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...SINCE WRITING THIS ARTICLE I SEEM TO BE CHANGING MY VIEW OF GAY MARRIAGE. PRESENTLY, I AM FENCE SITTING.
For liberals, having their own religion is not enough. They want to impose it on the rest of us.
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TOLERANCE Defined:The ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.
However "tolerance" seems to mean something different to some on the far left. It means to them something one side has to not only accept, but change into.
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TOLERANCE NOW MEANS GOVERNMENT FORCED.
- Jack Phillips owns the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo Denver. In July 2012, two gay men, Charlie Craig and David Mullins, asked Phillips to provide the cake for their wedding celebration. Though same-sex marriage is not allowed in Colorado — the Colorado Constitution states that "Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state" — the two men had been married in Massachusetts.
As acknowledged by all parties, Phillips told the men, "I’ll make you birthday cakes, shower cakes, sell you cookies and brownies, I just don’t make cakes for same-sex weddings."
Jack Phillips is an evangelical Christian, and his religion does not allow him to participate in same-sex marriages or celebrations of same-sex marriages.
In other words, Phillips made it clear from the outset that he does not discriminate based on the sexual orientation of a prospective customer. He will knowingly sell his products to any gay person who wishes to purchase his baked goods.
Nevertheless, Craig and Mullins went to the ACLU, which then sued Phillips.
In this case, Phillips is tolerant of the couple. Willing to work with them on everything but the cake. Each is free to go their own way. But Each is not free. The gay couple is not tolerant of Phillips.
Phillips is in no way infringing on the couple rites. The couple are forcing Phillips into an action he is not comfortable with. ** see my disclaimers on bottom
Now lets do this definition again:
TOLERANCE Defined:The ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.
- The school bathrooms are now mandated by law to allow children of one sex to go in whichever bathroom they feel like. ....tolerance? They claim they feel like they are the other sex, and everyone else must tolerate and accept. So, for a very small percent, probably less than one percent, my daughter must accept a boy coming in the bathroom with her. How about HER FEELING? Does anyone care to tolerate the majority that might feel uncomfortable. Forced action by law is not tolerance.
England, always a couple years further down this road:
- "Christians forced to hide their faith by equality laws, says senior Liberal Democrat MP"
- Closer to home: "Purdue University, which once defended the right of a private speaker to blaspheme Jesus, has banned an alumni donor from using the word “God” on a plaque because it might offend someone." Tolerant?
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/02/27/purdue-university-removes-god-from-plaque/?intcmp=trending
- Forcing catholic churches to buy policies that include birth control. Tolerance, or fascism?
- The Los Angeles seal has the mission on it, because it is a part of L.A history. The city got sued, and was forced to CHANGE HISTORY by removing the cross from the picture of the mission. Tolerance, or fascism? ***(below)
It's no surprise that their version of the First Amendment protects "simulated child pornography" but allows them to pull the plug on a high school valedictorian's microphone when she mentions the name of Jesus (as was the case with Brittany McComb, graduate of Foothill High School in Henderson, Nevada).
Ann Coulter...
"Under liberal theocracy we have a country in which taxpayers are forced to subsidize "artistic" exhibits of aborted fetuses, crucifixes dipped in urine, and gay pornography. Meanwhile, among the things the Supreme Court has ruled as "unconstitutional" are moments of silence in public schools, prayer in public schools, and displays of the Ten Commandments in public places like schools courthouses and state capital buildings."
http://www.corson.org/archives/culture/C1_april.htm
GLOBAL WARMING:...Oh anything but that!! ...Just one bit please.
If they successfully have you believing that the scientific method means accepting whatever they say, because "they say so", yet, reading both sides, and asking questions means your a "flat earth" "knuckle dragging" "flat Earth" "denier".....Well, its Fascism.
From Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning by Jonah Goldberg.
"Finally, since we must have a working definition of fascism, here is mine:" (Jonah Goldberg.) "Fascism is a religion of the state. It assumes the organic unity of the body politic and longs for a national leader attuned to the will of the people. It is totalitarian in that it views everything as political and holds that any action by the state is justified to achieve the common good. It takes responsibility for all aspects of life, including our health and well-being, and seeks to impose uniformity of thought and action, whether by force or through regulation and social pressure. Everything, including the economy and religion, must be aligned with its objectives. Any rival identity is part of the “problem” and therefore defined as the enemy. I will argue that contemporary American liberalism embodies all of these aspects of fascism." — P.23
*This move toward fascism did not begin recently. This not begin with Obama. It is the pace and fever pitch that is most alarming now.
**Personally I have no problem who I serve, or work with. I don't care who goes in a public bathroom I am in. But I don't want to force myself on others either.
***The use of the term Fascism could be as they say, with a small F. As much as I believe what I wrote, I know we are still miles away from a true fascist state. I am pointing out the liberal/government forced agendas.
Who is tolerant? Who is forcing their beliefs? It is clear to me.
