2013 at 7:23 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) It's a social question though, isn't it? Let's say (for the sake of an example, I have no clue if this is true or not), that the owner of Chick-fil-a decides that in keeping with his businesses principles regarding the morality of its workers, and his own personal belief that homosexuality is sinful, that he cannot allow openly gay workers to be employed at his business since this would be a contradiction (how can he claim to be promoting morality when he's employing people who engage in immoral behavior?). To him, this is no more discriminatory than saying that he will not hire drug addicts, or felons, or anyone else who engages in behavior that he believes is not representative of the standards he believes in.
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I get your argument. Honestly, I do. I just think it's a fairly reprehensible one and serves as a sterling illustration of why I'm not a conservative.
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#36gbaji, Posted: Nov 06 2013 at 8:29 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) It's reprehensible to say that there should be a point at which we allow normal social interactions to punish/reward behavior we agree or disagree with rather than attempting to force compliance via legislation? I think you're allowing your opinion with regard to the specific case at hand to cloud your judgement with regard to the broader concept of legislating social norms that I'm talking about. I'm saying that we should not reject a given position with regard to that line I spoke of by simplistically comparing it to racial or gender discrimination and concluding that since they are "wrong", that this must be "wrong" as well.
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Again... I "get" it. Honest. You don't need to try to keep explaining the same thing over and over. I understand it.

That said, excusing gay discrimination by saying it should just be a "conversation" and comparing it to drug abuse once again reminds me why I'm not a conservative. Wherever the supposed line is drawn, I don't believe that it should be drawn in a way to legitimize discrimination against homosexuals based on some "But it's a conversation about social norms!" excuse. You apparently think that's fine. I won't try to convince you otherwise but I will file it away under "Why I'm glad I'm not one of them".
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#38 Nov 06 2013 at 8:47 PM Rating: Excellent
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Discrimination is okay as long as you can rationalize it. Saying they're only 3/5 people worked pretty well for a while.
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#39 Nov 07 2013 at 4:53 AM Rating: Good
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gbaji wrote:
To him, this is no more discriminatory than saying that he will not hire drug addicts, or felons, or anyone else who engages in behavior that he believes is not representative of the standards he believes in.

Should he have the freedom to do this?
No more than he should have the freedom to not hire black people because he thinks they're lesser humans.
#40 Nov 07 2013 at 8:36 AM Rating: Excellent
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gbaji wrote:
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Should he have the freedom to do this?

No. Being gay is not comparable with being a drug addict or a felon.

We've been through this, being gay is not a lifestyle choice.

Should the store owner be able to refuse employment to black people?
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Not that unusual a position. Representative Ron Paul famously said he wouldn't have voted for the Civil Rights Act (and voted against it during a symbolic vote on its anniversary) because the "liberty" of the discriminators was worth more than protecting the discriminated.

There's people out there who legitimately feel this way.

Edit: Apparently Senator Rand Paul made similar comments but then walked them back under protest and because he wanted to win his election.

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#42 Nov 07 2013 at 8:53 AM Rating: Excellent
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gbaji wrote:
Should he have the freedom to do this?

No. Being gay is not comparable with being a drug addict or a felon.

We've been through this, being gay is not a lifestyle choice.

Should the store owner be able to refuse employment to black people?


I'm not disagreeing with you, but it doesn't really matter if being gay is a choice. Being a Christian is a choice, and you can't decide not to hire Christians.

The only reason that drug addicts and felons are ok to discriminate against is because they pose a high risk to the business.
#43 Nov 07 2013 at 8:57 AM Rating: Excellent
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Jophiel wrote:
the "liberty" of the discriminators was worth more than protecting the discriminated.

I suppose you could rank liberty greater than discrimination.

You could argue though that when you discriminate you could be said to be infringing on someones liberty as you're disallowing them equal freedoms.
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#44 Nov 07 2013 at 8:59 AM Rating: Good
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Belkira wrote:
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gbaji wrote:
Should he have the freedom to do this?

No. Being gay is not comparable with being a drug addict or a felon.

We've been through this, being gay is not a lifestyle choice.

Should the store owner be able to refuse employment to black people?


I'm not disagreeing with you, but it doesn't really matter if being gay is a choice. Being a Christian is a choice, and you can't decide not to hire Christians.

The only reason that drug addicts and felons are ok to discriminate against is because they pose a high risk to the business.

Yes. I was faulty. Smiley: tongue
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#45 Nov 07 2013 at 9:03 AM Rating: Good
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Elinda wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
the "liberty" of the discriminators was worth more than protecting the discriminated.

I suppose you could rank liberty greater than discrimination.

You could argue though that when you discriminate you could be said to be infringing on someones liberty as you're disallowing them equal freedoms.

Desu. So this.
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True. I suppose you could move the quotes around say that people like Ron & Rand Paul and Gbaji believe that the "liberty of the discriminators" is worth more than the protection of the discriminated.

Again, it's an argument that I understand and it's not that complicated. It just also happens to be one that I emphatically disagree with and illustrates why I vote on the blue side of the ticket.
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#47 Nov 07 2013 at 9:17 AM Rating: Good
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"You guys", who? Citizens?

House Reps elected every 2 years
Senators every 6 years
President/Governors every 4 years

So you're going to have federal elections at least every other year. New Jersey & Virginia, for reasons I have no interest in knowing, have their gubernatorial elections of "off years" so they're being talked about since nothing else is happening. But they still only elect a governor every four years.



Ya citizens, you always voting on people. You never stop. Vote vote vote. You guys love to vote. Not just for Washington. Its really weird. We hate voting in Canada, we accept one way or the other we are getting the shaft so really its just do you want it to the right or the left. We give people majorities so we don't have to vote for a while.


Actually, Americans hate voting. Our turnout is terrible. Probably less than 30% of registered voters in my district voted this Tuesday, and a minority of people are registered voters.

And yeah, the problem with looking at liberty exclusively at the small scale is that we have a society based on "liberty of all" not "liberty to the majority."

You aren't free to oppress someone else, because under the foundational rules of our government system, that individual has the right to be free, e.g., un-oppressed.

It's literally the same reason you aren't at liberty to murder someone, kidnap them, etc. Your right to freedom doesn't supersede someone else's right to live free.
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#48 Nov 07 2013 at 9:37 AM Rating: Good
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Actually, Americans hate voting. Our turnout is terrible. Probably less than 30% of registered voters in my district voted this Tuesday, and a minority of people are registered voters.


I don't think it's hate as much as apathy.

I didn't vote this week. All I had to vote on were some bonds - they always pass.
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#49 Nov 07 2013 at 10:05 AM Rating: Excellent
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idiggory, King of Bards wrote:
Actually, Americans hate voting. Our turnout is terrible. Probably less than 30% of registered voters in my district voted this Tuesday, and a minority of people are registered voters.
Which is why we mail ballots out. The only people who are going to stand in the rain for hours to vote for a city consul member are those too fanatical to make an unbiased decision anyway.
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ENDA passed the Senate today with all Democrats voting for it plus ten Republicans.
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Republicans voting for the bill included Sens. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Susan Collins of Maine, Jeff Flake of Arizona, Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, Dean Heller of Nevada, Mark Kirk of Illinois, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania, Rob Portman of Ohio and John McCain of Arizona.
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Belkira wrote:
I'm not disagreeing with you, but it doesn't really matter if being gay is a choice. Being a Christian is a choice, and you can't decide not to hire Christians.

I was shooting a Tweet to my senator and someone was asking him where the law protecting Christians from discrimination was Smiley: facepalm
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