It’s not a compelling interest because the government actually wants to move away from employer provided health care.
That’s a standard liberal argument these days, so I’m not sure why there’s disagreement here about what liberals and Obama want to do to freedom of religion(basically, confine it to the inside of a church).
Talking shit about the other candidate is politics as usual. Are you guys asking for a link that there were some ridiculous predictions made about what would happen if Romney or McCain became president? Because I was getting about 5 emails a day telling me all the horrible things that would befall America (indeed the world, if not the universe) if McCain or Romney became president.
Sure, Trump makes everyone look good by comparison but I don’t see how that is relevant. I am not accusing anyone of overreacting to a potential Trump presidency.
There is no problem with making dire predictions about what will happen if the other guy wins (some of the racist shit is unacceptable but IIRC both McCain and Romney discouraged that sort of talk). No, the problem with the Republicans is that they did everything in their power to make those dire predictions come true.
If you have an citation of a Democratic senator or similar to verify your claim:
then by all means, provide it.
No, I called him Robot Romney, and he was so* very* wrong on many of the issues, but Romney was sane and statesmanlike. We have done worse (cough GWB cough).
*President Obama is a Christian. His wife is a Christian. They’ve baptized their children as Christians. The Obama family were members of a Christian church in their hometown of Chicago. At his inauguration, Obama was sworn in on a Christian Bible, and as president, he’s proceeded to speak many times with pride about his Christianity.
And yet, Byron York asked over the weekend, “Why are Americans confused about Obama’s religion?”
[W]hen it comes to confusion, or wrong information, about Obama’s religion, Scott Walker is far from alone. Polls have long shown many Americans know little about the president’s faith.
That’s true. As best as I can tell, since the dawn of modern polling, no modern president has had his faith questioned the way President Obama has, and as such, there are no polling points of comparison. That said, there’s considerable, independent data suggesting a chunk of the population is unsure about Obama’s faith.
If the president’s far-right detractors hoped to persuade Americans to be skeptical about the president’s personal religious beliefs, it would appear those critics have had some success. One can speculate about why Obama, and none of his modern predecessors, has been subjected to such attacks, but whatever the reason, they’ve had some effect on public attitudes.
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I suspect Obama is indeed a 'doubting Christian" but that’s very common.
The right continues to question his religion because he doesn’t club people over the head with it.
The right continues to question Obama’s religion because many of them are questioning his religion.
Yes, it’s circular logic, but this is par for the course.
Nah, they question his religion because he didn’t derive the same political conclusions from it has they did.
ETA: The religious conservatives never questioned Reagan’s faith, though he was even less publicly demonstrative of his religious beliefs than Obama has been of his. And the reason is simple: they liked Reagan’s politics, but they hated Obama’s politics. End of story.
I didn’t know the government had intent with respect to this question. Evidence, please?
Yeah, and if my religion said black people were subhumans who shouldn’t be allowed in my place of business because they might piddle on the carpet, should I be free to practice my religion?
Or if my religion stated that a woman’s place was in the home, and if they insisted on working anyway, they should only be paid half of what a man earns for the same work, in order to properly discourage them, then should I be free to practice my religion?
Neither of the Clintons club people over the head with religion either, but most people know and agree that they’re a variety of Christian.
The issue with Obama’s religion is part of an overall effort to cast him as the outside, other and foreign. It goes hand-in-hand with attacking his citizenship and birthplace. Maybe this is just propaganda. Maybe it’s because even hillbilly rednecks know better than to say it’s because he’s black; perhaps they won’t even say it to themselves. They needed another reason, so they invented it.
Okay, so liberals want no religious exemptions to laws. We get it.
I remember all these Ron Paul morons were claiming we would have Weimar Republic hyper-inflation.
Still waiting for that one.
I’ll cop to that. Not hyperinflation, but I did predict(not here), that Obama’s fiscal policy would bring us back to somewhat higher inflation in the 7-8% territory.
Of course, Obama was also prevented from continuing his big spending ways. And rather abruptly at that.