Posted on 01/23/2017 4:51:10 PM PST by Starman417
That gay marriage is a looming threat to religious liberty as observed here, with the possible loss of tax exemptions for churches and institutions that don’t comply, and may lead to an era of religious persecution not seen in since the days of the Roman Empire, are scene in the chilling redefinition of the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious liberty by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Democrat of Wisconsin, and the Senate’s only lesbian.
Baldwin, who is up for reelection in 2018, made her remarks on the June 27, 2015 broadcast of Up With Steve Kornacki on MSNBC. In a transcript of her remarks posted on Newsbusters Baldwin ignored the fact that it was religious persecution in Europe that led to people fleeing here seeking religious freedom on an individual as well as institutional level:
Certainly the first amendment says that in institutions of faith that there is absolute power to, you know, to observe deeply held religious beliefs. But I don’t think it extends far beyond that. We’ve seen the set of arguments play out in issues such as access to contraception. Should it be the individual pharmacist whose religious beliefs guides whether a prescription is filled, or in this context, they’re talking about expanding this far beyond our churches and synagogues to businesses and individuals across this country. I think there are clear limits that have been set in other contexts and we ought to abide by those in this new context across America.”Baldwin misreads the Constitution with its mandate saying Congress shall pass no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion. It is a key phrase in the First Amendment, leading off the Bill of Rights. These are individual rights fought for in the American revolution. These rights are not limited to institutions but apply to all individuals, just as the Supreme Court has decided the Second Amendment applies to individuals and not just to state-ordained militias.
Baldwin had been asked the question, “Should the bakery have to bake the cake for the gay couple getting married? Where do you come down on that?” She came down on the side of government coercion and the proposition that church is something you do on Sunday for an hour and otherwise shouldn’t act on your religious beliefs in your daily life.
The owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa tried to act on their faith but were ordered to pat $135,000 to a lesbian couple based on an order from the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries. As the Washington Times reported:
The order affirms an initial ruling in January that found Aaron and Melissa Klein had violated Oregon civil-rights law by refusing to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex ceremony in 2013 and ordered them to pay damages to Rachel Cryer and Laurel Bowman.In Iran gay wedding cake and pizza requests are handled a bit more harshly and with more finality than a simple statement from a business owner that his or her faith won’t allow them to cater the affair. If two gays contemplating marriage had walked into a Tehran pizza shop like Memories Pizza in Walkerton Indiana, the pizza shop that refused to cater a gay wedding, hanging in the public square and not a simple refusal would have been a likely outcome.
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These folks are mental.
These folks are mental.
Supreme Court. Thank you President Trump.
The Senate’s only lesbian?Doesn’t Lindsey count?
“Congress shall pass no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion.”
It was written that CONGRESS shall pass no law because three-fourths of the states at that time had state religions and did not want Congress to interfere with it.
does she have an opponent yet for 2018?
Two major objectives of the Leftist agenda:
1. Destroy religious institutions
2. Normalize pedophilia.
They are the Gaystapo.
Expect little else.
Paul Nehlen has made some noises about running against her.
“The Senate’s only lesbian?Doesn’t Lindsey count?”
Thought Dorkbama the Muslim eunuch was one too.
Choice matters
Know which bathroom is appropriate.
And their heads are metal.......................
Tammy Baldwin Quotes
Speaking to Steve Kornacki on MSNBC, Senator Tammy Baldwin stumbled through a disjointed attempt at summarizing the First Amendment while trying to denounce personal freedom with regard to gay marriage.
“Certainly the First Amendment says that in uh institutions of faith uh that there is absolute uh power to um you know to observe religious deeply held religious beliefs, but I don’t think it extends far beyond that.”
Tammy Baldwin, June 27, 2015
Need to start right now finding her an opponent.
Every liberal is a violent, totalitarian pig.
Liberals once claimed that gay marriage would not be used to force churches to perform gay marriages. Once again they were lying.
I read today of an effort to get Sheriff David Clark to run for the Senate against her.
ooh, be still my beating heart
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