Can you be liberal and Christian at the same time?

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  1. Mamasaid

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    It is a license to discriminate based on magical religious beliefs. And if you think that protection was truly meant for all religious beliefs, you are as naive as they come. It was meant to allow evangelical christians to discriminate based on a very narrow swath of belief. And pence was rightly attacked and had to walk it back, just to save his own skin. And that didn't work well, so he got bailed out by getting on the Trump ticket. If not for being a puppet used to soothe evangelicals, pence would be out of politics, lobbying for religious nutballs in congress.
     
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    It depends upon what one is liberal with.
    Jesus Christ was not liberal with the use of force, legal or otherwise. Jesus Christ would not have even his very best intentions for others imposed upon them by force, not even by force of law. Jesus Christ advocated for the voluntary not the compulsory. Jesus Christ advocated for charity, which has a completely voluntary nature. No one in human history was more tolerant than Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ judged everything and everyone; he condoned very little and condemned even less. Jesus is the best example of tolerance. My politics are premised upon the tolerance Jesus Christ exampled not the condemnation he will one day meet out.
     
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    Well, those are nice, happy thoughts, but happy thoughts don't solve our societal problems. That's why we had to invent the safety net in the first place.
     
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    There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.
     
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    This is a safety net -----^

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    This is NOT -----^
     
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    Yeah sure, why not?
     
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    Are you under the impression that it doesn't also apply to Jews and Muslims and all others?

    Walk it back how?
     
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    The USA had to create safety nets because the nation drifted from a Judeo-Christian ethic. And those so-called safety nets were either imposed upon the nation by leftist politicians (obamacare) or sold to the nation based upon lies (social security, medicare).

    And those safety nets are financially destroying the USA.
     
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    There's no law compelling door to door salespersons to knock on each and every door, and I would oppose creation of any such law or legal action compelling or complaining.
     
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    What about shop keepers?
     
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    What about shop keepers?
     
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    Same question, same answer.
     
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    What about them? Clarify your question.
     
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    So you disagree with public accommodation laws?
     
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    Could you state clearly and concisely the law you are referring to as you understand it?
    I cannot say I agree or disagree with something without full knowledge of what it is, as you interpret it.
     
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    Do you not know what public accommodation laws are?
     
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    "I cannot say I agree or disagree with something without full knowledge of what it is, as you interpret it."
     
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    So basically to continue reproduction for the master race with it's homicidal sociopsychopathic human farming plans to be in accordance with super ego tenets had concocted this fabricated misnomer immaculate conception for population control some 2000 years ago as religion as the only purpose of life !
     
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    What?
     
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    How?
     
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    English clearly isn't his first language.
     
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    http://www.politicalforum.com/index...-the-same-time.533390/page-75#post-1069634249
     
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    I've since figured that out. I can't tell what conspiracy he is supporting.
     
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    @Ndividual is an atheist. He mentioned that in a reply to you earlier in this thread.
     
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    Matthew 5:3-11. Conservatives tend to forget these even exist.
     

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