Dr. Ben Carson: Christians Can Refuse To Do Their Jobs Because 'This Is A Judeo-Christian Nation'

[big_dog]

Source: Right Wing Watch 9/9/2015 1:15 pm

On Fox News, Dr. Ben Carson defended Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk Kim Davis’ decision to prevent her office from issuing marriage licenses because she has religious objections to gay marriage.

Ironically, Carson said that gays are trying to force their “way of life” on Davis: “I don’t actually believe that they have the right to force their way of life upon everybody else, nor would I want to force my way of life upon everybody else.” Of course, it is Davis who is using a public office to impose her religious views on others, and gay couples are only asking that she follow the law.

When the host asked Carson if he believes that a Muslim county clerk should have a right to “refuse a marriage license to Muslims who want to marry Christians,” the GOP presidential candidate said that Christians can cite their religious beliefs to refuse marriage licenses because “this is a Judeo-Christian nation in the sense that a lot of our values and principles are based on our Judeo-Christian faith."



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[jtuck004]

1. Btw. With Evilhair running cover for him, this guy could very easily be our next president. n/t

[ananda]

2. Not gonna happen!

No Reep will win the presidency.

It will be either Clinton or Sanders.

[jtuck004]

9. As long as gas doesn't go up much just before then. Else we might get to

eat those words, after what that will do to our food budgets. Note that gas went down this year, which helps the incumbent party. If it goes up much, especially not too long before Nov 2016, we could easily see a change. It's has worked that way for decades now.

I'm not sure Evilhair wants to be pres - his campaign is too loose, and he knows it. But he could easily play this, use his powers of buffoonery to continue to destroy any thoughts of compassion, fair play, judgement. If he drops out, he has been providing great cover for Carson, who could then be our second black president.

If The Hair plays his cards right, he will profit from all this and not have to pretend to be statesmanlike. He couldn't pull that off anyway, and he knows it. There isn't one of our enemies who wouldn't start making plans to take us out with bonehead at the helm, because they know he is spineless and his ego would get everyone here killed.

No one seemed to think that little two-bit clerk in Germany was gonna bring us WWII until it was too late, so I don't underestimate these people.

[FrodosPet]

25. Or Vice President Biden

[Politicalboi]

3. I highly doubt that

I have no intension of voting for him. He may be a brain surgeon, but he ain't got no brains.

[big_dog]

6. he's too soft spoken, the wingnuts will never let him win

n/t

[underpants]

7. I actually saw this interview last night

He is beyond soft spoken. I think the plants in the he did the remote from fell asleep.

[riversedge]

27. He is 2nd behing Trump in many polls.--if Trump falters--he will be#1!! Unbelievable!!

[TlalocW]

4. It's refreshing to hear one of them admit it

Normally when someone talks about religious freedom or bringing prayer back to school, they try to gloss over that what they want only applies to Christianity (and in many cases, a certain kind of Christianity). Carson is kind of finally admitting what others have tried to be somewhat tight-lipped about because couching it in terms of a blanket description of religion can sometimes make it harder to fight against whatever they're proposing whereas taking a Christians Only bent is normally automatically illegal.

TlalocW

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

5. Dr. Ben is a blockhead!

We are talking about the government, which is by the US Constitution, secular.

Numbnuts:

“I don’t actually believe that they have the right to force their way of life upon everybody else, nor would I want to force my way of life upon everybody else.”

No, dunderhead, the US Supreme Court... SUPREME Court! The US Supreme Court is forcing it on you because you are a gay-hating, woman-hating, shameless, lying bastard!

[passiveporcupine]

29. It shouldn't matter if it's public or private

If a christian has the right not to do what their job entails, then the employer has the right not to hire them in the first place, or to fire them after the fact. They have as much right to be able to hire someone who "will" do the job, as the employee has the right not to do that job. Nobody should be forced to hire or keep someone who won't do their job, just because they are Christian, or for any other reason. Unless, of course, they are trying to get them to do something illegal.

This nation is getting way too whacked out about religious stuff. I left religion when I realized it was crazy but it's been getting crazier ever since. Somehow, we need to end this religious stuff and become a secular nation again. But how do we do that?

[SoapBox]

8. Get...Out...The...VOTE!

Let me remind EVERYONE of the crazy fucks that have been voted into offices all over America.

California voted (at least the majority of those that cast ballots) in the WORST Govenor ever...Schwartzenegger. Disaster!

Hell, they voted in Bush.

The only way to insure that we do not end up with crazy in the White House is to VOTE!

[Person 2713]

10. How is entering two names and certified issuing any different then every past day as clerk

What way of life is being forced on these paranoid bible freaks ?
Too bad they don't read the constitution just bible and church babble crap
It's a license not a judgement call folks

[msongs]

11. therefore it is also ok to discriminate against christians and people of a different race etc nt

[jtuck004]

12. If Carson talks on a radio station that broadcasts games where people touch pigskin on Sunday,

can we destroy the station if we really believe Leviticus?


Wait. Is that pulled pork on their tailgate?

[MurrayDelph]

13. I wish these numbnuts

would stop lumping us "Judeos" in with them.

If they get their way, we're still on their chopping block, once they get rid of the other "undesirables."

[Aristus]

14. But our laws are secular, Ben. Break the law, go to jail.

[The CCC]

15. Dr. Ben Carson: Christians Can Refuse To Do Their Jobs Because 'This Is A Judeo-Christian Nation'

Funny that isn't what the Constitution and the Treaty of Tripoli say.

US Constitution Art 6 "but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States".

Treaty of Tripoli Art. 11. "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;... ."

Mr. Carson has no intention of upholding his Oath of Office should he, in the highly unlikely event, be elected as President. Thus he is a liar from the beginning.

[muntrv]

16. Ben ignores the Constitution.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

17. That would be a good question for the next debate

"How many of you support County Clerk Kim Davis's assertion that she doesn't have to issue marriage licenses to gay couples because it is against her religious beliefs?"

We know where Huckabee, Cruz and now Carson stand (agree), and how Jeb! and Trump view it (do your f*cking job!). It would be nice to get everyone on the record.

Follow up question: "What would you do if Congress passed a law that went against your religious beliefs? Would you enforce it?" I already know what Scott Walker would say, "I don't answer hypothetical questions. I'll tell you what I'll do once I'm sworn in as President" (don't hold your breath, Scotty).

[restorefreedom]

18. good thing

this guy is not gonna get near the wh

what a loon

[sakabatou]

19. I'm betting he's saying this, even though he knows it's not true

[Jack Rabbit]

20. Thank you for yor interest in the open position, Dr. Carson

Please don't call us. We'll call you.

[allan01]

21. never has , never will be a " christian nation".

[24601]

22. It has nothing to do with religion, but anyone can refuse to do their job as long as the individual

is willing to accept the consequences.

For most people, that would mean being fired.

For a Soldier, under certain conditions, it could mean a firing squad.

[spiderpig]

23. Fool. n/t

[rockfordfile]

24. Nope

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

26. Unless you're a slave, of course you can refuse to do your job.

Of course, this is typically followed by 'I quit.' or 'You're fired.'

[SwankyXomb]

28. I am led to believe that Dr. Carson is/was a brilliant neurosurgeon

What happened? Did he experiment on himself?

[smirkymonkey]

30. So much for the saying "What do you think I am, a Neurosugoen?"

I guess the Rocket Scientist option is still up for grabs, however.