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Religious Liberty?
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RE: Religious Liberty?
(February 9, 2016 at 9:18 pm)Chad32 Wrote: To the extent that we allow them to believe what they want to believe, but not to the extent that they can impose their beliefs on others. For instance, Kim Davis has the right to believe homosexuality is immoral. She does not have the right to refuse to do her job, or interfere with other people's jobs, which she obviously has done.

Companies should do their job, regardless of the customer, as long as the money is good. If you allow stores to refuse service, you're basically letting them decide who can and can't live in the town they sell goods in.
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My view has always been like this. With "religious freedom" or "religious liberty", you have the right to be as austerely religious as you want to be, in your own life choices. If you want to abstain from sex, dress in a black curtain, or avoid certain foods, go for it.

When you cross the line is when you feel that everyone else has to live as you live. It's not bigotry for someone to not feel that a particular religion (or any religion) is something they want in their life for themselves. It's why I get sick of this "Islamophobia" argument. Yes discrimination against Muslims exists, but at the same time we as individuals have the right to not want Islam (or any other religion) forced down our throats, affecting our lives. That's not discrimination, it's a personal choice.

It needs to be equally recognised that religion, or certain religions, aren't for everyone.

And back onto the fucking "Christinas" and their wedding cakes... *rolls eyes*
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"Ironically like the nativist far-Right, which despises multiculturalism, but benefits from its ideas of difference to scapegoat the other and to promote its own white identity politics; these postmodernists, leftists, feminists and liberals also use multiculturalism, to side with the oppressor, by demanding respect and tolerance for oppression characterised as 'difference', no matter how intolerable."
- Maryam Namazie

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Religious Liberty? - by TrueChristian - February 9, 2016 at 8:51 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 9, 2016 at 8:54 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by ApeNotKillApe - February 9, 2016 at 8:58 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 10, 2016 at 4:24 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Chad32 - February 9, 2016 at 9:18 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by The Valkyrie - February 9, 2016 at 9:24 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Regina - February 10, 2016 at 8:18 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Mermaid - February 9, 2016 at 9:33 pm
Religious Liberty? - by KUSA - February 9, 2016 at 9:35 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by ignoramus - February 9, 2016 at 9:36 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 9, 2016 at 9:37 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by SteelCurtain - February 9, 2016 at 9:54 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Ravenshire - February 9, 2016 at 10:10 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Ravenshire - February 9, 2016 at 10:06 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Nay_Sayer - February 10, 2016 at 8:39 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Homeless Nutter - February 10, 2016 at 11:43 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Joods - February 10, 2016 at 8:53 am
Religious Liberty? - by LadyForCamus - February 10, 2016 at 10:38 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by mediocrates - February 10, 2016 at 10:50 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 10, 2016 at 11:49 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Divinity - February 10, 2016 at 12:38 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 10, 2016 at 1:47 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Divinity - February 10, 2016 at 2:14 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 10, 2016 at 2:47 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by rexbeccarox - February 10, 2016 at 2:50 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Joods - February 10, 2016 at 2:55 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 10, 2016 at 3:38 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 10, 2016 at 8:37 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 10, 2016 at 2:04 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 10, 2016 at 6:45 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Jackalope - February 10, 2016 at 6:52 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 10, 2016 at 7:10 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 10, 2016 at 9:53 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 11, 2016 at 7:56 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Joods - February 11, 2016 at 8:07 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 11, 2016 at 8:14 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 11, 2016 at 10:55 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by GUBU - February 16, 2016 at 12:46 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 16, 2016 at 4:55 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 16, 2016 at 5:19 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by GUBU - February 17, 2016 at 2:10 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 17, 2016 at 8:21 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by GUBU - February 17, 2016 at 9:18 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 17, 2016 at 11:10 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by GUBU - February 17, 2016 at 4:45 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 17, 2016 at 5:05 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 17, 2016 at 8:58 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 17, 2016 at 9:30 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 17, 2016 at 4:13 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 17, 2016 at 6:21 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by KevinM1 - February 10, 2016 at 11:22 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by The Valkyrie - February 10, 2016 at 11:42 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Joods - February 11, 2016 at 8:04 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by SteelCurtain - February 10, 2016 at 6:52 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Ravenshire - February 10, 2016 at 8:26 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by rexbeccarox - February 10, 2016 at 9:58 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by CapnAwesome - February 11, 2016 at 12:10 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 11, 2016 at 2:38 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Ravenshire - February 11, 2016 at 3:02 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 11, 2016 at 10:52 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 11, 2016 at 11:06 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 11, 2016 at 11:37 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by ohreally - February 11, 2016 at 4:58 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 11, 2016 at 7:10 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by ohreally - February 11, 2016 at 8:50 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 11, 2016 at 10:45 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by ohreally - February 12, 2016 at 2:27 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 12, 2016 at 9:46 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by ohreally - February 14, 2016 at 2:43 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 14, 2016 at 7:58 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by SteelCurtain - February 11, 2016 at 3:18 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by robvalue - February 11, 2016 at 3:29 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Joods - February 11, 2016 at 8:25 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 11, 2016 at 9:23 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 11, 2016 at 12:04 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Joods - February 11, 2016 at 3:01 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 11, 2016 at 12:06 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by I_am_not_mafia - February 11, 2016 at 12:22 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 15, 2016 at 8:14 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by rexbeccarox - February 11, 2016 at 2:47 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Joods - February 11, 2016 at 3:02 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by rexbeccarox - February 11, 2016 at 3:06 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Nay_Sayer - February 11, 2016 at 4:17 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by rexbeccarox - February 11, 2016 at 5:13 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Joods - February 11, 2016 at 3:27 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Joods - February 11, 2016 at 4:19 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 11, 2016 at 5:19 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by rexbeccarox - February 11, 2016 at 5:22 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 11, 2016 at 7:36 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by rexbeccarox - February 11, 2016 at 7:39 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 11, 2016 at 8:00 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Cyberman - February 14, 2016 at 8:41 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 14, 2016 at 10:58 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Joods - February 11, 2016 at 11:00 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 11, 2016 at 11:09 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 12, 2016 at 10:33 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 14, 2016 at 8:30 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Cyberman - February 15, 2016 at 12:30 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Thumpalumpacus - February 15, 2016 at 12:30 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 15, 2016 at 1:37 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by robvalue - February 15, 2016 at 5:05 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Thumpalumpacus - February 15, 2016 at 11:49 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 15, 2016 at 12:07 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by SteelCurtain - February 15, 2016 at 2:01 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 15, 2016 at 5:44 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Thumpalumpacus - February 15, 2016 at 2:41 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 15, 2016 at 5:47 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Thumpalumpacus - February 15, 2016 at 7:23 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 16, 2016 at 12:41 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Thumpalumpacus - February 16, 2016 at 3:08 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 16, 2016 at 7:59 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Ravenshire - February 15, 2016 at 6:29 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by SteelCurtain - February 15, 2016 at 2:54 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by SteelCurtain - February 15, 2016 at 5:16 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 15, 2016 at 6:47 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by GUBU - February 16, 2016 at 11:05 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 17, 2016 at 4:27 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 17, 2016 at 6:06 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 17, 2016 at 6:29 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Mr.wizard - February 17, 2016 at 6:21 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 17, 2016 at 6:47 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 17, 2016 at 7:03 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 17, 2016 at 7:19 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 17, 2016 at 10:04 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 18, 2016 at 8:29 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 17, 2016 at 7:00 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 17, 2016 at 7:46 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Mr.wizard - February 17, 2016 at 8:03 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Mr.wizard - February 18, 2016 at 7:04 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 18, 2016 at 7:55 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Mr.wizard - February 18, 2016 at 6:27 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 18, 2016 at 9:54 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 18, 2016 at 9:44 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 18, 2016 at 10:16 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 18, 2016 at 10:09 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 18, 2016 at 10:18 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Brian37 - February 18, 2016 at 10:25 am
RE: Religious Liberty? - by abaris - February 18, 2016 at 8:03 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 18, 2016 at 9:34 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 19, 2016 at 3:28 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by Crossless1 - February 19, 2016 at 5:04 pm
RE: Religious Liberty? - by bennyboy - February 19, 2016 at 10:14 pm



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