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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,005 posts)
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 02:46 PM Oct 2019

AG Barr says Justice Department will fight to enforce 'traditional values'

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.

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Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
2. Moral fiber this, moral fiber that...
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 02:54 PM
Oct 2019

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.

SWBTATTReg

(22,129 posts)
5. Exactly, Sherman A1!! Exactly. Seems like a back door attack on the Civil Rights Act, etc., ...
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 03:02 PM
Oct 2019

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)
6. Most of us think "traditional values" actually include "obeying the law"-
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 03:08 PM
Oct 2019

and "being honest" and "being just" and "protecting the right to vote."

dlk

(11,566 posts)
9. "Traditional Values" is not so secret code for white male supremacy
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 03:21 PM
Oct 2019

Who can forget the “traditional values” of women as chattel, child labor and even slavery?

scarytomcat

(1,706 posts)
15. asshole you should fight to uphold the constitution and the laws of this country
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 04:53 PM
Oct 2019

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

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