tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post5434989697583937236..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Concerning Religious FreedomFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-23859365421028212512019-10-15T07:31:05.038-04:002019-10-15T07:31:05.038-04:00"... Muslim-run businesses are never compelle..."... Muslim-run businesses are never compelled by law to please those who demand a service that contradicts the dictates of Islam. "<br /><br />Because Moslems will behead anyone who tries. Moslems may be in error but, they'll fight for their beliefs.John Henry Edenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058889514285404011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-41906764797939391082019-10-13T12:46:47.385-04:002019-10-13T12:46:47.385-04:00"That understanding clearly would have caused..."That understanding clearly would have caused the Founders to classify a creed such as Islam as not a religion."<br /><br />Nah, I don't buy it. If they had meant just Christianity, they would have specified that.<br /><br />Because Islam is such a shithole of a religion, and one that mandates all should submit whether Muslim or not, is just evidence that the Founders got this wrong as they did so many things.<br /><br />"fund abortion mills and sex reassignment surgeries for transgender soldiers"<br /><br />Well, clearly the Constitution is a dead letter, and has been ever since Lincoln. The non-controversial (unimportant) parts, like that a Presidential term is 4 years rather than, say, 5, are still operating but we should not be deceived that that means the whole document is observed.<br /><br />"Contemporary contretemps over compulsory service laws, such as those used to entangle Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop..."<br /><br />I always thought that freedom of association was the better way to stop this; after all even cake shops owned by atheists should not be forced to do this. But I admit the legal realities probably point the other way. Say, didn't a cake shop owner just win one of these cases recently? I thought I remembered reading that.<br /><br />"You would think that religious Americans could not fail to see the nature of the problem."<br /><br />I think many Americans do see the problem. We are patiently awaiting the collapse. Butting heads with lawyers and judges is an exercise in masochism these days, when the whole mess is going to be overthrown once the economy crashes or the empire in some other way comes to an end.Paul Bonneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279129269584372919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-18182502098143216072019-10-13T12:10:59.945-04:002019-10-13T12:10:59.945-04:00The First Amendment restrictions were applied to a...The First Amendment restrictions were applied to all legislatures and entities lesser than Congress by the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.<br /><br />The protection from interference by Congress enshrined by the Bill of Rights now applies down to the level of dog catchers and meter maids, if people would but file suit to ensure it so.<br /><br />One can therefore no more compel Christian bakers to make a cake for a gay couple than could they pass a law to compel Muslims to eat pork.<br /><br />1787 wasn't the final word on the matter, nor intended to be so.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.com