And these are the darlings who believe in small gov
Dear
ph3iron
The DIFFERENCE is
* when confronting Conservatives on their OWN principles of limited govt, due process, and not abusing govt to establish faith based beliefs
THE CONSERVATIVES TEND TO RECEIVE REBUKE AND COMPLY
Christians especially believe in Civil Obedience to civil laws,
so when Constitutional laws are CITED to CORRECT their "overreaches"
these BELIEVERS tend to respond and ACCEPT REBUKE and correction.
* however,
ph3iron cc:
Faun
when asking LIBERALS to comply with their OWN principles of
-- freedom of choice and not giving that up to govt to mandate regulate or control
-- separation of church and state, and not discriminating by creed by
legislating ONE set of beliefs if they don't agree with letting OTHER GROUPS legislate THEIR BELIEFS
guess what?
Instead of compliance, I get BLANK STARES.
I get people complaining that Christian beliefs in favor of creation, crosses and prayers should be kept OUT of govt
while LGBT beliefs in favor of homosexual orientation and transgender identity should be RECOGNIZED by govt.
I get people justifying "right to health care" mandated through Govt "to save lives"
as morally necessary with compelling public interest,
but pushing "right to life" (or even spiritual healing) endorsed through Govt
"violates separation of church and state" and is NOT a compelling interest but religious imposition.
This is clearly Discrimination by Creed.
But the left generally does not recognize this is going on.
The cases where someone on the liberal left actually ACCEPTED this argument,
I can count on two fingers:
* Thomas Wayburn argued with me for several months before I finally gave up trying to explain to him that
pushing leftwing beliefs was as much a violation of the establishment clause as pushing Christian beliefs he blamed for being
authoritarian and abusing govt to push and oppress others. Only AFTER I let go and accepted that his beliefs were just
biased that way, he finally thought it through WITHOUT PRESSURE FROM ME which I gave up on. And he finally decided
I was right, that those DID constitute BELIEFS and were equally wrongful to establish through Govt.
* Janis Richards, Green Party candidate for Gov and now Mayor, was arguing that everyone needed to pay for health care without exceptions for abortion, because then people would argue not to fund other procedures, and it would be impossible to manage.
I said that's why health care should NOT be through govt, except where all people AGREE on policy; because there are TOO MANY areas
of personal choices that govt cannot regulate or force anyone to pay for collectively. She disagreed because she believe in universal care through Govt, as the only way.
It took another person explaining that ELECTIVE CHOICES are not the same as medical procedures that are necessary and not a choice. So it makes sense that some health care options cannot be made mandatory.
She finally agreed that "as long as it doesn't interfere with the ability of people who believe in universal care through govt"
then it made sense to allow options to defund SOME terms that people consider a choice, which they don't believe in funding.
That's TWO people on the left.
Compared with the maybe two people I've met on the right who COULD NOT help their beliefs
and still wanted to push them through govt DESPITE the establishment clause. One was head
of the Christian Party who believes in electing Christians to govt to ensure laws are consistent and not in conflict.
And another Constitutionalist I met recently who absolutely insists that to be Christian means not
compromising that for secular laws and standards.
Most of the others on the Right (Conservative, Christian, Constitutionalist) are able to accommodate this rebuke at least PARTIALLY.
And only 2 could not budge at all because of their beliefs.
Most of the others on the Left are the opposite.
Most still believe that they depend on Govt endorsing their beliefs in order to have those rights,
and they don't believe they are able to manage equal access to social programs WITHOUT going through Govt.
Very few can handle or acknowledge this argument about free choice
as applying to leftwing ideology. They believe their views are right and the truth
and belong in govt as the ideal for everyone. They generally do not get the comparison
with Christians who see their ways as the TRUTH and not a religion or choice of belief either!