Posted on 09/25/2017 12:18:54 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Yep in the 70s when the weather turned bad and I could not go out and play all day I as a kid was glued to CBS and NBC football.
The NFL has existing "game conduct" rules that make this protest out-of-bounds. The fact that they refuse to enforce the existing rules tells me all I need to know.
The corollary to cake baking is that the first amendment explicitly protects the free exercise of religion, with no exception for "unless you run a business". Your comparison notwithstanding, the two examples are direct opposites. The NFL has rules it declines to enforce to allow players to explicitly offend its customers. The Constitution has rules that are countermanded by subordinate laws in the states, and no one is willing to protect the business owners from being deprived of their right to associate (or not) and to freely exercise their religion.
We disagree profoundly, FRiend.
we are more in agreement than you think...
The Constitution has rules that are countermanded by subordinate laws in the states, and no one is willing to protect the business owners from being deprived of their right to associate (or not) and to freely exercise their religion.
i just take the constitution to include the nfl owners to let their employees do what they want.
you have a right to your opinions and i will protect your right to express them, like the nfl players.... good luck
No, we agree very little.
The NFL is not a governmental body. Therefore, it has the right to establish rules regarding conduct such as this.
The states are a governmental body, and therefore do NOT have the right to establish rules contrary to the Constitution.
The NFL chose to create rules against conduct such as in these protests, and they choose not to enforce their own rules.
States who prosecute bakers, florists, and the like choose to ignore the supreme law of the land (Constitution, including 1A) and punish people for behavior clearly allowed under the first.
You, also, are entitled to your opinion, and you are entitled to express it. I have the right to disagree, and to point out where part of your opinion (the percentage of agreement between us) is egregiously incorrect.
Be well, FRiend.
It’s not sad at all. I find life is better without the NFL.
The NFL chose to create rules against conduct such as in these protests, and they choose not to enforce their own rules.
...thus making new rules that they choose to follow...
States who prosecute bakers, florists, and the like choose to ignore the supreme law of the land (Constitution, including 1A) and punish people for behavior clearly allowed under the first.
...supreme law of the land... freedom of expression... i just put more weight on that freedom than you do and when the majority acts tyrannically towards the minorities, i stand up for the rights of the minority... not that i believe in their protests, but their right to do so...
be good.
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