Ellen slams Mississippi over Religious Freedom law

[92tide]

You're not fooling anyone.

makes me want to be a lesbinan

with one of these

 

[AV8N]

If she's looking for a governor's mansion to work on, there's one in Montgomery that may be vacant soon and in need of some serious scrubbing.

I would hope that any pastor, rabbi, imam or whatever who got sued for not performing a wedding ceremony due to their religious beliefs would not get sued, and if they did get sued that they would prevail. There is pretty good precedent, I think. For example, a Catholic priest may refuse to marry non-Catholics.
The MS law does seem overly broad, which makes it more likely it'll be struck down by the courts. But it's an election year and real legislating is hard.

 

[ValuJet]

makes me want to be a lesbinan

Joely Fisher. Her character was Paige. Yeah that's her.

 

[Bama Reb]

She wasn't fired for being gay. Everyone knew that before she took her show into the gay realm. She was fired because the show lost its humor and became an agenda platform and no one was interested any more.

Besides, "the show" was a grand ripoff of Seinfeld any way.

A little revisionist history going on, Ellen?

No surprise here. Like a lot of in that community, you rarely hear anything out of them unless it's to push their agenda. Otherwise they're as quiet as field mice.

 

[92tide]

No surprise here. Like a lot of in that community, you rarely hear anything out of them unless it's to push their agenda. Otherwise they're as quiet as field mice.

what agenda is that? i have never actually seen a copy of the gay agenda.

 

[Jon]

what agenda is that? i have never actually seen a copy of the gay agenda.

 

[CajunCrimson]

Gotta love a thread, that is filled with gray bar after gray bar of people who are on your ignore list.....

Ellen is funny though. I feel like I've always had a lot in common with her.....

Both of us being vagitarians and all.....

 

[92tide]

thanks, i figured with all of the times i have actually heard gay people say things i would have noticed them pushing their agenda

 

[AUDub]

what agenda is that? i have never actually seen a copy of the gay agenda.

It all boils down to one thing:

 

[ValuJet]

Gotta love a thread, that is filled with gray bar after gray bar of people who are on your ignore list.....

Ellen is funny though. I feel like I've always had a lot in common with her.....

Both of us being vagitarians and all.....

I see what you did there.

 

[TouchThatThang]

Wow. That changes everything.

 

[Bama Reb]

Got to love a thread, that is filled with gray bar after gray bar of people who are on your ignore list.....

Ellen is funny though. I feel like I've always had a lot in common with her.....

Both of us being vagitarians and all.....

Ask me if I care.DT_jok:

 

[Tidewater]

your article that said this "While there are — so far — no meaningful judicial precedents that would permit such dramatic interference with churches’ core First Amendment rights, lawsuits challenging church liberties are inevitable." which backs my claim. I am confident that the supreme court would stand on the side of the church in such a case.

I am not so sure.
Ten years ago, the goal of the gay rights movement was simple tolerance. A natural reaction to sad crimes like the beating death of Matthew Shepherd, simply because he was gay. In this, I join them. I'm not gay but no one should beaten to death because they are.
Rachel Cryer-Bowman and Laurel Bowman-Cryer in Oregon went to a bakery they knew would decline to endorse their lifestyle, because they knew that and wanted to make it a legal case. There was no shortage of bakeries in Seattle that would have baked a wedding cake for them. But they wanted something more than simple tolerance. They demanded endorsement and were willing to go after any dissent via the legal system to crush any opposition.

whether a private insurer takes the risk of protecting that church against liability in such a case is irrelevant as far as I am concerned.

I'm pretty sure it is very relevant to those who do not wish to have the legal system turned into a weapon to force them to abandon their beliefs or shutter their doors forever.

There are plenty of christian hate groups fighting against gays they can form up and self insure if they choose

I'm willing to stipulate for the future that you hate all religions if that helps.

 

[Jon]

I am not so sure.
Ten years ago, the goal of the gay rights movement was simple tolerance. A natural reaction to sad crimes like the beating death of Matthew Shepherd, simply because he was gay. In this, I join them. I'm not gay but no one should beaten to death because they are.
Rachel Cryer-Bowman and Laurel Bowman-Cryer in Oregon went to a bakery they knew would decline to endorse their lifestyle, because they knew that and wanted to make it a legal case. There was no shortage of bakeries in Seattle that would have baked a wedding cake for them. But they wanted something more than simple tolerance. They demanded endorsement and were willing to go after any dissent via the legal system to crush any opposition.

I'm pretty sure it is very relevant to those who do not wish to have the legal system turned into a weapon to force them to abandon their beliefs or shutter their doors forever.

I'm willing to stipulate for the future that you hate all religions if that helps.

you'd be wrong. I don't hate the Jain's, really who could? The Sikhs seem all right and outside of bastardized Shintoism and a little bit around the Tamil Tigers the Budhists seem largely ok too. Same for the Ba'Hai and a few other mostly peaceful sects. It's the one's that affect my freedom that I hate

 

[Tide1986]

you'd be wrong. I don't hate the Jain's, really who could? The Sikhs seem all right and outside of bastardized Shintoism and a little bit around the Tamil Tigers the Budhists seem largely ok too. Same for the Ba'Hai and a few other mostly peaceful sects. It's the one's that affect my freedom that I hate

Your freedom?

 

[Alasippi]

I live in Mississippi now and the law is stupid.
The coastal counties of Mississippi are very progressive and have made incredible progress economically and socially.
North Mississippi is the stupidest group of people ever assembled.

 

[tide power fan]

It's really amazing that people on here talk about how progressive they are, by slamming everyone who lives in a certain place, all saying how bad Christians are when they are doing just what they say the Christians do. That is judge them.

 

[Gr8hope]

Liberal politicians use gays and trannies as battering rams to stifle Christianity and freedom, they don't really care about them. It is all about pushing the agenda, not compassion. They are just another cog in the wheel that is grinding our nation down so absolute power can be held over us.

 

[Jon]

Your freedom?

I have just in the last few years been able to buy beer on Sunday because of the Baptists and Methodists in this State, so yes my Freedom

 

[Jon]

Liberal politicians use gays and trannies as battering rams to stifle Christianity and freedom, they don't really care about them. It is all about pushing the agenda, not compassion. They are just another cog in the wheel that is grinding our nation down so absolute power can be held over us.

yes, because letting people do what they want is stifles your freedom