Posted on 04/01/2015 2:10:40 PM PDT by Nachum
The Heritage Foundation's Ryan Anderson (with whom I happen to disagree on same-sex marriage) appeared on Ed Schultz's MSNBC program (cough) last night to discuss Indiana's religious freedom law, and the resulting conversation culminated with the host instructing producers to silence Anderson's microphone. End of Discussion:
Schultz advances one false or misleading narrative after another, then loses his composure when Anderson (or "Mr. Ryan," as Schultz calls him at one point) replies with rapid-fire factual corrections. Schultz interrupts Anderson's first answer almost immediately to contest the statement that Indiana's law is effectively the same as other RFRAs, including the federal law, which have been on the books for many years. They are, in fact, virtually identical, with two relatively minor exceptions: First, the Hoosier State's law specifies that businesses are free to use RFRA claims to defend themselves from administrative sanctions and lawsuits, and second, it allows RFRA defenses to be mounted within private legal disputes that do not directly involve the government. Anderson calmly explains that Indiana's legislative text reflects both the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby precedent, as well as the obvious reality that organizations like the New York Times and MSNBC can exercise First Amendment rights despite being corporations. On the second small distinction, which Schultz didn't raise, four US circuit courts and the Obama DOJ have affirmed that RFRA protections can apply in cases involving private entities. Defeated on the first point, Schultz moves on: "If a gay couple walks into a restaurant, and I own it," he bellows, "you're telling me in Indiana, if I own that restaurant, that I can tell them to get the hell out of here? And you don't think that's discrimination? That's the position of the right wing, correct?" Incorrect. Anderson challenges Schultz to point out any Indiana
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If we did, no one would ever know it.
The news surely wouldn’t say ONE word about it. And the polititians there would remain in their private sanctuaries like ostriches with their heads buried.
It would take 10 million and they better bring torches and pitchforks.
Even then, Obama and his crew would ignore us or have us killed.
Wow. Never thought of that aspect...corporations like NYT and MSNBC are corporations that get First Amendment protection, then why not small businesses?! So very true.
That is of course correct.
Unfortunately out of fear, we gave up that argument a long time ago.
I think half of MSNBC’s audience is media monitors like newsbusters and townhall. The 24 liberals who actually watch this probably thought Schulzy was right.
“What happens when a Wicca lesbian owned pizza parlor refuses to serve bar mitzvahs?”
You are assuming the rule of law still applies?
Good response sir.
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