Posted on 10/13/2015 7:22:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson urged Congress to pass legislation guaranteeing religious rights for all Americans in the aftermath of the Supreme Courts decision on gay marriage.
Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, said the court essentially changed the definition of marriage, which has worked well for thousands of years.
The legislative branch, however, I would have thought would have been already prepared with legislation in case the Supreme Court came down with that decision, to make sure we preserve the rights, the religious rights of everybody. Not everybody agrees with their new definition of marriage, and its a conviction and a religious conviction, Carson said at the National Press Club.
They need to make sure that they protect peoples religious rights. They bring Johnny-Come-Lately, but I call upon Congress to do that now, because there are people who are losing their jobs, their livelihood and its not fair. Thats not what America was supposed to be.
Carson, who wrote a new book with his wife, Candy, titled, A More Perfect Union: What We the People can Do to Reclaim our Constitutional Liberties [2], said the legislative branch acts more like a peanut gallery instead of acting on issues such as religious freedom.
They sort of sit there and watch what the others do, sometimes complain about it, but really dont offer any resistance, because they’re afraid somebody might blame them. News flash, they’re going to get blamed anyway. So what they really ought to be thinking about is, how do they get involved and be more proactive? he said.
Carson attempted to clarify his stance on gay rights.
I have nothing against gay people whatsoever. I know a lot of people dont believe that because we live in a society now where, if you dont accept their entire agenda, then you’re a homophobe. But you know, I personally believe that any two people, regardless of sexual orientation or anything else, have the right to associate together, he said.
If they want to have a legal contract drawn up which allows them to share property, have hospital visitation rights, do whatever they want, absolutely. I dont have any problem with that. Thats the kind of country that this was designed to be, live and let live. Not impose your values on everybody else and thats the problem.
As the debt ceiling debate heats up, Carson suggested that Congress start to shrink the size of government to reduce the deficit.
I mean, there are 4.1 million federal employees. I would offer that thats too many and there are 645 federal agencies and sub-agencies, all of whom have budgets. This is absurd and we’ve had people saying, If you cut the budget by one penny, it will be a disaster. Nancy Pelosi. I mean, this is absolutely absurd, he said. But we must think about the children. And that really is the main reason that I’ve gotten into the fray here, as a pediatric neurosurgeon, my whole professional career centered on the children and on the future for the children and what we had to do to improve quality of life for them. How can we in good conscience continue this charade of responsibility knowing what we are doing to their future?
During the event, Carson was asked if he would serve as GOP presidential candidate Donald Trumps running mate if he became the Republican nominee. Carson did not directly answer but offered some praise for Trumps campaign.
I believe that Donald Trump has been very useful, because hes brought in a lot of people, brought in a lot of curiosity and enthusiasm and whoever the eventual nominee is will benefit from that, even if its him. Thats a good thing. So you know, thats one of the reasons I dont talk about him. I dont talk about anybody else, he said.
Carson then explained what he would look for in a vice president.
I would obviously want somebody who is compatible with me. I would not necessarily be looking for somebody who can bring in this demographic or that demographic, because the things that have to be done are very, very serious things, quite frankly. This can’t be tampering around the edges. Weve got to go to the heart of the matter, he said.
Classy
Unfair to peanuts, which unlike the GOP
are not systematic sociopathic liars, traitors,
complicit slavers, complicit terrorist-supporters,
and racketeering self-EXEMPT scum.
Peanut here is being used to mean diminutive figures.
Protecting religious rights? What type of religious rights?
Protecting the rights of Aztecs to human sacrifice?
Protecting Islam from slander?
Protecting Moslems’ right to marry pre-pubescent girls?
I don’t think is a great idea. We have a First Amendment - Congress shall make no law regarding the establishment of a religion....
That SHOULD be all we need.
and Term Limits
That 4.1 million figure also includes those in the military. Does he propose to cut those, too?
Carson paraphrasing Robert E. Lee, so cool.
a bill protecting christian religious rights must also protect muslim religious rights. and guess which would get precedence? say ‘hello sharia’
Wow! Carson is getting to be as “tough” as Trump. He just says it a little softer.
a bill protecting christian religious rights must also protect muslim religious rights.
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Hell, Muslims already have their “religious rights” in this country. The only group you can discriminate against, and get away with it, is Christians.
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