Saturday, June 27, 2015

One Facebook Post, Eternal Stupidity

Scott Walker is an incredible example of someone entirely stupid.  I cannot believe this man wants to run for president....oh wait.  Yes I can. 

This is his Facebook post from yesterday and my comments.  

"I believe this Supreme Court decision is a grave mistake. Five unelected (They are never elected by the people and always appointed, Scooter, nothing new here) judges have taken it upon themselves to redefine the institution of marriage an institution that the author of this decision acknowledges ‘has been with us for millennia.’ In 2006 I, like millions of Americans, voted to amend our state constitution to protect the institution of marriage from exactly this type of judicial activism. (Go back to school.  Church and state are separate.  Your definition of the institution of marriage is based on your religion, and our country was founded on the idea that you should be allowed to practice whatever religion you want.  As long as the government is handing out marriage certificates, the institution is not based on religion at all, which means it is not affecting YOUR definition of marriage. Logically, Scooter, people in the Christian church would have to exclude anyone who isn’t a Christian from the institution, like atheists for example, and atheists have always been able to go down to the courthouse without YOU being irate about it.  A more logical approach would be for you to request that the government should get out of the marriage business altogether.  Then people who are gay could start their own church and marry based on their beliefs.  But something tells me you wouldn't like that either.)  The states are the proper place for these decisions to be made and as we have seen repeatedly over the last few days, we will need a conservative president (don’t embarrass conservatives by calling yourself a conservative because not all conservatives are assholes) who will appoint men and women to the Court who will faithfully interpret the Constitution and laws of our land without injecting their own political agendas. (Except your agenda) As a result of this decision, the only alternative left for the American people is to support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to reaffirm the ability of the states to continue to define marriage.
Recognizing that our Founders made our Constitution difficult to amend, I am reminded that it was first amended to protect our ‘First Freedom’ - the free exercise of religion. (Pretty sure you just contradicted yourself here.  Does this mean freedom to exercise the religion YOU SEE FIT?) The First Amendment does not simply protect a narrow ‘right to worship,’ (Narrow right to worship?  Where did you even get that?)  but provides broad protection to individuals and institutions to worship and act in accordance with their religious beliefs. (As long as it’s YOUR religion.)  In fact, the Wisconsin constitution explicitly protects the rights of conscience of our citizens.  

(The first article of the Wisconsin Constitution is as follows: Equality; inherent rights. SECTION 1. [As amended Nov. 1982 and April 1986] All people are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights; among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; to secure these rights, governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. [1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982; 1983 J.R. 40, 1985 J.R. 21, vote April 1986])


 I can assure all Wisconsinites concerned about the impact of today’s decision that your conscience rights will be protected, (Except those who have a conscience about giving citizens equal rights) and the government will not coerce you to act against your religious beliefs. (Unless your religion is to treat everyone equally.)

I call on the president and all governors to join me in reassuring millions of Americans that the government will not force them to participate in activities that violate their deeply held religious beliefs. (No one is suggesting that you be forced to marry someone of the same gender, attend gay weddings, or even agree) No one wants to live in a country where the government coerces people to act in opposition to their conscience. (You’re right.  I don’t want to live in a country where the government coerces me to act against my conscience, and my conscience says to treat everyone equally, so too bad for you.) We will continue to fight for the freedoms of all Americans. (Oh, except for gay people.)

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