The GOP Has Been HIJACKED!

[Eric the Green]

(05-22-2016, 06:10 PM)radind Wrote:

(05-22-2016, 05:39 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(05-22-2016, 05:03 PM)radind Wrote: This is the original article( 2012) by Dr. James Emery White.

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Quote:[url=http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/dr-james-emery-white/are-christians-in-america-under-attack.html]http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/dr-james-emery-white/are-christians-in-america-under-attack.html
Are Christians in America Under Attack?

… "The developing fear is that government will make people choose between obeying the law and following their faith.  Of course, the real flash point is the one between religious liberty and LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights.  For example:
*Catholic Charities in Illinois shut down its adoption services rather than place children with same-sex couples (as the state required).
*A Christian counselor was penalized for refusing to advise gay couples. 
*A court clerk in New York was told to issue same-sex marriage licenses, despite religious reservations.
*A wedding photographer was sued for refusing to shoot a same-sex wedding.
In each case, the Christian(s) involved were not attempting to impose their religious views on others.  They simply didn’t want to be forced to participate or offer tacit support for something they felt was in violation of their religious conscience.”…

This is what Republicans like Ted Cruz use to deceive people that they are protecting "religious liberty." This is not religious liberty; it is permission to discriminate. It is permission to do to gays what is no longer permitted to do to black people.

I don't like Cruz either. The problem for me is that the secular camp seems to leave no room for religious liberty. It comes across as having the same effect as  the clash of two religious dogmas. In the US , the secular camp now  dominates and  can dictate their dogma. This is what I see increasing and I don't know what limits the secular camp will consider.

Although I don't think some in the secular camp necessarily have much awareness about real spirituality and its value, I think they want religious liberty; they don't want the state to make "law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"