Posted on 06/26/2017 1:10:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
No Country that has Forced Speech is free.
I would not force a Jewish baker to write “Jesus is Messiah” on a cake.
I would not force a Muslim baker to write “Jerusalem is for the Jews” on a wedding cake.
I would not force a BLM member to write “Cops are the Best!’ on a cake, either.
I would not force anyone to write or say anything that is against his or her conscience. No matter how profoundly I disagree with them.
If Jack Phillips goes to jail because he won’t write wedding greetings for a sodomy ceremony, there is
NO
religious freedom in this country.
It's a natural outcome of Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Ping for later reference
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In 1947 Everson v Board of Education a liberal court took the words separation between church & state out of the letter and used just those words out of context. This is where the so-called separation of church & state comes from. This his been uses ever since to remove religion from everything. The court need to put those words back in the letter and look at the complete meaning
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Personally, I’d prefer to refer to the plain text of the Constitution: CONGRESS shall, nothing about the States, which rolls to the 9th/10th.
His letter, after the signing, can be referenced, but ultimately conveys NO bearing upon the 1st.
All we need is the courts pulling phrases out of every pamphlet/letter/parchment of the time to justify their personal wants.
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