The Jeff Sessions "Religious Liberty Task Force"

[KevinM1]

Wait, how is the California bill censorship?

California already had a law prohibiting sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) from being performed on minors. The new/amended bill expands the SOCE ban to encompass everyone, and prohibits advertising of SOCE as a service (which makes sense since it's banned). That's it.

In any event, 'religious liberty' has become a dog whistle term meaning Christian privilege and superiority. There's a reason why it's a rallying cry for the alt-right. Hint: it's not to ensure that people of minority faiths are protected. Given that this comes from Sessions, it's all but assured it's going to be a Christian enforcement unit.

[robvalue]

I'm guessing all this shit is aimed at mainly older Christians, who will have lived though some big changes. They used to see Christianity doing whatever the hell it wanted; now it's been relegated to equality. I guess this feels like oppression, especially to people who might dislike the idea of secular governments and still see America as a "Christian nation".

[Amarok]

I don't think that it is an unreasonable question. 

Yes it is 

 If your so smart, perhaps you would like to answer it (shouldn't be difficult if it is as obvious as you claim).

To then have you continue to play dumb 

  I'm guessing that you won't though.

Because i already know you response and it's just more games

[Angrboda]

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Prohibiting the sale of Bibles would be stupid in any case - the Gideons will give you all you want for free.

Boru

[Amarok]

[Angrboda]

In the masterpiece cake shop case, the supreme courts ruled largely against the lower governments bias towards the owners religious liberties.

Yeah, I also read what it was based on and it was pretty thin. It seems the court chose to make a narrow ruling in order to duck the larger issue.

[Pat Mustard]

Well at least we have moved from the unconstitutional nonsense.

Good on you for admitting that a government organisation for the promoting of christianity is unconstitutional. Bringing up the idea that it wasn't was nonsesne, but everybody is entitled to be an idiot when not in possession of the facts.

[brewer]

[Mr.wizard]

This line from Sessions speech stopped me in my tracks "We don’t give up our rights when we go to work, start a business, talk about politics, or interact with the government." The president and his base have been all over the NFL to stop it's players from protesting at work, yet they are going to establish a special task force to ensure that religious rights at work gets special treatment?