Bozell & Graham Column: Freedom of Association Is Great...For Liberals
By Brent Bozell and Tim Graham | January 7, 2017 | 8:07 AM EST
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The secular-Left website Slate recently warned on Twitter that “’Religious Freedom’ legislation will be everywhere in 2017.” “Religious Freedom” is in scare quotes, a warning that deplorables will use that thing called “religion” as their “weapon of choice” in the coming assault on the “LGBTQ” community.
The same website is celebrating a petition urging the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to reverse its acceptance of an invitation to sing at Donald Trump’s inauguration. The freedom to disassociate becomes a terrific idea when used to reject Republicans or conservatives. Slate’s story has a hero named Jan Chamberlin, who quit the famous choir since they would be endorsing “tyranny and fascism by singing for this man…I know I could never ‘throw roses for Hitler.’”
Slate “reported” that “Trump is not just any president-elect for Mormons, many of whom were turned off by his vulgarity, repressive immigration proposals, and calls for religious persecution.” Like many leftists, the only religious people they care about being persecuted are the Muslims. Persecuting the Christians – and we mean real persecution, as in setting bodies on fire, chopping off heads, machine-gunning and the like -- means literally nothing to websites like Slate. They've mocked a "Christian persecution complex" among conservatives.
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http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2017/01/07/bozell-graham-column-freedom-association-greatfor-liberals
