{"id":30704,"date":"2017-04-25T10:34:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T14:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30704"},"modified":"2017-04-25T10:34:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T14:34:31","slug":"some-peoples-first-amendment-rights-are-better-than-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30704","title":{"rendered":"Some People’s First Amendment Rights Are Better Than Others"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n

While the United States Constitution<\/a>‘s First Amendment<\/a> identifies the rights to assemble and to petition the government<\/a>, the text of the First Amendment does not make specific mention of a right to association. Nevertheless, the United States Supreme Court<\/a> held in NAACP v. Alabama<\/a><\/i> that the freedom of association is an essential part of the Freedom of Speech<\/a> because, in many cases, people can engage in effective speech only when they join with others<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is not too much of a stretch to say that this includes the right of a business to do business (or not do business) with whomever they choose (excluding national security issues and things like that). Is that still true in America<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Yesterday PJ Media<\/a> posted an article about a recent poll of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/a> regarding the rights of people engaged in business.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Students told ADF (Alliance Defending Freedom<\/a>) that it was okay for a dress designer to turn down Melania Trump<\/a> for political reasons. “You should be able to control your business in that regard, yeah,” one young man said. “I mean, it’s a free market, that’s what most conservatives want anyway,” another student chimed in. When asked if the dress designer has the right to do that, a young woman replied, “Absolutely.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

ADF also asked students what should happen if a church approached a Muslim singer for an Easter service.\u00a0Students unanimously said that such a singer has a right to “opt out” of that arrangement. “That seems like such an unusual circumstance that they would want them … like a Christian church would force a Muslim singer to sing at their church if they didn’t want to,” one young woman said. Students agreed that no law should force someone to serve another person against their religious convictions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But when asked if a Christian has the right to opt out of serving a same-sex wedding, the students hesitated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The question behind this poll is something that is going to continue to arise in our country as we take in more refugees that choose not to assimilate and as Christianity is no longer respected in our culture. What about the Muslim who refuses to drive a truck that transports beer? What about the Muslim taxi driver that refuses a fare because the man is blind and has a seeing-eye dog? What about the checkout person at the supermarket who refuses to scan bacon? Generally speaking, these are employees–not the business owner. Does the business owner have to allow the limitations on their ability to do their job? If these people are given a pass on the basis of their religious beliefs, should Christians also get a pass?<\/p>\n

One of the dangers of bringing people into America with a different culture and no desire to assimilate is that it opens the door for lawfare. Lawfare is the use of frivolous lawsuits to advance a political agenda. It is a primary tool of organizations like CAIR (The Council on American-Islamic-Relations<\/a>) to bring American laws in compliance with Sharia Law. CAIR will create a situation to be used as a test case to further its agenda.<\/p>\n

There was a recent instance of a situation where a person who spoke the language needed probably has prevented a lawsuit that was being planned (here<\/a>). Please follow the link and read the story. We don’t know exactly what was being planned–whether it was a lawsuit or something more serious–but thanks to a lady who spoke the appropriate language, whatever was planned was stopped in its tracks!<\/p>\n

America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. Our culture (up until recently) was a Christian culture<\/a>. Many parts of America still have a Christian culture. To attempt to bring an alien culture into America rather than assimilate as refugees is going to create problems and tension. You can only live in peace with people who choose to live in peace with you. Unfortunately there is an element in Islam that does not want to live in peace with anyone who does not follow the tenets of Islam. That is a problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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