All aboard the hyperbole train....!!!

[GMDino]

I figured this would have been posted already.

http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/399482-sessions-announces-religious-liberty-task-force

Quote:Sessions announces 'religious liberty task force'


Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Monday that the Department of Justice is creating a "religious liberty task force."

Sessions said the task force, co-chaired by Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio and the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy, Beth Williams, will help the department fully implement the religious liberty guidance it issued last year.

The guidance was a byproduct of President Trump’s executive order directing agencies to respect and protect religious liberty and political speech.

Sessions said on Monday that the task force will “ensure all Justice Department components are upholding that guidance in the cases they bring and defend, the arguments they make in court, the policies and regulations they adopt, and how we conduct our operations.”

The announcement came during the department’s religious liberty summit.

Sessions said the cultural climate in this country — and in the West more generally — has become less hospitable to people of faith in recent years, and as a result many Americans have felt their freedom to practice their faith has been under attack.

“We’ve seen nuns ordered to buy contraceptives. We’ve seen U.S. senators ask judicial and executive branch nominees about dogma—even though the Constitution explicitly forbids a religious test for public office. We’ve all seen the ordeal faced so bravely by Jack Phillips,” he said, referring to the Colorado baker who took his case to the Supreme Court after he was found to have violated the state’s anti-discrimination laws for refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding.

Sessions said the guidance he issued in October lays out 20 fundamental principles for the executive branch to follow, including the principles that free exercise means a right to act — or to abstain from action — and that government shouldn’t impugn people’s motives or beliefs.

“In short, we have not only the freedom to worship—but the right to exercise our faith. The Constitution’s protections don’t end at the parish parking lot nor can our freedoms be confined to our basements,” he said, according to his prepared remarks.

Sessions said the federal government under the Trump administration is not just reacting but is actively seeking to accommodate people of faith.

“Religious Americans are no longer an afterthought,” he said.

What says you fuzzy-britches?  Have any of your religious liberties been taken away?  Are you unable to be openly religious?  Are you a victim?

Speak up!  The Trump Administration FINALLY has the back of religious people in this country of oppression.  

[jj22]

They should just call it Christian Liberty Task force.

That's the only religion they are talking about. They don't care about Religious freedom.

Ask Muslims.

It's pretty useless given over 80% of Americans identify as Christians.

Something about this Country makes people in the majority wish so bad to experience the plights of Minorities.

The truth is they couldn't spend a day in the shoes of the minority.

Reminds me of millionaires crying broke (even though millionaires aren't a majority). It's still insulting nevertheless.

[jj22]

Tony Posnanski‏Verified account
The first thing the Religious Liberty Task Force needs to investigate are the Christians who pay off mistresses, molest underage girls behind dumpsters, and are silent about child abuse.

[*michaelsean*]

(07-31-2018, 10:25 AM)jj22 Wrote: Tony Posnanski‏Verified account
The first thing the Religious Liberty Task Force needs to investigate are the Christians who pay off mistresses, molest underage girls behind dumpsters, and are silent about child abuse.

Believe the those have been investigated and people punished. But hey someone tweeted it so it must be clever.

[Benton]

I get that this is largely an attempt to rally the base after what's been a morally bankrupt year by the administration, but I really can't stand statements like:

Quote:The Constitution’s protections don’t end at the parish parking lot nor can our freedoms be confined to our basements

The Constitution does end at the parking lot. That's the whole point of the inclusion in the First, so that what happens inside the church is free from the reach of government. I'm a Christian. The last thing I want is someone's politics in my pew.

I get that he's saying the opposite, that people are free to take their religion wherever, but we had that anyway. Religion isn't confined to a building, it's a person's beliefs, it goes with them always. But dumb stuff like this opens the door the other way, allowing overreach into a church.

[jj22]

(07-31-2018, 10:37 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Believe the those have been investigated and people punished. But hey someone tweeted it so it must be clever.

Punished? By being nominated and elected President of the United States (maybe I guess), maintaining a Congressional seat (maybe I guess) by these "Christians".....

Ok. Michael. If you say so.

[*michaelsean*]

(07-31-2018, 10:42 AM)jj22 Wrote: Punished? By being nominated and elected President of the United States (maybe I guess), maintaining a Congressional seat (maybe I guess) by these "Christians".....

Ok. Michael. If you say so.

I was just referring to the only one that involved a church acting inappropriately and criminally.

[BmorePat87]

(07-31-2018, 10:39 AM)Benton Wrote: I get that this is largely an attempt to rally the base after what's been a morally bankrupt year by the administration, but I really can't stand statements like:


The Constitution does end at the parking lot. That's the whole point of the inclusion in the First, so that what happens inside the church is free from the reach of government. I'm a Christian. The last thing I want is someone's politics in my pew.

I get that he's saying the opposite, that people are free to take their religion wherever, but we had that anyway. Religion isn't confined to a building, it's a person's beliefs, it goes with them always. But dumb stuff like this opens the door the other way, allowing overreach into a church.

I read that as saying that your freedom of religion extends to all aspects of your life, not just what you do in your church. So I can't be denied service at a restaurant because of my religion or fired because of my religion.

[Benton]

(07-31-2018, 11:01 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I read that as saying that your freedom of religion extends to all aspects of your life, not just what you do in your church. So I can't be denied service at a restaurant because of my religion or fired because of my religion.

I agree, but my concern is that it works both ways.

The whole church | state issue works already. People's beliefs are  protected and lawmakers largely stay out of religions. But the greater the effort to legislate someone's beliefs, the bigger the threat that legislation will impact everyone's beliefs.

[BmorePat87]

(07-31-2018, 11:23 AM)Benton Wrote: I agree, but my concern is that it works both ways.

The whole church | state issue works already. People's beliefs are  protected and lawmakers largely stay out of religions. But the greater the effort to legislate someone's beliefs, the bigger the threat that legislation will impact everyone's beliefs.

Absolutely agree. The people who cry the most about a war on their religion are also the ones who support legislating their religious beliefs on others. They also accuse other religions of doing the same thing. 

[*Nately120*]

(07-31-2018, 11:30 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Absolutely agree. The people who cry the most about a war on their religion are also the ones who support legislating their religious beliefs on others. They also accuse other religions of doing the same thing. 

The same people can't go 3 seconds without draping themselves in the flag or talking about how awesome freedom is, either.  Wacky. 

[fredtoast]

All they want is the freedom to discriminate against non-Christians.