Religious Freedom Bill in Indiana.

[Tom Joad]

It's too late Arnie. The Republican Party is beyond the point of no return. They are Dead Men Walking.

Infrastructure?

Education?

Pollution?

Republicans don't care shit about those.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/postev...r-republicans/

Now I’d like to speak to some of my fellow Republicans. I know plenty of Republicans who are sensible and driven to solve problems for America. They believe in Reagan’s vision of a big tent where everyone is welcome. This message isn’t for them.

It is for Republicans who choose the politics of division over policies that improve the lives of all of us. It is for Republicans who have decided to neglect the next generation of voters. It is for Republicans who are fighting for laws that fly in the face of equality and freedom.

If we want our party to grow and last, we must be focused on real solutions to problems Americans are facing.

We could start with infrastructure. Traffic costs our drivers over $100 billion annually. Airport delays cost another $22 billion. Or we could get to work on education. If graduation rates don’t increase, we will have a shortage of 5 million workers by 2020 — not because we lack the manpower, but because the jobs will require education that our students aren’t receiving. We could clean up our air: MIT researchers found that pollution kills more than 200,000 Americans every year — more than traffic accidents, homicides, suicides and our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. There are so many real problems that need solving.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by whell

Little Donny's gonna take his ball and go home. boo hoo.

You do realize how infantile you sound here, don't you?


Regards,

D-Ray

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by whell

guess we MUST have the State arbiter who we can and cannot choose to sell our products to. Lovely.

Sadly, yes. Between the Libertarians who want to roll back civil rights protections of all kinds (including child labor laws!) and the Christiban who want to impose their religious intolerance on the rest of us, we must have the fuck out of it.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by whell

From your link:

In Oregon, the owner of Sweet Cakes by Melissa was fined in February for refusing to bake a cake for a lesbian couple. Last spring, a Colorado judge found that the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop unlawfully discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to bake a cake for their wedding reception.

And in the case that led the push to pass state-level religious-freedom laws, Elane Photography in New Mexico was sanctioned in 2007 for refusing to shoot a lesbian commitment ceremony.

Most recently, 70-year-old florist Barronelle Stutzman was fined $1,000 last week for violating Washington state’s nondiscrimination law by refusing to create arrangements for the wedding of a longtime customer, a man she has said she considered a friend. A judge also directed her to provide services for same-sex weddings in the future.

I guess we MUST have the State arbiter who we can and cannot choose to sell our products to. Lovely.

So much for you Repubs being the Law and Order Party these days.

I guess you think your interpretation of the bible trumps laws in the secular. Sorry Mike, that isn't the way it works here in the states.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Sadly, yes. Between the Libertarians who want to roll back civil rights protections of all kinds (including child labor laws!) and the Bigots who want to impose their religious intolerance on the rest of us, we must have the fuck out of it.

Fixed it for you John, there is nothing Christian about those people.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Fixed it for you John, there is nothing Christian about those people.

I didn't say "Christian". I said "Christiban".

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by whell

I guess we MUST have the State arbiter who we can and cannot choose to sell our products to. Lovely.

So tell me whell, when clean cut, well dressed, Adam & Steve show up with their high limit credit card at the B&B in Seymour for a room, Ma & Pa Kettle should be allowed to refuse service because they think they're gay? Really?

[whell]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

You do realize how infantile you sound here, don't you?


Regards,

D-Ray

You do realize that was the point, don't you, in response to and to illustrate an absolutely infantile post.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by whell

You do realize that was the point, don't you, in response to and to illustrate an absolutely infantile post.

So, it's "infantile" to decide that dealing with you is both very unpleasant and utterly futile and then to say so?

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by whell

You do realize that was the point, don't you, in response to and to illustrate an absolutely infantile post.

The post succeeded only in reflecting poorly on the maturity level and mindset of its author.

Regards,

D-Ray