{"id":10100,"date":"2015-10-13T03:08:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T10:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=10100"},"modified":"2015-10-13T03:08:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T10:08:37","slug":"totalitarianism-and-the-new-in-the-closet-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2015\/10\/13\/totalitarianism-and-the-new-in-the-closet-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Totalitarianism and The New &#8220;In The Closet&#8221; Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Apparently, &#8220;come out of the closet day&#8221; recently occurred.\u00a0 It has become a day where gay and lesbian individuals &#8220;come out of the closet&#8221; and declare that they are models of the perfect family life and just like straight couples, aside from their lack of hetero-normative oppression and moral impurity of straightness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10101\" title=\"man hiding in closet\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/man+hiding+in+closet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/man+hiding+in+closet.jpg 630w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/man+hiding+in+closet-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of course, the Cultural Marist Left were <em>never about equality<\/em>, nor were they ever about allowing people to do or believe what they wanted without fear of persecution.\u00a0 You will <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2015\/09\/28\/abortion-suicide-and-same-sex-weddings-are-now-your-job\/\" target=\"_blank\">be made to affirm and participate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We have all been watching Rowan County, Kentucky, but Ohio is engaging in radical job redefinition of this sort. In Ohio, clergy, mayors, judges, and others have the option of officiating weddings\u2014but no judge must perform weddings, and no one needs a judge to get married.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But the Ohio Supreme Court\u2019s Board of Professional Conduct has issued a new ruling demanding that judges perform same-sex weddings. It says judges cannot even opt out of all weddings if they believe marriage is one man and one woman\u2014something President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton both believed a couple of years ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The claim is always that one <em>chooses<\/em> to be a judge or a clerk, thus if you <em>choose<\/em> to be one you must be willing to support same-sex weddings&#8230; even if you disagree with it.\u00a0 The idea is that only those who support a certain political position, <em>or are willing to violate their conscience and go along with it<\/em>, will be allowed in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of course, this <em>willingness<\/em> to toe the line is not limited to worktime, but your entire <a title=\"Not Even Being Pro-Gay Marriage Is Enough to Save You From the Progressive Mob\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/06\/06\/not-even-being-pro-gay-marriage-is-enough-to-save-you-from-the-progressive-mob\/\" target=\"_blank\">public life<\/a>&#8230; or even your <a title=\"Private Thoughts, Public Punishment\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/05\/02\/private-thoughts-public-punishment\/\" target=\"_blank\">own <em>private<\/em> life<\/a>!\u00a0 Why, you aren&#8217;t being prohibited from believing something, only from allowing anyone else to know you believe it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But this goes beyond same sex-marriage, but to so-called medical <a title=\"Sexual Privacy Goes Humpty Dumpty\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2015\/10\/07\/sexual-privacy-goes-humpty-dumpty\/\" target=\"_blank\">privacy<\/a>, now requires, you to toe-the-line, even if the <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2015\/09\/28\/abortion-suicide-and-same-sex-weddings-are-now-your-job\/\" target=\"_blank\">results are lethal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Your next job is assisted suicide&#8230; But Vermont, which did so in 2013, is now trying to force doctors to tell sick patients that the doctor can help kill them. Patients who want a doctor who wouldn\u2019t dare suggest deadly poison as &#8216;treatment&#8217; will have no options. All doctors will be told: &#8216;Do your job.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The same rationale for forcing Ohio judges to do same-sex weddings, which were optional yesterday, would likewise disbar attorneys if they focus on family law involving one-man, one-woman marriages. It would revoke OB\/GYN licenses for those who won\u2019t perform abortions. It would cancel oncologist licenses if the oncologist doesn\u2019t promote suicide drugs. It would ban Christians from law and medicine entirely, not to mention public office. This would deny clients, patients, and voters the right to choose a representative who shares their values.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When things once declared protected by a &#8220;right to privacy&#8221; is in actuality public policy that you will be <a title=\"When Everything is a Public Issue, Then You Have No Private Existence\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2013\/08\/29\/when-everything-is-a-public-issue-then-you-have-no-private-existence\/\" target=\"_blank\">forced<\/a> to participate in.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;But progressives gotta&#8217; progress. The Left\u2019s ultimate objective is not merely to legalize abortion, assisted suicide, or same-sex marriage. It is to weaponize government to coerce your participation. If you don&#8217;t &#8216;do your [newly and arbitrarily redefined] job,&#8217; you will suffer severe consequences: You will be fired. You will lose your law, medical, or other professional license. You will be ineligible to run for public office. You will be unable to earn a living for your family by running a small business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of course, one <em>chooses<\/em> to get an abortion, one <em>chooses<\/em> to end their life (but not always), and one <em>chooses<\/em> to have same-sex relations or get a government &#8220;marriage&#8221; document.\u00a0 Should not one have a right to <em>choose<\/em> not to participate or affirm those things?\u00a0 The right to <em>choose<\/em> to do something does not mean a right to take away the right of other to <em>not choose<\/em> to participate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But &#8220;some&#8230; are more equal than others,&#8221; and those with <em>real power<\/em> and <em>real privilege<\/em> are emboldened by the totalitarian left to force their &#8220;privacy&#8221; on other people.\u00a0 But hey, at least you can still stay and do what you want inside your own home <em>in the closet<\/em>&#8230; for now.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Totalitarianism and The New 'In The Closet' Class\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Apparently, 'come out of the closet day' recently occurred.  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