tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post4151749680220868377..comments2024-03-28T15:39:28.239-04:00Comments on Vital Remnants: Cothran's First Law of Tolerance: In which we explain the mechanism by which liberals are now so coerciveMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-72589416189607384372014-07-25T20:16:21.708-04:002014-07-25T20:16:21.708-04:00Onebrow is completely right about that. Religious ...Onebrow is completely right about that. Religious institutions can also refuse to hire someone on the basis of race or gender.<br /><br />The establishment clause prohibits the government from regulating who is appointed within religious organizations and how they carry out their services.Thomas M. Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824873424225826685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-24848527577250239952014-07-25T17:39:06.944-04:002014-07-25T17:39:06.944-04:00There are laws that require that religious institu...<i> There are laws that require that religious institutions not deny marriage ceremonies on the basis of race or sexual orientation, </i><br /><br />This is false in the US. REligions are free to not perform interracial marriages, etc.One Browhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938816242512563561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-32230272634434264212014-07-10T23:49:27.167-04:002014-07-10T23:49:27.167-04:00Old Rebel, if you can't see the distinction be...Old Rebel, if you can't see the distinction between two men getting married and two siblings getting married, that's on you. But hey, with a name like that, I wouldn't expect you to. So in the name of moral guidance, I will clear things up for you, my confederate pal: do not have sex with your relatives. That is a bad thing. Gay marriage is not a bad thing. You cannot make deformed orEd LaBarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-20353903599710000382014-07-10T21:03:44.534-04:002014-07-10T21:03:44.534-04:00KyCobb,
Hey, you're behind the times. Here...KyCobb,<br /><br />Hey, you're behind the times. Here's the latest in the ever-expanding battle for civil rights:<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/10958728/Australian-judge-says-incest-may-no-longer-be-a-taboo.htmlOld Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11146916266682461688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-48221843152926224832014-07-10T12:44:56.587-04:002014-07-10T12:44:56.587-04:00Lastly, I'd like to say that if this blog post...Lastly, I'd like to say that if this blog posting was actual proof of hypocrisy on the part of gay marriage proponents, it still wouldn't make them wrong. If I declare unprovoked assault to be wrong, and then proceeded to beat the crap out of the nearest person, that would not disprove my previous assertion that unprovoked assault is wrong.Ed LaBarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-6377312415742383272014-07-10T12:44:04.713-04:002014-07-10T12:44:04.713-04:00"The first clause of this law can be seen in ..."The first clause of this law can be seen in the recognition of the legitimacy of homosexuality and gay marriage, until only recently phrased in terms of permissiveness and which has now metastasized into one of imperative." <br />There are no laws that require religious institutions to recognize gay marriage as legitimate. There are laws that require that religious institutions not Ed LaBarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-66692702713244599542014-07-10T12:43:04.644-04:002014-07-10T12:43:04.644-04:00There's so much wrong with this that I will ne...There's so much wrong with this that I will need multiple consecutive comments just to deal with it. <br /><br />"Whatever was once prohibited and must now be allowed will eventually become mandatory, and was once mandatory and must now be allowed will eventually be prohibited."<br /><br />That's a pretty bad mischaracterization of the positions of people who claim to be Ed LaBarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-26068899240740587382014-07-10T11:43:46.935-04:002014-07-10T11:43:46.935-04:00I will once again point out the hypocrisy of the i...I will once again point out the hypocrisy of the intolerant complaining about their intolerance not being tolerated. Fortunately it appears that the futile struggle against same-sex marriage could end in a few months. Utah is appealing the 10th Circuit's opinion invalidating its same-sex marriage ban to the Supreme Court which could rule next summer if it accepts the appeal.KyCobbnoreply@blogger.com