Jeff Stahler for December 07, 2022

“No, I’m not gay, supply-side Jesus. . .”

This entire thing reminds me of something. Before the lady who is refusing to do the website because of her religious convictions is taken seriously, someone should ask if she wears clothing made of two threads, is perhaps divorced, or eats shellfish. If the answer to any of that is yes… she should lose her case because of hypocrisy. There should also be a background check mad to know if she was a virgin until marriage. Either she REALLY follows the religion, or she is cherry-picking what suits her own special attitudes, and religious injunctions can be ignored based only on personal convenience. Cherry picking which part of your religion you will follow, and then using that same religion for a pretext for bigotry should not be sanctioned by anyone, least of all a Supreme Court which almost certainly also cherry-picks their religious attitudes…

Lordy!

The current iteration of christianity.

“Hate the sin, love the sinner.” Yet so many of today’s “Christians” just stop at “hate.”

I love my neighbor, it’s those OTHER people I can’t stand.

I hope that the Supreme Court says that a person has a right to not serve a person who demands hate speech or sedition but cannot refuse to serve someone because they have a different life style

…and how many people know what Ist Century Judeans thought of Samaritans?

fusilier

James 2:24

Yep, what would Jesus do?

Republicans are bad Samaritans.

Ever see “GOP Jesus”? It’s cute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ2L-R8NgrA

The providers of public accomodations (whether companies or individuals) have an interest in their public image, and are entitled to their personal beliefs (as we all are). What we may know about these beliefs (or practices) influences our decision to use them (or not).

But a public accomodation by definition serves the public, and should to be available even to those we do not like or agree with. A room at an inn, a meal in a restaurant should be provided without regard to race, orientation, belief, etc. The “standard or common service” should be available to all, and the law should require that.

Customization of the product or service requested should be a different matter. If the local Klan wants to buy a cake off the rack from me congratulating themselves generically for something or other, fine, they can buy it. I should sell it. If they want me to decorate it with a couple of pointy headed guys and a flamey cross, nope.

They can stay in my motel, but no traipsing around the grounds in view of the public in their dumba$$ robes and regalia.

No need for a culture war. Just common sense.

Hell it is a funny toon!

The point of the parable is that the Samaritan did help the victim himself. He did wail and cry or protest. “The Government should do something! Take money form those others, they have more than me. Absolve me of my guilt.”The ones who cry the loudest about the vulnerable and disadvantaged, are the ones that do nothing themselves.People that volunteer is soup kitchen etc., don’t have time to demonstrate.

The 14th Amendment clearly – and only – says “no state” can discriminate, but it was intentionally misinterpreted by the Supreme Court to apply to private citizens. The result being 50 years of laws requiring people and their businesses to not discriminate by race or sex, and then not by disability and now not in more areas. While I personally find all discrimination and cancelling abhorrent, the Constitution would need to be amended to more clearly define that private discrimination constitutes an abridge of privileges and what are the limits of freedom of religion and speech.

LGBTQ (did I forget a letter?) has been around since before written history. People should be over it by now. It’s very very old news. Anyway, it’s the love that’s important. Love.

For a guy that hung out with 12 other men constantly I can only surmise that the real jesus would not have too much problem with anything gay. At least that is what the priest said back in primary catholic school to all the altar boys.

Not gay…or an environmentalist.

A closeted Republican looking for a date?