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So you also thought the boycott on JC Penney for hiring Ellen Degenerese was wrong?
Let's compare. DeGeneres was never fired; so JC Penny ignored the million moms, just as they should have. BTW, JC Penny lost nearly 50% of their value over the last year.
A&E folded to GLAAD in less than a day. They sacrificed their highest rated ( have no clue why) show in less than 24 hours.
I believe that it is wrong to kowtow to any group that decides their agenda supercedes the Bill of Rights.
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I do agree it's kind of lame for A&E to make tons of money off of them for acting like stupid rednecks and then suspend him for behavior consistent with being a stupid redneck.
I do agree it's kind of lame for A&E to make tons of money off of them for acting like stupid rednecks and then suspend him for behavior consistent with being a stupid redneck.
One of my gay friends posted the following on his Facebook page: "If a redneck living in a swamp and eating critters says something ignorant, you should not be shocked and/or irritated."
That being said, he still didn't have his "free speech" violated. Is he in jail or dead because of those comments? Nope.
Ya know... for a group that is being "silenced," they sure are loud!! Seriously? I hear more bellyaching, lecturing, judging, and foot-in-mouth comments from Christians than ANYONE these days. So if that is what passes for silence, I guess I'll have to rethink my whole policy as a librarian. No more shushing, they're just being silent as a Christian!
I'd bet you'd be fine with Christians being banned from sharing their beliefs outside their homes. Right?
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One of my gay friends posted the following on his Facebook page: "If a redneck living in a swamp and eating critters says something ignorant, you should not be shocked and/or irritated."
That being said, he still didn't have his "free speech" violated. Is he in jail or dead because of those comments? Nope.
Your gay friend has loads of common sense. Maybe GLADD should have taken that position. Why ask the man a loaded question, if his answer was sure to cause a stir?
I'd bet you'd be fine with Christians being banned from sharing their beliefs outside their homes. Right?
Um, not a chance. What would give you that idea?? I'm Jewish, so the LAST thing I want is for people to be religiously persecuted or oppressed... but as a Jew, I also know the difference between persecution and "talk back" for saying something unpopular. Ask my Holocaust-survivor Great Aunt about persecution, and if she thinks being fired (by a private company) over saying something dumb qualifies.
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Your gay friend has loads of common sense. Maybe GLADD should have taken that position. Why ask the man a loaded question, if his answer was sure to cause a stir?
I don't know, but he wasn't very smart to take the bait - now was he?
I do agree it's kind of lame for A&E to make tons of money off of them for acting like stupid rednecks and then suspend him for behavior consistent with being a stupid redneck.
I don't think even A&E could predict that level of stupidity.
I believe that it is wrong to kowtow to any group that decides
their agenda supercedes the Bill of Rights.
Please for the love of God, read the first amendment, and repeat the first phrase so it will penetrate your grey matter. Then show me, exactly, where Phil's rights were violated.
Here, I made it easy for you:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Unless A&E magically became a part of the US government and we all missed the memo, they did not violate Phil's Constitutional rights.
You might want to ask the Martin guy from MSNBC how he feels about it. Funny how people twist reality to meet and feed their political agenda. I just hold on to my popcorn and feel sorry for any sheeple who feel a single party has all the answers for our nation.
Please for the love of God, read the first amendment, and repeat the first phrase so it will penetrate your grey matter. Then show me, exactly, where Phil's rights were violated.
Umm where did he say he was talking specifically about Phil?
Not to put words in his mouth but to me it read like more general terms.
There are simultaneous assaults on all of our Constitutional rights, but the greatest immediate threat I see is the LGBT anti-Christian advance. This is a bigger threat to core American values than anything else right now. I say set aside for the moment concerns about illegal immigration, gun control, abortion, Obamacare and all else and concentrate of ridding Washington and the courts of those that promote the corrupting of America's morals. Save our country. This really is a war for the soul of America. It is way past time to push back.
This is ridiculous. The LGBT community might represent 5% of the population of the US. Their fight to live their lives as they want is not really anti-Christian. It only appears that way because some Christians stand in the way.
Our morals do not depend on Christian religions.
Nothing the LGBT community has done has harmed me, my wife, or my three children. I don't agree with everything they want, but I see little problem with most of what they do. The impact of the LGBT community is swamped by unemployment and the expansion of government.
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