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Indiana And The Culture Wars
Townhall.com ^ | April 2, 2015 | Cal Thomas

Posted on 04/02/2015 8:25:32 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 04/02/2015 8:25:32 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Thomas is trying to apply logic, but logic doesn’t apply in this argument because the homo lobby has used it’s control of education, the media, and pop culture to convince well over half of America that it’s about “fairness and equality”.


2 posted on 04/02/2015 8:30:17 AM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Kaslin

No shirt, no shoes, no service!


3 posted on 04/02/2015 8:31:55 AM PDT by ealgeone
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I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I’ve heard that it’s hard for heterosexuals to get served in gay-heavy Key West bars. Ripe for lawsuit down there?


4 posted on 04/02/2015 8:33:56 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: bigbob

Pence can kiss any talk of running for POTUS goodbye. Every conservative talkie was busy defending it and his decision then he vacilates to the godless sodomites who’ve declared war on Christianity. Proves he’s no crusader for conservativism.
I’m tired of vacilation to the godless sodomites and their god denying democrat (in name only) party supporters who’ve through the guileful use of “political correctness” have declared war particularly on Christianity as well most religions.
We need crusaders for conservativism not capitulators.


5 posted on 04/02/2015 8:35:45 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Some of my best rebuttals are in FR's along with meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: Kaslin

“Indiana isn’t targeting gays. Liberals are targeting religion.”

That says it all.


6 posted on 04/02/2015 8:36:54 AM PDT by twoputt
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To: Kaslin

I know that woman. She is the owner of River Knits in Lafayette, IN. I may never go there again.


7 posted on 04/02/2015 8:38:04 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: ealgeone

See the fourth paragraph in the article


8 posted on 04/02/2015 8:41:16 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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If I visit a kosher restaurant and order a pork chop, am I being discriminated against when the waiter says they don't serve pork?

Sorry, but this analogy doesn't hold water. If the restaurant doesn't serve pork to anyone, they aren't discriminating. If they serve pork to everyone but Cal Thomas, then they are discriminating. I'm pretty sure Cal is smart enough to know the difference; he's just hoping his readers aren't.

As long as the proponents of the Indiana/Arkansas laws are upfront about the purpose of the laws, which is to permit discrimination based on religious beliefs without legal recourse, I have no problem with their arguments (though I disagree with the results). That the governors are claiming the laws are not intended to permit discrimination is just hogwash.
9 posted on 04/02/2015 8:46:35 AM PDT by drjimmy
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No shirt, no shoes, no service!

For gays it is

No shirt, no shoes, no clothes AND I WANT SERVICE!!!!

10 posted on 04/02/2015 8:49:11 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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Don't you think it's up to the voters of Indiana if they want to reelect him if he runs again and not you?

I sure wouldn't want you to tell me who to vote for and I wouldn't tell you who to vote for.

So mind your own friggin business

11 posted on 04/02/2015 8:49:24 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: mosesdapoet

Pence can kiss any talk of running for POTUS goodbye

And THIS is the reason behind this whole issue popping up out of the blue!!!


12 posted on 04/02/2015 8:57:15 AM PDT by BobinIL
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Who says he’s running for Potus? *rme*


13 posted on 04/02/2015 9:05:28 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: BobinIL

Who says he’s running for Potus? *rme*


14 posted on 04/02/2015 9:05:29 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: drjimmy

Thomas is not wrong. The more exact equivalent is requiring all Jewish restaurants to serve pork so as not to offend anyone who walks in wanting it. Or requiring a devout Jew to cater a pork BBQ when he only serves BBQ Chicken.

Can the state force you to do an overt act against your religious beliefs? If so, what religious freedom do you have?

This is all about government “discriminating” against religion and allowing the non-religious to use the power of the state against religious belief. It is 100% against what America was founded on, but it is emblematic of the godless, anti-christian state that is modern America.


15 posted on 04/02/2015 9:05:53 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Can you remember what America was like in 2004?)
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To: BobinIL
Pence can kiss any talk of running for POTUS goodbye

That is the tactical victory, but there are strategic goals at well. One is as Thomas writes, to set the meme for 2016 of discriminatory Republicans. The other is as a warning to the other GOP candidates and the GOP itself that any conservative is going to get destroyed. It's designed to select another McCain or Romney as the presidential candidate.

Finally, the unintended by-product is leverage against major religious denominations to stop "discriminating" and accept gay "marriage." If there's one thing gays cannot stand, it's the truth that what they are doing is morally wrong. That's why they react so strongly because that truth strikes a very raw nerve and it hurts.

17 posted on 04/02/2015 9:07:16 AM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: Kaslin

Hope Miley will stay out of my state, too. Thankfully, my 15 year old is not a fan of hers.


18 posted on 04/02/2015 9:07:40 AM PDT by jazzlite (esat)
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To: drjimmy

Only an idiot would expect a kosher restaurant to serve pork


19 posted on 04/02/2015 9:08:31 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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“Indiana isn’t targeting gays. Liberals are targeting religion.”

YES! I hope to see the T-Shirt and Bumper Stickers soon.


20 posted on 04/02/2015 9:10:05 AM PDT by jazzlite (esat)
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