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Last Friday, Attorney General William Barr gave a speech in which he railed against the evils of secularism and made clear he believes that a conservative Christian worldview should be imposed on everyone.
Barr's speech, delivered at Notre Dame Law School, was exactly what you would expect from a member of an administration that has used "religious freedom" as a weapon against everyone who isn't an evangelical Christian. Indeed, his speech didn't seem to have anything to do with his role as a lawyer or as attorney general the person charged with representing the interests of the United States. Instead, it was the kind of speech one might expect from a third-rate evangelical preacher.
Barr complained of a "campaign to destroy the traditional moral order" in America and blamed "the forces of secularism" for a laundry list of ills: "the wreckage of the family...record levels of depression and mental illness, dispirited young people, soaring suicide rates, increasing numbers of alienated young males, an increase in senseless violence and the deadly drug epidemic." Barr also went after "so-called progressives," as if being progressive is incompatible with being religious.
He also called schools presumably public schools, not conservative Catholic schools, like Notre Dame "ground zero" for attacks on religion. And in case anyone had any doubt as to precisely what that meant, he drew attention to a recent New Jersey law that "requir[es] schools to adopt a LGBT curriculum that many feel is inconsistent with traditional Christian teaching."
https://shareblue.com/william-barr-christians-speech-attorney-general-donald-trump-notre-dame-law-school/
So the racist rapist's lawyer believes he's God's agent here on earth.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)I'm older than Barr, and I can remember as far back as the 60s that the nation's moral fiber was crumbling, and we need a restored Christianity infused into our national fabric if we're going to flourish into the future. Similar words have always been used as far back as William Jennings Bryant to scare people into voting for a theocracy. A Christian theocracy. On and on it goes. Barr is just the next in a long line of charlatans who are, in essence, con-men.
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Who's values does he consider to be "Traditional" enough to enforce????
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)perhaps? Barr needs to start paying attention, since he's under the spotlight now by his already blatant attempt to distort the Mueller report and actions recommended (Senate etc. needs to address corrupt president, attempts to falsify/hide illegal acts, etc.
Our day will come soon. Soon.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)and "being honest" and "being just" and "protecting the right to vote."
eShirl
(18,503 posts)impeached, whatever
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)Zero transitioning
Outlaw divorce?!?!
dlk
(11,576 posts)Who can forget the traditional values of women as chattel, child labor and even slavery?
Initech
(100,102 posts)Fuck off, Christian right, OK!
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)gordianot
(15,243 posts)We have good evidence Trump is what happened to the law.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)spanone
(135,873 posts)and who's values are we talking about bob?
scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)not some vague traditional values which means racism and misogyny
wake up Barr and think about the job
you are not the president's lawyer