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Raster

(20,998 posts)
Mon Jul 30, 2018, 03:04 PM Jul 2018

Jeff Sessions' 'Religious Liberty Task Force' Declares Holy War on LGBT People

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeff-sessions-religious-liberty-task-force-declares-holy-war-on-lgbt-people?ref=home

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Jeff Sessions' 'Religious Liberty Task Force' Declares Holy War on LGBT People
The Attorney General's new 'Religious Liberty Task Force' will ensure that the Trump administration's program of discrimination against LGBT people and others continues unchecked.


TIM TEEMAN 07.30.18 2:15 PM ET

Sadly it is no exaggeration, no hyperbole, to say that Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared a holy war on LGBT people, LGBT equality, and LGBT rights on Monday.

He declared war pretty much on anything that could be perceived to trespass on the ‘religious freedom’ or ‘religious liberty’ of Christians – which is a loosely defined enough to be construed as trespassing on pretty much anything.

Sessions said this was because there was a “dangerous movement” to erode the Christian right to worship.

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Just as the GOP Tax Scam was payment to the GOP's "donors" for their financial support, this "Religious Liberty Task Force" is payment to the Christian Fundigelicals that have supported tRump*s campaign and candidacy.
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Jeff Sessions' 'Religious Liberty Task Force' Declares Holy War on LGBT People (Original Post) Raster Jul 2018 OP
If we take the House we can cut the budget of this farce Jake Stern Jul 2018 #1
This is un-American . . Iliyah Jul 2018 #2
At the least... Raster Jul 2018 #3
Nobody is stopping christianists from worshipping Haggis for Breakfast Jul 2018 #4

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
4. Nobody is stopping christianists from worshipping
Mon Jul 30, 2018, 11:10 PM
Jul 2018

I don't see any blockades of christianist churches anywhere so what is he talking about here ? It seems to me that they are out and about shoving their ideology in everyone's faces, whether they ask for it or not.

A few years ago, I was in a restroom at a VA clinic in the South. I was there for a few months to help with a family health crisis, so I was being seen while there. I was speaking with someone and mentioned that I was new in that area. We chatted for a moment and then the person left. Two minutes later, they came back in with a card to give to me. "I thought you might want a place to worship while you're here," and the next thing I knew a card for an evangelical church was thrust in my hand. I was not pleased and said, "Now, you've crossed the line." and put the card in the trash.

You're not even safe from these proselytizers in Loo FFS.

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