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"special protection"

Thank you for mentioning that.

Note that the Founding States made the Constitution’s Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 partly to prohibit the states from establishing protected / privileged classes which Portland’s ordinance effectively does imo.

"Article I, Section 10, Clause 1: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility [emphasis added]."

H O W E V E R …

Patriots need to elect a new patriot Congress in the 2020 elections that will not only promise to support PDJT’s vision for MAGA, but will also promise to do its constitutional duty to stop misguided activist states from establishing privileged / protected classes.

Also, citizens who value their 1st Amendment-protected freedoms of religious expression and speech need to get up to speed on their 14th Amendment protection from state overreach.

14th Amendment:

"Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
"Section 5: The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."

Patriots will likewise need to elect a new patriot Congress that will actually do its duty to exercise its 14th Amendment power to strengthen constitutionally enumerated rights.

Finally, patriots with religious convictions who value their constitutionally enumerated protections should consider that Acts 22:25-29 shows that Paul used his Roman citizenship to save himself from being flogged.