General Discussion

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... fundamental principles.

They have a right to their twisted interpretations, so long as they understand trying to control others by enforcing conduct that comports with those personal religious beliefs or personal discriminatory hatreds violates the fundamental moral principles that are the bedrock of the constitution and our body of law as it has evolved as we travel the road to a more perfect union.

If they do not understand this, they are Christian Nationalists, not Christians.

In America, your beliefs are yours, however repugnant. It is when you start thinking it is your job to discriminate based on those beliefs, pass legislation to force others to act in accord with personal religious beliefs, or otherwise use the levers of governmental power to make those beliefs enforceable as public policy that you cross into "no f-ing way, not in America" territory.

A person can stand in the middle of the public square spouting about aliens or how white people are being replaced. I might wish such people didn't exist, but we must tolerate them. It is when they demand a rollback of DEI to purge institutions of non-whites, or try to control what others read, who they love, or whether they choose to have a child that the red line is crossed.

It is fact that white-supremacists, people who hate those who do no confirm to a gender binary, and Christian Nationalists exist that demands stringent protections against discriminatory acts or influence in public policy, including counter-forces, like DEI.

It is not our job to purge all repugnant beliefs from the minds of Americans. For the good of civil society, we can certainly strive to instill moral principles grounded in compassion, but the most important job is to hold the line and make it crystal clear that in America, we will NOT tolerate ANYONE seeking to pass laws that force their PERSONAL religious or discriminatory beliefs on others who do not share those beliefs. It is not just deeply Un-American, it is deeply Un-Christian. Christianity is about FAITH not CONTROL. CONTROL is the OPPOSITE of FAITH.