Can you be liberal and Christian at the same time?

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  1. chris155au

    chris155au Well-Known Member

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    What remains?

    I'm not sure what you're referring to here.

    A strong move by government?

    Even in certain contexts such as a private medical practice?

    How?
     
  2. chris155au

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    You mean, assuming I'm employed in a job where I serve people? Which I'm not.
     
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    What do you see as a basis for a business to deny service to anyone which would be considered legal under the law?
     
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    If someone is a racist like Richard Spencer.
     
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    So he could be denied purchase of a motor vehicle, groceries, clothing, etc. and would have no legal recourse?
     
  6. chris155au

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    Absolutely! Why shouldn't he?
     
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    More to the point, why should he? Because his beliefs don't agree with yours?
     
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    Yeah, its my store! Would YOU serve him if you didn't have to by law?
     
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    As long as he can pay for what he wants, Yes!
     
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    Is there anyone that you wouldn't serve?
     
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    Those who will not or can not pay, unless I am willing to foot their bill by my own choice.
     
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    Spoken like a true Capitalist!
     
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    Someone always has to pay the bill, either them or me, if I choose to.
     
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    You sound like you don't think people should have the freedom to refuse to serve a racist.
     
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    The freedom to not fraternize with a racist suffices. There's no telling how many people I conduct business with frequently that I would never fraternize with.
    Private life should not interfere with our ability to conduct peaceful public life.
     
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    Do you think people should have the freedom to refuse to serve a racist?
     
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    Will an emphatic NO! suffice as my answer?
     
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    Are you in the US? If so, what political persuasion are you? I know of no political persuasion which would support what you want.
     
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    No.
    Depends upon the issue.
    Obviously there's no single 'political persuasion' that suits everyone, which is why I would like to see the 16th and 17th amendments repealed, and the source of sovereignty returned to the people, followed by local governments, State governments, and lastly Federal government.
     
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    What country are you in?
     
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    What has that to do with this threads topic?
     
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    Just would help get an understanding of your context. What's the matter? You can't say?
     
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    Where I'm currently living has nothing at all to do with the context of anything I say or have said in this thread.
     
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    Have we not talked laws?
     
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    Let it suffice to say I am a U.S. citizen and U.S. laws are the only laws I have referred to. When I live outside the U.S. I abide by the laws of the Nation I'm a legal guest of, regardless of my views of their laws.
     

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