GOP Platform tries to make religious liberty untouchable

[rug]

By Mark Silk | 14 hours ago

It should come as no surprise that the 2016 Republican party platform is deeply concerned about the state of religious liberty in America. The 2012 Republican party platform was also deeply concerned about the state of religious liberty in America.

What’s different this time around is that the Grand Old Party has signed on to a new principle of constitutional jurisprudence that would insulate religious free exercise and all other First Amendment rights from any other constitutional amendment. Those other rights include not only the freedom to speak, publish, assemble, and petition the government for redress of grievances, but also, the GOP asserts, not to pay union dues. But I digress.

Here’s the language: “Our First Amendment rights are not given to us by the government but are rights we inherently possess. The government cannot use subsequent amendments to limit First Amendment rights.”

So what’s going on here?

http://religionnews.com/2016/07/19/gop-platform-tries-to-make-religious-liberty-untouchable/

[LakeVermilion]

1. They see

not paying union dues as a form of speech. Just like corporations are people.

I hope this World lasts long enough for history to write about these people. They won't be happy until we are back in caves and communicating with two cans and a shoestring.

[liberal N proud]

2. It pretty much is

Right next to those right to bear arms.

Although, I am sure they hold that right higher than the religion or even life itself.

Next they will try and force us all to attend one brand of church.

[rug]

3. It's their cudgel of the moment. In essence, they're simply cynical hypocrites.

[meow2u3]

4. They're attempting a backdoor establishment of religion

They want to make a license to use religion to discriminate the law of the land, Constitution be damned. Religious liberty my ass! This is nothing short of religious tyranny.