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O’Rourke Doubles Down on Punishing Churches Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage
Freebeacon.com ^ | Cameron Cawthorne - October 14, 2019 10:20 AM

Posted on 10/14/2019 11:00:52 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: faithhopecharity
I, for one, do not have confidence that our current good economy will save us from the D’s seizing power again

Neither do I. For a number of reasons.

1) In general people are economically ignorant. They don't get the connection between their political choices and how the economy does.

2) The school system has given us a couple of generations now who believe socialism is just dandy and ought to be given a try here.

3) Anytime you have a growing economy you will invariably have a growing number of people who feel jealous and resentful that it's not trickling down to them fast enough.

4) We have a major political party in this country that was build around exploiting #3.


41 posted on 10/14/2019 11:55:48 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Red Badger

“You are free to believe anything that you want to in this country, to associate with whom you please, to practice your faith as you best see fit, but you are not allowed to discriminate against people in this country,“ (Beto)


Wait a sec..... But it’s still ok to discriminate against those born white, right??


42 posted on 10/14/2019 11:57:59 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sounds like it...


43 posted on 10/14/2019 11:58:40 AM PDT by GOPJ (Elizabeth Warren Is Jussie Smollett - - Kevin D. Williamson)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

The guy has been toast for weeks, but he doesn’t know it.


The way they introduced “him” on the SNL debate Saturday was pretty telling. Something like “the man who vastly overestimated his appeal” or something much funnier.


44 posted on 10/14/2019 11:59:57 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, who is married to a man, criticized O'Rourke's proposal on Sunday, saying that O'Rourke does not understand its implications. During an appearance on CNN's State of the Union, he raised the same concerns Bennett had. "That means going to war not only with churches, but I would think with mosques and a lot of organizations that may not have the same view of various religious principles that I do, but also, because of the separation of church and state, are recognized as non-profits in this country," Buttigieg said. Buttigieg said that he supported anti-discrimination rules "for a school or an organization," but that targeting the tax-exempt status of religious institutions themselves would be destructive. "Going after the tax exemption of churches, Islamic centers, or other religious facilities in this country, I think that's just going to deepen the divisions that we're already experiencing," he said.
There's no news value in Irish Bob, yet he keeps running his mouth and it gets published. It's almost as if the media were just a bunch of shills, swilling out DNC talking points. Thanks Red Badger.

45 posted on 10/14/2019 12:00:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Beatoff is in reality espousing the REAL OBJECTIVES OF THE DEMOCRATS.............


46 posted on 10/14/2019 12:04:18 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Agreed. The combination of (1) expectations of instant gratification ((2) resentments stirred up by the D’s as you observed, (3) an amazing laziness among many people nowadays as compared with far less in previous times. (4) educated or indoctrinated to expect so much for “free”. (5) the idea that government owes them almost anything they want that they can’t get their parents to give them. It’s a bred state of self-centeredness , immaturity, and dependence. From factors like these, we are all in danger of losing our country and liberties These things are far worse now in America than they were in 1930’s Germany


47 posted on 10/14/2019 12:06:31 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not , born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Red Badger

Hell yes, we’ll take your...

1) O’Rourke


48 posted on 10/14/2019 12:10:34 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

The fact that a puss like that gets so much attention in our once-great USA sickens me. Absolutely sickens me.

Our pubic school teachers & college prof’s, lawyer-politicians and lefty MSM made it so.


49 posted on 10/14/2019 12:13:02 PM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Red Badger
Ooh, I like that nickname for the Irishman.

50 posted on 10/14/2019 12:18:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Red Badger

Go Irish Bob, GO! You’re showing up the DemonShits for what they really are.


51 posted on 10/14/2019 12:20:17 PM PDT by libstripper (a bit,)
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To: SunkenCiv
From my sick and impoverished mind...............Laz has infected me!...............😱
52 posted on 10/14/2019 12:20:48 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: libstripper
They really want him to STFU!............. 😠
53 posted on 10/14/2019 12:22:10 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: Red Badger

He knows it’s over. The bitter idiot is flipping us off. Makes no difference.


54 posted on 10/14/2019 12:29:14 PM PDT by Theophilous Meatyard III
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To: Red Badger

If Dems really wanted Beto to STFU, they’d tell him!

None of them have disavowed any of his extreme positions. It can be accurately assumed that Dem candidates all support confiscation, Red Flag, yanking church tax exempt status, etc. They already are on board with free medical care for the whole d@mned third world and free education for everybody. No dissent whatsoever.

Otherwise, “Now, I don’t agree with Beto about that!” would be frequently heard.

Beto is no outlier.


55 posted on 10/14/2019 12:29:58 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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If Dems really wanted Beto to STFU, they’d tell him!

They can't. Their BASE would shut them off from the money spigot!........................

56 posted on 10/14/2019 12:37:43 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: Red Badger; SunkenCiv

Robert Francis (I refuse to call him by his fake name) has just alienated Moslems, the most protected group in the “victim hierarchy” of liberals. Does anyone else get the feeling that he is committing political suicide?


57 posted on 10/14/2019 12:41:39 PM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: Red Badger

Obviously no plans to punish mosques for throwing gays off high buildings.


58 posted on 10/14/2019 12:45:02 PM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: Berosus
Better yet, that he's committing suicide by jihadist?

59 posted on 10/14/2019 12:58:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Salman

This is more of a “... prohibiting the free exercise thereof...” issue.


60 posted on 10/14/2019 1:19:21 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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