‘Religious freedom,’ ‘liberty’ just ‘code words’ for intolerance, U.S. Civil Rights chairman says

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‘Religious freedom,’ ‘liberty’ just ‘code words’ for intolerance, U.S. Civil Rights chairman says

By Mark A. Kellner - Special to The Washington Times - - Thursday, September 8, 2016

The chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights said that “religious freedom” and “religious liberty” have become merely “code words” for intolerance, “Christian supremacy” and committing every form of identity-politics sin, and thus they must yield before anti-discrimination laws.

The remarks, released Thursday in a report on “Peaceful Coexistence: Reconciling Nondiscrimination Principles with Civil Liberties,” is the latest example of an increasingly hostile reception in liberal circles to one of the six specified rights at the core of the First Amendment — the “free exercise” of religion.

“The phrases ‘religious liberty’ and ‘religious freedom’ will stand for nothing except hypocrisy so long as they remain code words for discrimination, intolerance, racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, Christian supremacy or any form of intolerance,” said Martin R. Castro, a Chicago Democrat named USCCR chairman by President Obama in 2011.

“Religious liberty was never intended to give one religion dominion over other religions, or a veto power over the civil rights and civil liberties of others,” he said in the 307-page document.

At the heart of the “Peaceful Coexistence” report is a USCCR assertion that granting religious exemptions to nondiscrimination laws “significantly infringe” on the civil rights of those claiming civil rights protections on the basis of “race, color, national origin, sex, disability status, sexual orientation, and gender identity.”

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Whew............

[mkmensinger]

Religious freedom and liberty are Constitutionally protected. Tolerance is not.

[Sasparilla]

How Orwellian...

[ClearCase_guy]

war is peace
freedom is slavery
ignorance is strength

[Carl Vehse]

“Martin R. Castro” is just a code phrase for a lying, traitorous piece of human excrement.

[glock rocks]

Coexsist this asshat.

[GoldenPup]

Patent HOGWASH!!

[epluribus_2]

Trump should make a commercial out of this. With Pence highlighting what Indiana was fighting against. 100% solid south again.

[SteveO87]

So these people want to have no Constitution?

[Russ]

America will never regain its greatness until these enemies of society are dealt with. We are in need of a national enema to rid ourselves of these toxins.

[48th SPS Crusader]

Saying that religious freedom and liberty are code words for intolerance is just plain intolerance!

[moovova]

The beatings will continue until moral improves.

[silverleaf]

” US Civil Rights” is a code word for government social,engineering

[Altura Ct.]

And ‘tolerance’ is an anti-white, anti-Western Marxist code word.

[MCF]

Civil Rights: The Right of Bureaucrats to impose their
belief and rules on the People of the U.S.
without Constitutional authority.

[MichaelCorleone]

Right.

The Trump people who go on these interviews and news programs should talk about this at every turn. Campaign ads...the whole nine yards.

[Robert DeLong]

Like Hillary’s makeup artist, the Jihadis really love a challenge.

That's a keeper and repeater.

[SES1066]

From the US Commission on Civil Rights website - Biography section: Mr. Castro is the proud product of Head Start and affirmative action in higher education. He received his B.A. in political science in 1985 from DePaul University and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1988.

Marty Castro is the President and CEO of Castro Synergies, LLC, which provides strategic consulting services to corporations, entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations that seek to collaborate with and have a positive social impact on diverse communities.

[PreciousLiberty]

“Religious freedom and liberty are Constitutionally protected. Tolerance is not.”

Excellent point, and one of the major reasons these ingrates would like to discard the Constitution.

Let’s hope Trump wins so he can make some good appointments to the Supreme Court!

[JesusIsLord]

“Martin R. Castro” is just a code phrase for a lying, traitorous piece of human excrement.

Martin has relatives in Cuba who think just like him.