Despite What the Left Says, Masterpiece Cakeshop is About Much More than Gay Discrimination

LawNewz

. . . "If you read this morning’s column by my colleague Elura Nanos and nothing else, you might think that Phillips is a horrible bigot who refuses to sell any of his baked goods to gay people. You might also think that there’s no reason why this case should have gotten to the Supreme Court in the first place, because obviously religious people are evil and it’s impossible to hold good faith beliefs that aren’t a guise for expressing hatred.

"Of course, none of this is true.

"Phillips has gone on record saying that he doesn’t judge anybody for how they live their lives. He just doesn’t see why he needs to be a part of it. He has said that if Craig and Mullins wanted to buy anything else from his shop, he would have been happy to sell it to them. Phillips just didn’t feel like he should have to create something for an occasion that he doesn’t want to be a part of, as it conflicts with his personal religious principles. Historically, marriage has been a religious institution, as is recognized by the authority this country gives to clergy members to officiate them. If a straight person had asked Phillips for a cake for a gay wedding, I’d imagine he’d refuse, because for Phillips, it’s not about the identity or sexual orientation of the customer, but the nature of the work." . . .

The Christian baker vs the Christophobic left

"The reality is that when leftists, including those on the Supreme Court, write about liberties they are actually thinking only of liberties that they endorse.  For example, the same leftists who scream that pornography is protected by the First Amendment tell us that peacefully trying to change a woman’s mind as she enters an abortion clinic is not protected by the First Amendment"

The Gay Marriage Ruling Supports the Baker   . . . "The Court has used similar language in previous decisions, including this quotefrom an abortion decision:

At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life

"The intent of both of these quotes was to declare that the individual’s right to define who they are and what they believe overrides cultural norms and the democratic process, in the case of gay marriage, and science, in the case of abortion.

"Such a belief, that we can define reality rather than recognize it, is a symptom of the elites’ abandonment of both God and science. Both statements only make sense if one assumes that the autonomous individual has the power to actually create their own reality; something that sane people know is impossible. While we have freedom to react to reality we cannot warp it to our wills.  Men can castrate themselves and wear makeup, but they cannot become women because their DNA does not change for example." . . .

The fascist nature of rulings by lower courts demanding that people deny their faith and offer sacrifices to leftist dogma is clear. In all cases, the gay people being “married” had absolutely no problem finding alternative sources for their “wedding” needs. Yet the lower courts have ruled that gay’s right to pick who they want to serve them overrides the First Amendment rights of those whose “…personal identity and belief” prevent them from supporting gay “weddings.”

Clarence Thomas facepalm: Oral arguments for Masterpiece Cakeshop

. . . "Justice Kennedy spoke to clarify the position set forth in his opinion inObergefell v. Hodges, where the justice not only voted to legally redefine the nation's understanding of marriage, but wrote the 5-4 majority opinion.  Yesterday, however, Justice Kennedy questioned if a Christian person, who serves all sexual orientations and holds no animus whatsoever against people who characterize

themselves by their attraction to members of the same sex, but who cannot create a cake or cooperate with two men or two women attempting to marry due to his sincerely held religious beliefs, can escape persecution from the state.

"After observing the oral arguments, I believe that there are four votes yes (Justices Alito, Gorsuch, Thomas, and Roberts) and four votes no (Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Ginsburg, and Breyer).  I am hoping for the sake of the freedoms enshrined in the First Amendment that Justice Kennedy casts the last "yes" vote in the case to tilt the scales in favor of something that Jack Phillips has not experienced in our judicial system – namely, tolerance."

Bakery vs. bakeshop  . . . "Now, Phillips said that he would sell any of his premade cakes to anyone without restriction.  In this he was acting as a public accommodation.  But, he said, he will not create a cake that violates his religious principles.  That, he claimed, is his First Amendment right.  Thus, the battle lines were drawn, and the case proceeded up to the Supreme Court." . . .

Naturally there is at least one left-wing site calling the baker a "homophobic bigot".

Latest revelations make the entire ‘collusion’ probe look like a partisan hit

NY Post  "So Peter Strzok wasn’t just a top investigator for special counsel Robert Mueller until he was axed for anti-Trump and pro-Clinton bias: He was also a major player in the Hillary email probe and the FBI work that led to the “collusion” investigation.

"And Mueller and the FBI both dragged their feet on sharing key info about all this with Congress.

"Including the news that Strzok was the one who c

hanged then-FBI chief Jim Comey’s draft language on Clinton’s use of that private server from “grossly negligent” to “extremely careless” in the final version.

"That’s huge, because the statute specifies that gross negligence in the handling of classified info is itself a crime, whatever the intent — though Comey declared that Clinton shouldn’t face prosecution precisely because she had no “intent” to break the law.

"Strzok also conducted the FBI interviews of Clinton and her top aides, Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin, in the email probe.

"More, he was reportedly one of the major FBI figures urging investigations on the basis of the “Steele dossier” of Russian-sourced scurrilous anti-Trump allegations, which we now know was commissioned by the Clinton campaign.

"More, he signed the documents that opened the ensuing “collusion” probe. And he led the FBI interview of Gen. Mike Flynn, in which Flynn told the lies that eventually forced him out as Trump’s national security adviser, and for which he’s now pleaded guilty in a deal with Mueller.

"Meanwhile, Mills and Abedin’s testimony in their interviews has been shown false in one major regard: Contrary to their denials, each had been well aware of Clinton’s private server — they had to deal with the office fallout whenever it went down. Unlike Flynn, though, they never faced charges for lying to federal investigators.

"Which makes President Trump’s request to Comey to go easy on Flynn look reasonable enough.

"The public doesn’t know just how egregious Strzok’s bias was, and won’t until the release of his texts with his mistress, an FBI lawyer who (sigh) was also on Mueller’s team.

"But as things stand, it now looks like the fix was well and truly in on the Hillary probe. Far worse, it also looks like the “collusion” probe was a partisan hit from the start — which undermines the basis for Mueller’s own investigation." . . .

Nancy Pelosi: Republican Tax Reform is the “End of the World” and “Armageddon”

Legal Insurrection

"After Republicans in the Senate passed a Tax Reform bill in the early hours of Saturday, December 2, there was a collective liberal freak out.

"I documented some of the hysterics in Liberals react to Senate tax reform vote: America died in darkness (on live TV).

"Nancy Pelosi outdid them all in a press conference:

“It is the end of the world. The debate on health care is life/death. This is Armageddon. This is a very big deal.”

. . .
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Bristol Gives Names of Celebrities Who Sexually Harassed Palin Women, Points Out Biggest Problem

These ladies have suffered more than the usual share of sexual insults. TD

The Palin women are in good company: Chelsea Handler Calls Sarah Huckabee Sanders A 'Harlot' With 'Summer-Whore Lipstick', 'Trollop'

Joe Setyon   "Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, watched as recent accusations of sexual misconduct ended the careers of high-profile figures in media, entertainment and politics.

"She kept up with the #MeToo movement, where countless women have taken to social media to say that they too are victims of sexual harassment, assault and even rape. 

"Now, she has decided to speak out.

"While Palin wrote in a blog post published Friday that she was “truly amazed by the unity that has been brought on by these courageous women (and men),” she noted that there is one thing “wrong” with the #MeToo campaign.

"The media, Palin claimed, has a double standard when it comes to reporting on allegations of sexual harassment.

“ 'What we need to look at is a real TRUE standard that needs to be set,” she wrote. “But here’s a question. How do we pick and choose whom to hold accountable? Why aren’t we looking at all of the sexual harassment? Why are some things ‘just a joke’ for some, and serious offenses for others?”

"Palin asserted that it’s time “to come together and treat sexual harassment the same, no matter what side of the aisle you may be on.' ” . . .

House Republicans Prepare Contempt Action Against FBI, DOJ

Bloomberg

Democrat Castro's position on issues

"U.S. House Republicans are drafting a contempt of Congress resolution against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray, claiming stonewalling in producing material related to the Russia-Trump probes and other matters.

"Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and other committee Republicans, after considering such action for several weeks, decided to move after media including the New York Times reported Saturday on why a top FBI official assigned to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russia-Trump election collusion had been removed from the investigation. 

"Republicans, including the president, pointed to the reports as evidence that the entire probe into Russian meddling has been politically motivated.

“ 'Now it all starts to make sense,” Trump said on Twitter Sunday." . . .

The FBI today

"Mueller is a partisan hack to end all partisan hacks, and no sane observer believes otherwise. It was Mueller who got Bill Clinton out of trouble for selling missile launching secrets to China, secrets that may now be helping North Korea to aim nuclear-armed missiles at Washington DC and Paris."  James Lewis

Mueller's FBI Will Never Recover Its Good Name  "Robert Mueller just fired a senior FBI agent for openly twittering against POTUS Trump. But if Mr. Mueller imagines that firing one guy will restore his shredded credibility to the public, fuggedaboudit. The unprecedented witch-hunt against a newly elected Donald Trump will remain green in the public memory for years to come. The FBI and DOJ will therefore have to live with a huge loss of public credibility. The IRS will never recover among Trump voters.

"Elected governments only work as long as they enjoy basic public confidence, and when that is gone -- as it is in Italy and Greece -- it can take many years to restore." . . .

In the last election the Communist Party of the USA openly backed Hillary Clinton, and Hillary never said a word against them. She wanted their support. 

. . . "Harvey Weinstein might as well try to prove his virginity. Mueller will never, ever regain the kind of respect we used to feel for the Department of Justice and the FBI. The IRS cannot be trusted, as taxpayers around the country know very well. Our presidential candidates like the Clintons have sold favors for money, and the Obama White House sold our national security to the throwback mullahs of Iran." . . .

Peter Strzok's role in Clinton email investigation takes a sinister turn  "Former FBI counter-intelligence expert Peter Strzok, . . . was the individual responsible for changing the wording in Director Comey's statement on Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information from "grossly negligent" to "extremely careless."

"That single change probably kept Hillary Clinton out of jail.

"It has also been revealed that Strzok was the FBI agent who interviewed both Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton's two top aides.  Mills and Abedin made misleading statements to the FBI in that interview but went unpunished. 

"That a demonstrably partisan investigator has been at the center of an investigation that could lead to the impeachment of a president of the United States makes it impossible for Robert Mueller to claim that his investigation is unbiased and independent.

"First, Strzok giving Clinton a "get out of jail" edit to Comey's statement." . . .By Rick Moran

By now it should be clear to every sentient American that the Mueller "investigation" is not an investigation at all

The "collusion with Russia" meme was and remains a non-starter, so now the real motive for Mueller's appointment as special counsel is evident for all to see.  It was always to find a way to remove Trump from office.  

Tony Branco

UPDATE: Revealed: Key Mueller Team Prosecutor Praised Sally Yates’ Refusal to Enforce Trump Travel Order

Top Clinton Aides Face No Charges After Making False Statements To FBI

Peter Strzok (pictured above) "Fox News has obtained a photo of Peter Strzok, the longtime FBI deputy fired by Special Counsel Robert Mueller over his bias against President Trump. Strzok (pronounced "Struck"), was sacked by Mueller after electronic messages he reportedly sent to a colleague emerged, but not before he played key roles in the probes swirling around Trump."

Daily Caller  "The FBI agent who was fired from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation team for sending anti-Donald Trump text messages conducted the interviews with two Hillary Clinton aides accused of giving false statements about what they knew of the former secretary of state’s private email server.

"Neither of the Clinton associates, Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin, faced legal consequences for their misleading statements, which they made in interviews last year with former FBI section chief Peter Strzok. 

"But another Strzok interview subject was not so lucky.

Earl of Taint

"Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser, pleaded guilty last week to lying during an interview he gave on Jan. 24 to Strzok and another FBI agent. Circa journalist Sara Carter reported on Monday that Strzok took part in that interview with the retired lieutenant general.

"At the time, Strzok was the FBI’s top investigator on the fledgling investigation into Russian interference in the presidential campaign. He was appointed to supervise that effort at the end of July 2016, just weeks after the conclusion of the Clinton email probe. CNN reported on Monday that as the FBI’s No. 2 counterintelligence official, Strzok signed the documents that officially opened the collusion inquiry.

"The starkly different outcomes from Strzok’s interviews — a felony charge against Flynn and a free pass to Mills and Abedin — are sure to raise questions from Republicans about double-standards in the FBI’s two most prominent political investigations. FBI Director Christopher Wray will likely be pressed on the Strzok scandal on Thursday when he attends an oversight hearing before the House Judiciary Committee.

"Strzok was also a prominent part of the Clinton investigation, so much so that he conducted all of the most significant interviews in the case." . . .

FBI Agent Peter Strzok Changed Agency’s Description of Clinton from “Grossly Negligent” to “Extremely Careless”  "' . . .Here’s why this matters: The FBI’s description of Hillary Clinton was extremely relevant to how the former presidential candidate was treated. " . . . the change “reflected a decision by the FBI that could have had potentially significant legal implications, as the federal law governing the mishandling of classified material establishes criminal penalties for ‘gross negligence.'” . . .

(RELATED: Anti-Trump Text Messages Show Pattern Of Bias On Mueller Team)
 (RELATED: Anti-Trump FBI Agent Conducted Interview With Michael Flynn)

Please, Mr. President, SHUT UP!

American Pravda, WaPo: National Security Reporter Says Russia Story is “f*cking crap shoot"…

. . . "and “Maybe it doesn’t exist, we haven’t found it yet.”

Project Veritas

. . . "(New York) In this all new Project Veritas video, two Washington Post employees are caught on hidden camera expressing their biases and acknowledging that the Trump-Russia collusion narrative has no foundation.

"The Washington Post’s National Security Reporter Adam Entous says that the Trump-Russia story doesn’t hold much weight:

“But we really haven’t addressed… Our reporting has not taken us to a place where I would be able to say with any confidence that the result of it is going to be the president being guilty of being in cahoots with the Russians. There’s no evidence of that that I’ve seen so far.

“We’ve seen a lot of flirtation, if you will, between them but nothing that, in my opinion, would rank as actual collusion. Now that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist, it just means we haven’t found it yet. Or maybe it doesn’t exist.”

"Entous, who says he does “most of this reporting” on Russian collusion continues to describe the investigation as a “f*cking crap shoot.”

"Melissa McCullough, the Director of Newsroom Operations, expresses her bias against Trump, admitting “let’s just hope he doesn’t get re-elected in another three years.” She soon realized her mistake, saying “I shouldn’t be saying these things because we don’t… We’re not supposed to really talk about that kind of stuff.' ” . . .

15 Questions The Mainstream Media Would Ask Barack Obama If He Were A Republican

freedomsback.com

Jeff Carter   "If you deny that there is liberal bias in the mainstream media, you are living under a rock. We saw George Stephanopolos take marching orders into debate questioning. 

"The only thing they don’t ask Republican candidates about much is economic questions and debt questions. Instead they ask horribly slanted, often irrelevant questions designed to make them look bad and help Obama. We’ve heard questions about contraceptives, religion, Newt’s angry ex-wife, Cain’s employees, Romney’s personal wealth, Gardasil, etc. Newt’s rise was because of the way he attacked the media and Obama in the debates because of the stupid and obviously planted questions.

"So, what would happen if the mainstream media treated Barack Obama the exact same way they treat Republicans? The questions might sound a little something like this. 

"1) Numerous Mexican citizens and an American citizen have been murdered with weapons knowingly provided to criminals by our own government during Operation Fast and Furious. If Eric Holder was aware that was going on, do you think he should step down as Attorney General? Were you aware of Fast and Furious and if so, shouldn’t you resign?" . . .

Read the rest of the writer's fifteen points here.

Kellyanne Conway: Americans Are Fed Up With the Clinton Double Standard

Katie Pavlich President Trump said, . . . " 'I feel badly for General Flynn.  I feel very badly.  He's led a very strong life, and I feel very badly," he said to a gaggle of reporters. "I will say this:  Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI and nothing happened to her.  Flynn lied and they destroyed his life.  I think it's a shame."

 
" 'Hillary Clinton, on the Fourth of July weekend, went to the FBI, not under oath -- it was the most incredible thing anyone has ever seen.  She lied many times.  Nothing happened to her.  Flynn lied, and it's like they ruined his life.  It's very unfair," he continued. 

"White House counselor Kellyanne Conway echoed that sentiment during an interview with Fox and Friends, arguing Americans are tired of the double standard between the Clintons and everybody else.

" 'It's very frustrating to many law abiding Americans who look up and always see a double standard, always see a special exception for Hillary Clinton," she said. "It's very disturbing."

"The comments from Trump and Conway come after news broke over the weekend an FBI agent working on the Special Counsel investigation was removed after he sent pro-Hillary and anti-Trump text messages to his girlfriend. That same agent worked on the FBI's criminal investigation of Clinton for her use of a personal email server to host and send classified information. Clinton of course was given a pass, despite FBI Director James Comey saying she had been extremely careless."

Bill Ayers and gang rape

M. Catharine Evans  "The current sex crimes dragnet sweeping across the country, pulling in celebrities, media millionaires, and politicians, has yet to reel in a high-profile professor from the hallowed halls of academia  

"Will Bill Ayers be the first? 

"In a 2006 Frontpagemag article entitled "Remembering a Sixties Terrorist," a woman named Donna Ron recounted what she described as "the defining event of my life."   

As a sophomore at the University of Michigan in 1965, Ron was caught up in the antiwar movement when she met and dated Ayers.  Two months after meeting Ayers, Ron alleges that he locked her in his apartment and told her she couldn't leave until she had sex with his roommate and his brother. 

From FrontPageMag (warning graphic language):

Bill Ayers' apartment was around the corner and a half a block away from the sorority house… Sometimes I would stop by...  What I do recall is that when I was getting ready to leave Ayers told me I couldn't go until I slept with his roommate and his brother.

. . .

The Vetting - Senator Barack Obama Attended Bill Ayers Barbecue, July 4, 2005

Snopes dismisses the above post as "partly true"..

"Connections between Obama and Ayers vary depending on the news source but typically range from sporadic contact to a significant political and professional relationship between the two — either way there is without a question some level of connection between the two men." . . .