Posted on 08/06/2015 9:04:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The month of June was a depressing one for conservatives. The Supreme Court’s 50-state mandate for gay marriage and the upholding of Obamacare were a disaster for religious liberty, and social conservatism seemed to be in retreat.
But an encouraging new poll shows that by a margin of 4 to 1, Americans favor religious freedom and liberty over gay rights in the current culture war.
The poll, conducted by Caddell Associates, asked questions regarding legal cases where religious liberties have been under assault.
“Suppose a Christian wedding photographer has deeply held religious beliefs opposing same sex marriage. If a same sex couple wanted to hire the photographer for their wedding, should the photographer have the right to say no?”
A huge 82 percent said yes.
Pat Caddell said 71 percent of Americans want the nation to produce “a commonsense solution that both protects religious freedom and gay and lesbian couples from discrimination.”
But when push comes to shove, they will pick religious freedom and liberty over gay rights by a huge margin.
“When asked which was more important, by a four to one ratio, voters said protecting religious liberty (31 percent) over protecting gay and lesbian rights (8 percent),” said Caddell, who added that most of the rest said both are important.
The potential for a war is great, since a top Obama official suggested during the recent same sex marriage case that the administration could force groups opposed to gay weddings on religious ground to buckle under. There have been several standoffs and legal cases pitting businesses against gay rights groups.
On that issue, Caddell found very little support for the Obama administration’s meddling in the affairs of religious-affiliated groups and businesses.
He wrote:
“More than two thirds (68 percent) disagreed that the federal and state government should be able to require by law a private citizen to provide a service or their property for an event that is contrary to their religious beliefs. Only 18 percent agreed. Indeed, 51 percent strongly disagreed with this.
“When asked whether it should be up to the federal government to determine what constitutes legitimate religious beliefs only 11 percent agreed and a massive 79 percent disagreed. Indeed, even two thirds of those on the ‘left’ of the segmentation disagreed.”
Read more here.
I can change the channel....but I have to bake a cake or lose my livelihood.
Sadly, the vote was 5 to 4 against America by the black robed dictators.
It's all a matter of that free s**t from Uncle same.
The 2015 gay marriage ruling completes a rewrite of our Constitution. The First Amendment says and used to mean, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press….” In contrast the ruling on gay marriage helps illustrates how far the country has departed from first principles.
We are familiar with the term “speech or expression’, which seems an innocuous expansion of the above amendment. However, “expression” enables a nearly unbounded multi-billion dollar pornography industry.
Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion stated, “The First Amendment ensures that religious organizations and persons are given proper protection as they seek to advocate and teach the principles that are so fulfilling and central to their lives and faith”. Such language severely restricts religious freedom by happening to exclude “free exercise thereof”. Therefore believers pursue a hazardous course to exercise religious beliefs in business and personal lives.
Now we have country in which a woman can express herself in the adult film industry, but cannot start a bakery and exercise her religious convictions by refusing to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple.
You got it “FREEBIES” are the God of this generation.
Agreed. Well stated, right to the point.
The media is 10 to 1 for the Gay Perverts
but all that matters is what Anthony Kennedy thinks
I hate it that people (not you) won’t state the truth -
that the whole point of legalizing gay mirage
was to criminalize opposition from Christians.
It’s not about “religious liberties”,
it’s about fighting back against criminalization of your beliefs.
Prediction: All this new oppression is going to backfire big time.
More accurately, 10 to 1 against Christians.
Thank you.
Could folks be tiring of this new oppression. The fact that of all the political canidiates, Donald Trump has been on fire as of late.
The media is 10-1 perverts. Of course, they are all for screwing decency in America. Perversion is in! They can finally all come out of the closet.
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