Why Bakers Should Be Free to Discriminate; Guess what happens when you ask for a cake that really violates people's beliefs?

Before reading about coercion of bakeries, read this for perspective:
LA Times: We Don't Publish Letters to Editor Claiming Man Isn't Causing Climate Change  "So letters to the editor "that say there's no sign humans have caused climate change...do not get printed."

"That's quite a statement coming from an editorial writer not named Al Gore."

 From the LA Times itself: On letters from climate-change deniers   ... "Simply put, I do my best to keep errors of fact off the letters page; when one does run, a correction is published. Saying "there's no sign humans have caused climate change" is not stating an opinion, it's asserting a factual inaccuracy."  By Paul Thornton, LA Times

Could that not be said about any political opinion?  When MSNBC pronounces  that conservatives voted against Obama because he is black, I tell you they are asserting a factual inaccuracy and should not be allowed to express this opinion. TD

Now, on to the issue of the bakeries:

Alec Torres

 

... "First, that bakers, like all Americans, don’t check their consciences at the door. We’re not going to sue any of these establishments for refusing service, and the nation has an overwhelming anti-Nazi majority. But the social acceptability (or unacceptability) of an event or a viewpoint should not determine whether individuals are forced to violate their consciences.

</"Second, that we should think twice before forcing people to share our ideas of what is or is not offensive. Even an enthusiastic supporter of the right of gays to marry (and bear in mind that support for gay marriage has only become a majority position within the last few years) should shudder at the prospect of a professional being sued because he or she doesn’t want to participate in a gay marriage celebration." ... 

Cross Purposes 

 ... "Republicans may not want to fight this fight, but they will be forced to have it. Their supporters will not stand by idly while the expression of their beliefs — beliefs connected to some of their deepest values — is criminalized."

The Barack/ Vladimir Show

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John Kerry faced off with Russia's foreign minister over the Ukraine crisis Tuesday. He's fought in a war, opposed that war, threw his war medals over the White House fence and then ran for president as a war hero. John Kerry fought in Vietnam for your right to be strange. Argus Hamilton

Ron Fournier:  A President Blinded by Righteousness    "Ukraine is illustrative of a flaw in Obama's worldview that consistently undermines his agenda, both foreign and domestic. He thinks being right is good enough. From fights with Congress over the federal budget and his nominations, to gun control, immigration reform, health care, and Syria, the president displays tunnel-vision conviction, an almost blinding righteousness. I'm right. They're wrong. Why isn't that enough?

                                       

"With such certitude, Obama finds it hard to see why anybody would oppose him, which makes it almost impossible to earn new allies. He's also slow to realize when some fault lies with him. The result is Obama's legacy of "Right, but …" moments."

 

A historical perspective on why Obama is wrong about Israel

The Minority Report

"President Obama is engaging in a dangerous little dance as he attempts to shape world policy while simultaneously pretending the history of that same world didn’t happen.

"In my opinion, openly suggesting that Israel go back to the 1967 borders is, at best, dangerously naïve, does nothing to advance the goal of obtaining realistic peace for the region, and only emboldens Israel’s enemies who would seek to push the borders further and further back until Israel disappeared from the map altogether.

"Let’s remember why Israel’s borders changed in 1967: the Six-Day War." ...

 

Remember this? 

"Here’s a link to the video of Netanyahu’s meeting with Obama. There’s a line he says near the end that is especially chilling:

We don’t have a lot of margin for error. And…Mr. President, history will not give the Jewish people another chance. 

"Here’s a link to the video of Netanyahu’s meeting with Obama. There’s a line he says near the end that is especially chilling:"

We don’t have a lot of margin for error. And…Mr. President, history will not give the Jewish people another chance.

 

So much for Obama, Hillary and Democrats bringing us a peaceful world where nations respect the US.

Chip Bok; Reset to the 19th Century     "Secretary of State Kerry feels President Putin’s “19th century” behavior is not up to G-8 elite standards.

This isn’t Putin’s first rodeo when it comes to dropping in uninvited on his neighbors. He invaded Georgia on President Bush’s watch in August 2008. Like the current Crimea crises, Bush didn’t do much to stop it.

"Then came Hillary’s “Reset”, or Overcharge."

 

The U.S. retreats: History tells us who will fill the vacuum  ... "But Obama deserves more credit for good intentions and intellectual consistency. His foreign policy does have a theory. He believes that as U.S. power retreats from the world, a variety of good things will fill the vacuum. Allies and international institutions will take more responsibility. The United States will be better able to promote liberal norms, unburdened by discrediting military power."

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"The problem is this: When enlightened liberal norms are divorced from U.S. power, liberal norms do not win out. The vacuum is filled by...."

zazzle

OK, OK, maybe we can't be the world's policeman, but the question has been asked, what if there are world criminals?

History tells us that things will have to get much, much worse for the free world before our people develop the will to stand up to oppressive factions. Especially now that so many on our campuses have learned that Marxism and Islam are superior to what we used to call "the American Way".

In the 1930s, Hitler had told the world what he would do to those he conquered; we saw him breaking treaties and threatening his neighbors. We saw his army grow and heard his venom being preached. Yet any steps taken to prepare our military for resisting Nazism were met with cries of "warmonger", encouraged by the political left.

Even a president with more character and courage will face the same resistance from today's left, which forced even President Bush to give in to their causes.

 Democrats will have to be opposed by Republicans who can lead in the face of a culture that fears the world's bullies and will have to be taught once again that we are the "good guys", standing against the Scut Farkuses of this world. TD

Which of these philosophies will keep us safe?

peaceproject?

 

or...

What has been proven for half a century to keep us safe?