Arizona Teabaggers claim 1rst Amendment is only for Christians...

[Archae]

They just had to weigh in on this whole "Gay Jim Crow" law.

Arizona Tea Party Group Defends SB 1062: 'The First Amendment Protects Only The Practice Of The Christian Faith'

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Wednesday, 2/26/2014 12:55 pm

An Arizona-based Tea Party group is rallying around the state’s ‘right-to-discriminate’ legislation, SB 1062, by claiming that “the First Amendment protects only the practice of the Christian faith.” The Williams Tea Party of Coconino County defended the anti-gay bill on its website, alleging that “the First Amendment protects only the practice of the Christian faith” and that the First Amendment “protects the right of those of the Christian faith to not serve those who are clearly abhorrent to that faith.”

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/arizona-tea-party-group-defends-sb-1062-first-amendment-protects-only-practice-christian-fai#sthash.tiCSyMcJ.dpuf

[gopiscrap]

1. ignorant fucks!

[Archae]

2. It's not ignorance.

It's pure religious hatred and stupidity.

They know better.
But they still cling to their "We iz better den dem heathens!"

[gopiscrap]

5. I was trying to be charitable!!!!

[get the red out]

3. WOW

What idiots.

[DURHAM D]

4. The Politics of Imagined Grievance

is so fascinating.

[GeorgeGist]

6. But Jesus was gay.

[monmouth3]

8. And Jewish. The "chosen"..Better not mention that, their heads will really explode..n/t

[louis-t]

7. Yep, keep it up assholes...

They're digging their own graves. Is there an island someplace where we can send these idiots?

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Do any Teabaggers have a high school diploma?

[meow2u3]

12. If teabaggers do have a high school diploma...

...they bought it at their local flea markets.

[Downwinder]

10. Careful, they are about to fall off the edge of the world.

Anybody to the right of The Arizona Republic is not on solid ground.

[TlalocW]

11. Okay, I can go for this

But the bill needs to be amended. If you want to be a Christian that discriminates, you can do it, but you must voluntarily put an official sign in the window/on the door of your business that clearly states so. If you don't, you have to serve everyone (punishable by ever-increasing fines if you discriminate with no sign). That way, LGBT, their friends, family, supporters, and people who don't believe in discrimination will politely not buy your goods or services because while a gay couple trying to get a wedding cake at a discriminating baker would be a no-brainer for the business owners, a single gay or lesbian person could walk in and buy a cupcake, and we wouldn't want that to happen. You can rest easy knowing that you'll only do business with other people who think the same as you do. Yes, it will probably be a drastically smaller segment of society, and your pocketbook will suffer, but you'll have shown God and the rest of us whose side you're on.

TlalocW

[LiberalAndProud]

13. Goodness, supposing they get their way. Who gets to define "Christian"?

The in-fighting would be a spectacle to witness.

Not that they have a legal leg to stand on, but still. ...

[Archae]

15. Oh yeah, just look how fundy protestants look at Catholics.

Doesn't Jack Chick have a little comic book out "proving" Catholics are actually worshipping Satan?

[LiberalAndProud]

16. Yes. And beware the Methodists.

Republicans should vote for a straitlaced fellow Southern Baptist instead of a Methodist for a vacant judgeship because Methodists believe “everything goes,” Tea Party co-founder and president Julie McCarty of Grapevine wrote on Facebook.

http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/02/20/5587683/in-grapevine-a-tea-party-leader.html

Because, believe me, you're not a True® Believer™ unless you believe what I believe. And I've got a Constitution to prove it.

or something

[Drew Richards]

18. The Mormons of course silly...

[LiberalAndProud]

20. I should have known.

I was sort of rooting for the Four Square Church, because Aimee Semple McPherson was so ... exemplary. and awesome.

[jmowreader]

14. I'll trade them

The First Amendment does not contain the name of any religion, but the Second starts out "A well-regulated militia." The only militia so meeting that description is the National Guard.

So...if you want to claim the First only applies to the specific brand of Christian you are, it's only fair everyone not currently in the National Guard should turn in his or her guns.

[Gothmog]

17. Bryan Fischer also makes this claim

These claims are really very very sad.

[okaawhatever]

19. What saddens me most is that Democrats have trouble winning elections over their candidates. I don't

know if that's representative of the electorate or money in politics. Either way, it doesn't say good things about America.