The Freedom of Religion

He Is Risen

Today is Good Friday, the day Christ died on the cross, and it seems appropriate to weigh in on the nonsense surrounding the recent misrepresentations concerning the Indiana state law.  Several states have virtually similar laws, as does the federal government, but for some reason the homosexual bullies have decided to attack this particular law.  Interesting.

Essentially, it all stated in 1993 when then president Clinton signed a federal law protecting certain American Indian tribes the use of peyote in their religious ceremonies, pursuant to the First Amendment.  To everyone else, peyote is a controlled substance and is illegal.  Fast forward to today.  Many states have laws that restrict government restrictions on certain activities that involve religious practices, and that's a good thing.  Like the Bill of Rights, any law that prohibits the federal government from invading personal liberty is welcome, especially as pertains to religious practices.

But when one removes from the debate the biases, the dogma, the political leverage, governmental control, and the bullying tactics of the homosexual lobby, what is one left with?  The First Amendment to the Constitution.  And how did the framers view freedom of religion?  Simply:  "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

" . . or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.  . ."  That clause is quite simple and straightforward.  Even if my religion requires me to eat some peyote (American Indian), or not recognize Christians or others as human (Islam), or hate a loving God (Satanists), or recognize that all things are in fact God (Buddhists), or mock any supreme being ethos in whatever form (atheists), no jack-booted government thugs or homosexual lobby bully is empowered to stop me.  

But in these times, we see no tolerance from the left of the political spectrum, and as such, the irony is overwhelming.  Their rationale of tolerance is a lie; they don't want religious tolerance, especially when it comes to Christianity.  They want secular dominance.  And the Constitution denies them that. 

So all the homosexual CEOs, liberal and enlightened actors and actresses, and castrati politicians have shown to the world that they simply don't understand the concept of freedom in this nation of ours.  The have come down on the side of statism,  and of opposing personal liberty.

The Constitution guarantees your right to practice your personal religion, unless it endangers others (like Islam).  If some people's religion allows - or requires - them to engage in homosexuality, or bestiality, or celibacy, they certainly have the right to that belief system.  However, they do not have the right to force me to participate in or accept it.

Religious freedom is not discrimination, it's personal liberty.