Conservatives and Christian response to political correctness –

which will it be?

• Santorum makes apt analogy
• Pence takes pestle to presidential prospects
• Gay mafia at work
• Christian response
• Iowa caucus pastors?

From Rick Santorum via The Blaze —  Should the Gov’t Force a Gay Print Shop Owner to Make ‘God Hates F**s’ Signs for Westboro Baptist Church?

 “If you’re a print shop and you are a gay man, should you be forced to print ‘God Hates F**s’ for the Westboro Baptist Church because they hold those signs up?” he asked. “Should the government force you to do that? And that’s what these cases are all about. This is about the government coming in and saying, ‘No, we’re going to make you do this.’ And his is where I think we just need some space to say, ‘Let’s have some tolerance (and) be a two-way street.”

It is a valid question and comparison. One could also ask — should a believing self employed carpenter be required  to build or work on structures to house businesses engaged in activities anathema to his beliefs?  Should an Orthodox Jewish or Muslim baker be required to use his art and craft to decorate a cake with “Christ is King” slogans in celebration of some Christian event. We think they should be able to decline for religious reasons. Many more scenarios come to mind.

The implications of the politically correct bullying of religious believers (primarily aimed at Christians) would cause the nation’s founders and the champions of the Bill of Rights and subsequent Amendments to deem this country a failure.

Pence vaporizes in the crucible

Any presidential ambitions for Pence have crumbled alright . . . but not for the reason Politico says.

Allen Wren writes:  The Week Mike Pence’s 2016 Dreams Crumbled.   The article was written April 1st, which was after Indiana Governor Pence signed into law state legislation modeled after the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).  Wren pointed out that passage of the law was causing boycotts and protests of one sort or another to the extent of much collateral damage to Pence’s (supposed) presidential ambitions.

Balderdash.  Lots of political cover was available to him from public opinion, expectations, liberals having supported similar legislation, surrounding states and support and admiration within the Republican Party. Any presidential prospects crumbled powdered and blew away when Pence wrung his hands and signed into law panicked “clarifying” legislation that instead gutted religious liberties.  From The Family research Council:

Religious Freedom Should Not Be Held Hostage to Big Business, Family Research Council Urges Veto

“This proposal would force religious businesses and even nonprofits deemed ‘not religious enough’ to participate in wedding ceremonies contrary to their owners’ beliefs. If the government punishes people for living their faith, there are no limits to what government can control.

More information here at Christiannews.net

Intolerant gays, political organizing and influence

National Catholic Register (NCR)  reports It’s Not a Gay Old Time for Those Who Support Traditional Marriage   (bold our emphasis)

Attorney Chuck LiMandri, president and chief counsel of the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, . . . “Acceptance of homosexual lifestyles isn’t merely encouraged now: It’s mandatory if one wants to survive in professional environments.”    . . .

“We are past the point where one can avoid being called a bigot and hater by simply remaining silent,” said LiMandri, whose organization defends people fired or otherwise punished for defending traditional marriage. “In some circumstances, one must celebrate the homosexual agenda and same-sex marriage or risk being called a bigot and hater and losing a job.”

This latter quote has been an observation of our esteemed Senior Editor as an endemic  cultural/ social requirement.  In the mean time:

Joe Biden to Address Secretive Network of Gay Political Donors

A Homosexual-Rights News Service? RNS Denies LGBT Money Influences Its Religion Coverage

Christian response

From CNA/EWTN News via NCR:  Christian Leaders Step Up to Address Recent Attacks on Religious Liberty   (bold our emphasis)

Catholic and Southern Baptist leaders have called for a recommitment to religious freedom, deploring the “acrimony and lies” surrounding efforts to protect religious freedom in Indiana and across the United States. . . .

“Now Is the Time to Talk About Religious Liberty” was published at The Witherspoon Institute. Its signers include Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia and Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore. They were joined by Robert George, a Princeton law professor who has headed the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom; Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; and Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

They noted that Judaism, Christianity and Islam all believe in the creation of man as male and female and in the “unique covenant” of marriage as a heterosexual union.

They criticized claims that this central belief “amounts to a form of bigotry.”

“Such arguments only increase public confusion on a vitally important issue. When basic moral convictions and historic religious wisdom rooted in experience are deemed ‘discrimination,’ our ability to achieve civic harmony, or even to reason clearly, is impossible.”

Iowa caucus pastors? 

More on this as straw poll and caucus activity increases

In Iowa, Pastors Hold Major Sway in 2016 Presidential Race

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