{"id":5414,"date":"2014-03-31T13:11:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T20:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=5414"},"modified":"2014-03-31T13:11:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T20:11:54","slug":"the-real-bigots-regarding-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/03\/31\/the-real-bigots-regarding-same-sex-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"The REAL Bigots Regarding Same Sex Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

     The typical whine of the Progressive Left when it comes to Same Sex Marriage is that their enemies are “intolerant” and won’t treat people equally regardless of people’s possible predilection to snog those of the same sex.\u00a0 Tolerance, then, was mandated, even if it meant working with people who are forcing you to endorse a moral message you disagree with.\u00a0 In the case against the New Mexico photographer who refused to photograph a gay wedding (before such a thing was legal), New Mexico justice Richard Bosson stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“[They] are free to think, to say, to believe, as they wish; they may pray to the God of their choice and follow those commandments in their personal lives wherever they lead. The Constitution protects the Huguenins in that respect and much more. But there is a price, one that we all have to pay somewhere in our civic life.<\/p>\n

“In the smaller, more focused world of the marketplace, of commerce, of public accommodation, the Huguenins have to channel their conduct, not their beliefs, so as to leave space for other Americans who believe something different. That compromise is part of the glue that holds us together as a nation, the tolerance that lubricates the varied moving parts of us as a people. That sense of respect we owe others, whether or not we believe as they do, illuminates this country, setting it apart from the discord that afflicts much of the rest of the world. In short, I would say to the Huguenins, with the utmost respect: it is the price of citizenship.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     This, of course, was not a call to tolerance, but a demand that some<\/em> violate their beliefs as a condition of citizenship<\/a>!\u00a0 It was<\/a> “the attempt of a group of people who have long contended that they merely wish to be left alone to live their lives in peace suddenly feeling a little power and deciding that now that they have a short-term burst of political muscle, they may now indulge in the bullying and coercion they once thought was kind of a bad thing.”<\/p>\n

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     Those plaintiffs who demanded that bakers, florists, and photographers suspend their 1st<\/sup> Amendment rights in order to earn a living were nothing more than bullies.\u00a0 This opinion<\/a> has been enshrined<\/a> by the City of San Antonio which sought to exlude from eployment of contract anyone who uttered a “biased” statement\u2026 in the opinion of the grievance-mongers, of course.<\/p>\n

     Case in point: Mozilla<\/a>.<\/p>\n

     Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich donated $1000 to Prop. 8 years ago\u00a0 Because of this, he is being declared persona non grata<\/em> and detractors effective demand that be be outlawed<\/em> from “proper society.”\u00a0 Some companies are even refusing<\/a> to work with Mozilla unless the intellectual impurity of social dissent is purged from Mozilla!<\/p>\n

     Mozilla employee Chris McAvoy<\/a> outs himself as a freedom-hating hypocrite:<\/p>\n

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I'm an employee of @mozilla<\/a> and I'm asking @brendaneich<\/a> to step down as CEO.<\/p>\n

— Chris McAvoy (@chmcavoy) March 27, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n