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California Demands That Christians 'Evolve'
Townhall.com ^ | May 11, 2018 | Brent Bozell and Tim Graham

Posted on 05/11/2018 1:45:01 PM PDT by Kaslin

California has a hallowed but questionable reputation as being the birthplace of the radical Free Speech Movement on the University of California, Berkeley campus. Today, they're not just shutting down conservative speakers on the campus. The state's Democrats may pass a law to shut down religious speech and create a statewide LGBT "safe space."

There's a new legislative proposal banning all conversion therapy as a fraudulent business practice -- by not just mental health providers but anyone. Since the "independent fact-checkers" are quick to swarm around conservative "misinformation," FactCheck.org, PolitiFact and Snopes have all cried "False" at the idea that this bill is a threat to the sale of the Bible.

They declared that a threat against Bible sales is nowhere in the text of California Assembly Bill 2943, offered by gay assembly member Evan Low. That is correct ... on its face. It doesn't mention the Bible.

However, the bill would amend the state Consumer Legal Remedies Act, adding the ability to sue for damages for "advertising, offering to engage in, or engaging in sexual orientation change efforts with an individual." Any efforts to change someone's sexual orientation "in a transaction intended to result or that results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer are unlawful." That's more than therapy. It's any kind of an argument.

Conservative and Christian lawyers see this proposal as dangerously broad. In National Review, David French called it a "dramatic infringement on First Amendment rights." He was alarmed at the language that defines newly unlawful "sexual orientation change efforts" as including "efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions, or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same sex."

We know whose expression this bill is designed to curtail. Leftist legislators were not subtle. One assembly member spouted that it is time for legislation to nudge the "faith community" to "evolve with the times."

In rating the claim of a threat against Bible sales "Mostly False," PolitiFact dismissively said: "If the law had any impact at all, it would be on those occasions when a Bible is sold in conjunction with a program to change someone's sexual orientation ... with millions of Bibles sold in California, the weight of evidence suggests the bill might only touch a fraction of them."

So if a "fraction" of conservative Christians get sued for selling the Bible or similar books, will the "fact-checkers" apologize ... after the bill gets signed and becomes law?

It's risky for "fact-checkers" to make bold claims of True or False when people make predictions during policy debates. Their crystal ball evaluations seem largely designed to "correct" (read: intimidate) conservatives from making predictions about the future. What happens when predictions come true?

This one-sided "fact-checking" goes back to 1992, when liberal journalists suggested then-President George H.W. Bush was lying when he predicted that Bill Clinton would raise taxes. Clinton was elected, and the next year he signed the largest tax hike in American history.

"Fact-checkers" also threw flags when conservatives charged that insurance premiums were "skyrocketing" under Obamacare. PolitiFact decided that the 2013 "Lie of the Year" was then-President Obama's proclamation that "If you like your health care plan, you can keep it" under Obamacare. But in 2009 and 2012, it rated the statement "Half True." Oops.

Now imagine that instead of California allowing gay activists to sue for damages over any echo of conversion therapy, it allows consumers who lost their insurance plan under Obamacare to sue it for fraudulent fact-checking. It's unlikely the fact-checkers would rush to defend it. They would see it as ... "a dramatic infringement on First Amendment rights."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: california; christians; factcheckers; mediabias
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1 posted on 05/11/2018 1:45:01 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

I’d rather not evolve in that direction. Hey, not all evolution is good people.


2 posted on 05/11/2018 1:47:40 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Kaslin

They want to eliminate Christianity, but they are worshiping *slam, which has gays thrown off high buildings.


3 posted on 05/11/2018 1:48:42 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism is the denial of human nature.)
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To: Kaslin

Kali is devolving back to primal stone age cavemen where primal urges are more important than learned and intelligent civilization.


4 posted on 05/11/2018 1:48:44 PM PDT by CodeToad (The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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To: Kaslin

Actually, all this legislative “overreach” is probably a good thing, because even most Liberals don’t swing nearly this far Left. This is always the case when you “achieve” one party rule. Just hope it ends better than Venezuela.


5 posted on 05/11/2018 1:49:06 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: Kaslin

Helping people change from gay to straight can be defined as a medical benefit.

Preventing this benefit can cause harm in the form of legal damages, opening up the possibility of massive litigation.


6 posted on 05/11/2018 1:50:13 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Kaslin

Sections of Kalifornistan should really be walled off for our protection as well.


7 posted on 05/11/2018 1:53:27 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: I want the USA back

Islam doesn’t share power friend, just like Sauron. Although to be honest I think the Middle Earth people had it better, because at least Sauron seemed to be obvious as a major threat to the top leaders in those governments.


8 posted on 05/11/2018 1:57:00 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: I want the USA back

It would be interesting to hear testimony from former muslims and gays who have been rescued & saved by the Blood of Christ on this “evolution” that CA talks about all the time.


9 posted on 05/11/2018 2:00:08 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (This country & world is living on borrowed time (Luke 17:26-27))
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To: CodeToad
where primal urges are more important than learned and intelligent civilization.

Been to South Central L.A. lately? They been there for some time now.

10 posted on 05/11/2018 2:01:28 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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To: I want the USA back; RushIsMyTeddyBear; metmom; CynicalBear; SkyPilot; tuffydoodle; tang-soo; ...

LOL @ liberals. They really think they’ve got it all figured out.

They couldn’t be more wrong.

I’m sure the God of the Universe is going to bend to the liberal demands.

LOL

Spirit of antichrist. Whom you have heard is coming and even now is already at work in the world.


11 posted on 05/11/2018 2:03:21 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: so_real

Any way Commiefornia can be kicked *out* of the Union?


12 posted on 05/11/2018 2:05:53 PM PDT by liberalism is suicide
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To: Kaslin

KMA, California. You’ve got a lot of nerve.


13 posted on 05/11/2018 2:07:35 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Kaslin

No need to evolve.Christ had it right from the very start.


14 posted on 05/11/2018 2:08:33 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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To: Kaslin

When, “The Big One” hits California it’s gonna be hard to “do the Christian thing”.


15 posted on 05/11/2018 2:08:42 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Morpheus2009

Sauron would be easy to defeat. Just get him a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas.


16 posted on 05/11/2018 2:12:39 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (When words can mean anything, they can also mean nothing.)
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To: doorgunner69

Heck, they’ve been there since the 1950’s.


17 posted on 05/11/2018 2:15:48 PM PDT by CodeToad (The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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To: Kaslin

We wonder how someone can accept democrat values and call themselves Christian. Sounds like no Christians left the the democrat party.


18 posted on 05/11/2018 2:18:56 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness)
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To: Kaslin
One assembly member spouted that it is time for legislation to nudge the "faith community" to "evolve with the times."

God's moral nature is the foundation of Christian ethics. His nature is absolute, eternal, and unchanging. God always hates the evil and loves the good and does not evolve.

19 posted on 05/11/2018 2:19:05 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: Kaslin

They will have to burn the Koran.


20 posted on 05/11/2018 2:23:20 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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