Bible Thumpers Pissed that Others have Rights, Too
The Washington Post is reporting this afternoon that Christian conservatives are “rattled” that the Supreme Court dared to rule in favor of equality for everyone, even transexual and gay people. At first I thought I was reading a headline from The Onion, and did a double take when I realized it was the Washington Post. All the usual bible thumpers were quoted as shocked that their “religious freedom” to persecute others was being “eroded”.
This is the goddam 21st century, and we still have to put up with people who give themselves a wedgy when other people are acknowledged to have the same rights as their own dumb asses have? Lord a’Mercy, give me patience. Oh, and BTW, I was actually shocked that it was a 6-3 decision with Gorsuch voting along with Roberts and Normal Judges to lock in that strong majority. It must be a head fake for something really bad coming down the line, but I’ll take a victory when we can get it.
According to PBS TV, there’s a lot left uncovered.
1I’m utterly gobsmacked that Goresuch, Roberts, and Kavanaugh ALL sided with the non-insane members of the court on the Sanctuary City rejection of the Trump maladministration’s case. Sometimes, there’s hope. Certainly not always, but sometimes.
2I wonder if the members of the court are taking a stand as the last line of defense against the worst threat to the country since the civil way.
3Christian conservatives must have forgotten that Jesus took away their right to persecute others a long time ago, a few millennia before today’s Supreme Court decision:
“… he that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone…”
4Yeah, that stuff Graham and the others are saying? It’s exactly what they said when the government told them they had to hire black people. It went against their religion, they said. I just gotta know what kind of Christians they are, really.
5They got something right? That’s one in a row.
6Not only was Goresuch in the majority, he wrote the opinion. And from the parts I’ve seen, it’s a solid one.
7Teh Gerg: Kavanaugh voted against.
8It’s amazing.
9I’m sorry, but it’s too amazing. For me at least.
Just like Collins and Murkowski have repeatedly Lucy’d us and pulled the ball away for us to fall on our asses, there’s something about the text of this ruling that will torpedo the movement. And it will have the weight of the Supreme Court behind it. But that’s just my opinion. And I’m just as full of shit as anybody else.
IMHO, it’s all about the language.
10How it’s worded. And how it can be interpreted later.
Language is everything in constitutional law. Landmark constitutional cases have pivoted on the interpretations of the intent of the language.
And I don’t trust these f**ker’s any further than I could kick em down a steep hill.
But I trust 100% that the Cato Institute and the Federalist Sociaty have worded this for favorable future reading.
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
11Blaise Pascal
Teh Gerg, where Kavanaugh “almost” did something right wasn’t regarding the LGBQT case but when he did not register dissent from the decision not to hear the administration’s challenge to a California law limiting state and local cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
It didn’t really change anything there. It’s like when Lisa Murkowski has to vote and says “present” instead. She only does it (or votes opposite her party) when it won’t make a difference.
It’s the Susan Collins effect.
12I have a meme for everything. You name it, I’ve got a captioned pic to match.
13Here’s this one:
Jesus is sitting on a hillside surrounded by people. He’s got a couple of kids on his lap.
He says, “So here’s what I want you to do. Love one another as I have loved you. Do good to everyone.”
Someone in the crowd says, “But what if they’re gay or worship other gods?”
Someone else says, “Or no god at all?”
Jesus responds, “Did I stutter?”
“Turning away LGBTQ+ job applicants and employees, or terminating their employment due to their identity, isn’t religious freedom — it’s discrimination.”
Truth…
14And yet these “Religiously Free” leaders and business owners have no problem taking my Queer Ass tax dollars and tax breaks…. they need to sit down now and hae to write that scripture Rick quoted above 500 times on a chalkboard until they actually knows what it means. but on a more serious note, as my Friend Nilan pointed out over on the Facebook, as much of a Win as this is for us, there are 3 life long appointed Justices that truly believe that I am not fully human and should not be entitled to the full protections of the laws of this country….a course, 2 nights ago I would have laid odds on that number being 5…..
15To paraphrase John Nance Garner, Their ‘christian’ beliefs are
16“not worth a bucket of warm piss”.
This will be cited/twisted to cover something the GOP really cares about when they ain’t kissing up to the religious right.
17Yes, the decision was terrific. Now for the real work. Enacting a law. Particularly on this subject. That s when the snake handers will really go walnuts.
18The “ALL lives matter” folks should be out front and celebrating this ruling for equal treatment — why aren’t they?
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