TOONS: Religious Liberty Explained

[napkinz]

[napkinz]

1. Jon Stewart ...

[Hekate]

7. I'm going to miss Jon Stewart a lot

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16. August 6 ... his last day :(

that's also the date of the first Republican presidential primary debate

[lunatica]

2. kicked

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4. Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! :)

[Gothmog]

3. Thank you for the Cartoons

[napkinz]

5. you're welcome Gothmog

[hifiguy]

6. Superb, as usual.

[napkinz]

8. thanks hifiguy

It's an historic day!

And let's hope those blathering about their religious freedom being infringed by today's decision see the light.

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. I am so bookmarking this.

and rec'ing.

[napkinz]

11. thanks dixiegrrrrl :)

you know, they just don't get it ...

"The SCOTUS decision on same-sex marriage is not about the issue itself — it is about individual religious freedom and the imposition of the State’s will against faith." -- Allen West

see http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026910224 (posted by Matrosov)

[Mnemosyne]

10. These are excellent, napkinz. Thanks! nt

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12. you're welcome Mnemosyne

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13. another from Betty Bowers

[underpants]

14. Kick rec'd and bookmarked

[amuse bouche]

15. Good stuff

You need a few in there by my God...Bill Maher

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17. feel free to share anything Maher has said on this subject :)

you have a graphic or video?

[napkinz]

22. here you go ... better late than never

[amuse bouche]

23. Thanks so much

I never miss Bill and that was an excellent piece, so I watched it again

You did a fabulous job with this thread. Sometimes I think the world is insane, then a gem like this appears and I feel a ray of hope.

It made me very happy

[napkinz]

24. you're welcome amuse bouche

[KyleMcShades]

18. The right doesn't believe in freedom.

.

[napkinz]

19. but they sure talk about it a whole lot

they love that word ... just not what it means

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20. Fox Guests Debunk Religious Liberty Concerns About Marriage Equality Decision

see video: http://mediamatters.org/video/2015/06/26/fox-guests-debunk-religious-liberty-concerns-ab/204170

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21. Message To Fundies Decrying The Supreme Court Decision As An Infringement On Their Religious Freedom

[lindysalsagal]

25. Phenomenal! I sometimes feel like I'm the only one who sees through the political christian B.S.

Real christian believers, who act as Jesus taught, never use him to hurt others or pass judgement.

The reason christianity survived the reformation is that lots of people are looking for lots of excuses to be self-righteous.
Mean, arrogant, and blind.

Christianity works for people who grew up in a shame/guilt/punishment paradigm. It is a cover for their collective insecurity.

It's global sibling rivalry. "No! Daddy love ME MORE!!!"

Which is why so many of them hate helping the needy: "I got mine screw you."

Ok ok ok: Not All christians, just the ones who make crap up and spew it in political arguments.

[napkinz]

27. "Republican Jesus" ...

[HughBeaumont]

26. Got into a 100+ comments bullshit on FB about this very subject.

"Do unto thou, lest thou doeth back at thee and thine, or something."

Christian fundamentalists in the Bible Belt feel persecuted or "oppressed" whenever they find someone that doesn't share their particular worldview (such as creationism, as pointed out in talk.origins's archive[3]). On closer examination of such claims, it's more commonly the case that claims of persecution are better explained as annoyance at the removal of privilege or the curtailment of their ability to force their views on others. The controversy over classroom prayer is raised as a case of persecution to prevent Christians from observing their religious beliefs, when in reality the rulings made in the 1960s and 1970s forbade state schools from sponsoring religious observances. Students are perfectly free to pray on their initiative and in their own time (with only faculty-led prayer being unconstitutional, as the faculty of public schools are government employees they are required to put on a secular face in school; creationism being taught as science is unconstitutional for the same reason), yet it's easier for believers of conspiracy theories to bond if they can describe these rulings as being an attack on freedom of religion for Christians. This perception of freedom of expression was well addressed by Oliver Wendell Holmes when he said "The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins." More recently, Fundamentalist Christians, particularly in the US, will point to the growing prevalence of "Satanism" (ranging from a monument to Baphomet to pretty much anything that doesn't agree with them or their religion) in popular culture, and anti-Christian jokes made by comedians as "proof" of persecution.

[Solly Mack]

28. K&R

[marym625]

29. K&R

Thank you for putting these all in one place! Makes one hell of a statement!