M.D. Rawlings
Classical Liberal
Okay, so I'm going to be fined for refusing to participate in pagan rituals, right? I'm going to be fined for practicing my inalienable rights. And if I refuse to pay the fine, jail? I'll be jailed for refusing to pay a fine for practicing my inalienable rights, eh?
Yes? No? Where are we at?
You say, "Blow me." I say, "No."
You say, "Pay me." I say, "Blow."
You say, "Jail time." I say, "So?"
And when I'm back out and still refuse to comply, now what?
Do you see the problem yet, as this historically unprecedented and obviously unconstitutional assault on religious liberty, this disease, spreads across the country? First there's me and then them, then all those folks here and over there, folks spouting up everywhere, hundreds, thousands, millions. "We're not going to comply, not now, not ever!"
You are incredibly ignorant for thinking this is unprecedented. You are echoing the IDENTICAL rhetoric of the segregationists. Identical. It is so similar, it is getting comical.
"We're not going to comply, not now, not ever!" Holy shit, you could not have echoed Wallace's "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" more identically if you had deliberately tried.
Not only is your bigoted bullshit not unprecedented, it is quite stale. And just like the racist assholes, you, too, will one day be looked upon as the ignorant, backward, hateful wretches you are.
Now show me where a segregationist was executed for not complying with the public accommodation laws, dipshit.
Apples and oranges.
Until recently, it has never been lawful for one to demand that another practice/celebrate any aspect of one's religion . . . or else. What is wrong with you? What you're actually arguing here is that there is no such thing as inalienable rights. All is relative. Indeed, the nature of homosexuality is, among other things, relativism, and the nature of relativism is tyranny.
For all of those on this thread who support homo "marriage" while government administers the institution are you still sure that's a good idea?