People need to realize that practicing ones own religion, and the constitutional protections that allow for the same, differs greatly from speaking out against those who don't share their beliefs. The same religion that James subscribes to holds that people who don't accept Christ as their savior will go to hell. It…

Well that depends...do we get to watch her sleep around?

I think it goes even deeper in these cases, as the people making this argument seem to be making assumptions as to the mental state of others. It’s not too much of a leap for one to imagine that these assumptions are a result of projecting ones own mental state in order to make a broader generalization. I would never…

This is so obvious whenever the topic pops up. Anywhere you find a right wing conservative discussing female “morality” or laws discussing equal rights for homosexuals, they IMMEDIATELY bring up molesting children, as if these relatively asexual laws and regulations are the only thing in the world that is stopping…

I've said it before and I'll say it again - the first amendment is a sheild to protect you and your beliefs from outside attack, not a sword to impose those beliefs upon others.

I'm quite happy with my $1 per tooth, as my mother didn't have to get sodomised on video to cover the other $599.

My point was just that their silence was basically self imposed because they knew their views were racist and bigoted. Whereas racism was the most “popular” flavor of bigotry in the 70s, now I think that silent majority has really expanded their tent to include racists, homophobes, xenophobes and all of their ilk. It…

The “silent” in the silent majority are those people who starred in that “coming out” against gay marriage video from a few weeks ago. It's the same code as it was when Nixon used it, the only silence they are referring to is their own fear to be as outspokenly racist as they truly are.

Gay bees

Orange is the new white privilege.

You’re right about an employer having to make accommodations for an employees religious beliefs; however, the problem here is that issuing a marriage license isn’t against his religious beliefs, which is why you’ve never seen any quotations from scripture that address this issue. Where there are clear instances where…

No worries. Weren't uppity at all. Just realized that my overlooking the manditory factor was no small oversight. I think we are in agreement here across the board.

I got it. My mistake on overlooking the manditory.

That may be the case in the specific cases that Obama addressed at this time, but life sentences are available and are imposed for first offenders.

I hadn’t read the applications, but it was the logical conclusion in relation to what offenses fall under the federal as opposed to local jurisdiction(s), on top of the fact that the DOJ doesn’t really waste time or money with small fry cases.

This is by far the most important part of the story that seemed to have been left out of the original post. These are federal prisoners, and most definitely are not the type of “non violent drug offenders” that most people think of when discussing this issue. If you are in federal prison for a drug crime you’re most…

As mentioned before, they didn’t sue them. They filed a complaint with the state labor board. This is an important distinction for a few reasons, one of the biggest of which is that this business directly violated a specific state law, whereas in a lawsuit you can get pretty creative in drafting a complaint with a…

So we’ve reached a point where a major party presidential candidate’s publicized campaign prep is basically GTL? Good job America.

To all the people who maybe just hate the game, realize you are basically living through babe ruth’s prime and ignoring it.

Now that we've all lost our religious liberties, we will be forced to marry Orbit. Looks like the honeymoon is gonna be painful.