http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9673338/Once again, nobody should be surprised at this revelation that Meirs’ religion was one of the main points that got her nominated. I wanted to make a note that we are now in a place where the President chooses SCOTUS justices using a litmus test that he openly acknowledges — contrary to his campaign promise. If a Jewish president nominated a Jew because they shared the same faith, or if an Atheist nominated an Atheist, we’d have screams of intolerance and bigotry. But this kind of bigotry is OK, and admitted and practiced, in the White House. US Law specifically prohibits religious litmus tests to serve public office.
It’s not that they’re anti-civil rights. They’re all for civil rights… their own!
The only time they’re against civil rights is when others want them too.
JustinW,
I remember hearing that, for some reason I think it happened around my area (SW PA).
Dangerman,
Most good BAX’s like Strom Thurmond fought so hard against the civil rights movement in the 50′s. I know a bunch who are not afraid to whine about all the “dirty mexicans, blacks, jews, and sand scratchers”, and tell me I need to be born twice, or else I am no good. They discriminate to keep their place at the top of the totem pole.
Just read a report that 2% (YES THAT’S 2%) of African Americans approve of the shrub, there’s got to be some inclination of him not doing what’s in their best interests huh?
Well he never did didn’t he? There was that whole fiasco down in florida and the issue with his inaugural parade. The African-American population has hated Bush from the get go.
Anecdote: my white catholic cousin in law, ultra macho ex urban cop hates the ACLU because they are ?anti-American?, read, ?anti-xtian?. Nevermind the ACLU has defended many flavors of xtian groups. He has only noticed the secular ones like prayer in school cases.
His type of xtian does not understand the constitution is for everybody. They think, ?pilgrims were some kind of xtians, therefore all America now is supposed to be xtian.?
?America was founded as a xtian nation based on xtian values,? that shit.
The ACLU has openly fought against violations of civil liberties pertaining to religions forcing their way into places the constitution says they aren?t supposed to be. That makes the ACLU the biggest target the RR has in their purpose of coalescing hatred for the secular.
One more litmus test anecdote:
Our cat is gravely ill and in the hospital. The vet says she will pray for her. I?m so relieved by this.
In our small city you can find xtian fish symbols all over the place on business identifiers.
What does anyone suppose would happen if there were an atheist identifier, a public, clearly recognizable equivalent of the xtian fish? I say arson would be the result. Or for the more sophisticated, lawsuits, or just slander.
In other words, I knew my vet was of the xtian affliction but to hear her use it in a professional context is such a sobering letdown. She?s a good doc, I trust her, I think. But obviously her judgement includes voodoo.
I would love to take my cat to an excellent atheist vet if I could find one ! Sheeit, my ophthalmologist has catholic crucified jeezus all over his clinics.
Professional public atheists: it?s not to be. Not here, not now.
Part of that problem, Natasha, is not always that the business is xtian (although that’s probably true in many cases) but that the business has to cater to it’s customers. I don’t care if a dead jesus is hanging in my local hair salon, but xtians sure do. Hell, if I owned a store I might even put one up if it would bring in more customers. That’s the problem, once one person does it, ALL the businesses have to do it or they lose xtian business, which unfortunately, makes up about 75% of their profit.
It’s not a practice that should be legal, but there’s absolutely nothing “wrong” with it. Since they get just as much protection under the constitution as we SHOULD (but don’t always get).
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My friend’s uncle owns a small business somewhere (???) and he was telling me a story about this very issue. Although he’s not an atheist, he didn’t believe in putting a fish on his store because he was one of the VERY FEW xtians who actually accept and respect other people’s beliefs. However, his competition (trying to remember what they sell…I want to say books…or something like that maybe) had a fish on his window. He asked people why they went into the other store and they told him that the owner had values they could trust. 100 bucks says they’ve never met him before. He lost so many customers that he had to put up a fish too, just to stay in business. sad
Dangerman,
That breaks my heart yet it’s funny in a way because it shows these xtians aren’t so much promoting ethics and brotherly love as much as bringing the marks in.
They’re using their little fishy to sell stuff, in jayzus’ name. Kills me.