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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostUm, yeah.... my own arrest on three warrants and my spending nearly $20,000 in legal fees is just a figment of my imagination, and I should be comforted by the notion that "this doesn't happen very often"."[Mathematics] is the revealer of every genuine truth, for it knows every hidden secret, and bears the key to every subtlety of letters; whoever, then, has the effrontery to pursue physics while neglecting mathematics should know from the start he will never make his entry through the portals of wisdom."
--Thomas Bradwardine, De Continuo (c. 1325)
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Originally posted by Boxing Pythagoras View PostThat particular bogeyman has never been a real issue. Only the barest fringe of marriage equality supporters want to force religious institutions to perform ceremonies against their will, and those who argue for such a notion are rightly denounced as quacks by the rest of us.
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Originally posted by Abigail View PostFrom what I see here in UK, the Church is their next battle. They are not going to stop."[Mathematics] is the revealer of every genuine truth, for it knows every hidden secret, and bears the key to every subtlety of letters; whoever, then, has the effrontery to pursue physics while neglecting mathematics should know from the start he will never make his entry through the portals of wisdom."
--Thomas Bradwardine, De Continuo (c. 1325)
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Originally posted by Boxing Pythagoras View PostThe UK has a State Church. This, again, is a very different monster from a government which is explicitly prevented from regulating the free-exercise of religion.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by fm93 View PostLive look-in at TWeb:
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Originally posted by Boxing Pythagoras View PostI never said that it was a figment of your imagination. Nor did I ever imply that such things do not happen. What I stated was that I stand in solidarity against the prevention of the free-exercise of religion; but that many people are under the impression that such impositions occur far more often than they actually do.
I hope that sounded better in your head.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostAnd yet, the prohibition of free exercise continues, regardless of your ignorance of it.Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostAnd yet, the prohibition of free exercise continues, regardless of your ignorance of it."[Mathematics] is the revealer of every genuine truth, for it knows every hidden secret, and bears the key to every subtlety of letters; whoever, then, has the effrontery to pursue physics while neglecting mathematics should know from the start he will never make his entry through the portals of wisdom."
--Thomas Bradwardine, De Continuo (c. 1325)
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostNot really. They are ignoring prior precedent and using the same tired excuses and interpretations they have been using for the last decade.
"Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man," fundamental to our very existence and survival.... To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discrimination. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State."
Sound kinda familiar? You're not going to find too many people today who disagree with that decision. In fact, I suspect that the large majority considers it to be a good decision. And if that was an appropriate constitutional decision regarding marriage, the same-sex decision should be as well, as far as I can tell.Middle-of-the-road swing voter. Feel free to sway my opinion.
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Originally posted by Irate Canadian View Post...there must be a major concession to religious Churches and organizations allowing them not to be forced to perform ceremonies that are against their will.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Irate Canadian View PostI'm going to voice a unpopular opinion here. I feel gay marriage should be legalized, however, there must be a major concession to religious Churches and organizations allowing them not to be forced to perform ceremonies that are against their will.Originally posted by Boxing Pythagoras View PostThat particular bogeyman has never been a real issue. Only the barest fringe of marriage equality supporters want to force religious institutions to perform ceremonies against their will, and those who argue for such a notion are rightly denounced as quacks by the rest of us.
The only people who should be "forced" to provide marriage licenses are those who work in the public offices which issue marriage licenses, and only because that is literally their job.βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι δι᾿ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι, τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον·
ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους, τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.אָכֵ֕ן אַתָּ֖ה אֵ֣ל מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostUm, yeah.... my own arrest on three warrants and my spending nearly $20,000 in legal fees is just a figment of my imagination, and I should be comforted by the notion that "this doesn't happen very often".
Never mind. I found the story:
Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post... I, myself, was a victim of dirty politics back in the mid to late 70's. I was on the forefront of the Christian Homeschool movement, and there were actually Christians being arrested for violating Texas' "public attendance law". There is, in truth, no such law. We have a "public education law", but it does not forbid the the required education from occurring in a "homeschool". In fact, the law was very vague on that point.
I actually met with our superintendent of schools to discuss some issues with some of our homeschoolers in our county. I was assured we can "work things out", and "there should be no problem".
The very next morning, I was notified that three warrants had been issued for my arrest. I was being arrested for violation of the bogus "public attendance law", and advised that these charges would "go away" if I backed down from my "activism". It was intimidation, pure and simple. But I don't intimidate very easily - I just get mad. And I prepared to fight. It ultimately cost me my job, and about $17,000 in legal fees, and I was never even allowed to go to court. The prosecutor kept making excuses for the delay of trial, but I had been arrested on those three warrants, even though we had invoked Texas' "speedy trial law". I was guaranteed a trial within 90 days, but it never happened.
Amazingly, public opinion went overwhelmingly WITH me because it became obvious that the prosecutor had really screwed up. The Texas School Law Bulletin (the applicable law) didn't allow a second charge until the first charge had been proven, and they charged me with three offenses all at once. And it became clear that they lied about the "compulsory attendance law", because that wasn't even in the TSLB.
Long story short, they granted me a "permanent continuance". There is no such thing in Texas - it was their way of trying to sweep the case under the rug without allowing me to go to trial, so I still have an "arrest record", but no conviction. No exoneration, either. And, again, it cost me my job and $17,000.
So this is why I don't trust the politicians or the legal system to play fair. The Constitution that Sam keeps referring to did NOTHING for me, even though I was CLEARLY in the right. There was absolutely no just cause for the warrants to be filed. But that didn't stop the prosecutor from trying to intimidate me. Initially, they were all prepared to send me to jail - they even threatened that my daughters would be taken away from me by social services. It was ugly. Nasty. As the case drew public attention, one by one the prosecutors backed away, pointing to the Attorney General of Texas as the cause for all this. ...Last edited by robrecht; 06-26-2015, 10:54 AM.βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι δι᾿ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι, τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον·
ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους, τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.אָכֵ֕ן אַתָּ֖ה אֵ֣ל מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostOh, so as long as discrimination doesn't happen A LOT, it's not really discrimination? Or, because an offense occurs only SOMETIMES, it doesn't count?
I hope that sounded better in your head.
You're attacking a viewpoint which I have not proffered."[Mathematics] is the revealer of every genuine truth, for it knows every hidden secret, and bears the key to every subtlety of letters; whoever, then, has the effrontery to pursue physics while neglecting mathematics should know from the start he will never make his entry through the portals of wisdom."
--Thomas Bradwardine, De Continuo (c. 1325)
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