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Wizard777 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-10-09 04:07 PM
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186. I've had some parallel experience in this area.
What this is going to come down to is a first amendment question. My religion has caused me to become well versed in the first amendment. In religion Opium,Cocaine, Marijuana, and other hallucinogenics are sacraments. We use them in prayers and rituals. I've already been the rounds to establish my personal right to freely exercise my religion in spite of laws against our sacraments. Next I will found the church that takes me too freedom of assembly. I've also participated in debates about a whites only country club here in Maryland. We had real lawyers also participating in that. What this club was doing was entirely legal. They didn't accept any state of federal funds. They represented and conducted their business as a private entity. There was absolutely nothing anyone could do to make them admit black members. The club eventually changed their charter to allow black members to be admitted. But it wasn't because of any law suites or protests. They changed the charter because the club wanted to join the PGA. That why I say Racist no longer deny or deprive others the way they used to. Now they can only deny and deprive themselves. I'm fine with that. They too have right that should be respected.

One other point. You engage in some supremacy yourself. Because you're willing to believe that they, their beliefs, and rights are not equal to yours. That's the exact same mechanism their particular brand of Supremacy functions on. So will the real supremacist please stand up.
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