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17 Jun, 15 tweets, 4 min read
OK. Now what if my religious views involve refusing services and employment to Catholics?
What if my church loves Catholics but we simply believe (as a matter of deep religious conviction of course) that they are sinful heretics and as such we must not allow them to be around children or be hired in schools (strictly as a matter of personal conscience)?
“I’m not a bigot, but … altar boys? Cannibalism? How do I explain that to my kids?”
I’m merely speculating on what happens if Catholics are treated the way Catholics treat people.
Ok. Is it still cool with you if it starts happening everywhere?
Sounds that way.
To be clear, I realize that many Catholics are disturbed or incensed about this unjust SCOTUS ruling — and they should be. Not only is this ruling bad for members of the LGBTQ community, it's bad for everyone, including Catholics.
Two-thirds of SCOTUS are Catholic. Their unanimous ruling enshrines religious belief as the final bastion of bigotry.

It suggests bigoted exclusion is acceptable, provided the bigotry arises from religious conviction.

That seems pretty bad for Catholics; also, everyone.
Not for nothing, but if I were an organization run by members of Catholic hierarchy I would avoid litigation that involves questions of which groups are and are not to be entrusted with children.
Yes.

There's a fella who once told his followers "anyone who lives by the sword will die by the sword"; also "by the measure you use, it will be measured to you," and it's a shame we couldn't have told this Catholic org about him.
Well, there it is.

There was this other fella who said "you reap what you sow" and — no wait that was the same guy.

Man, I really hope Catholics someday learn about this guy.

The Catholics who sued in order to use their religion to codify bigotry certainly taught the world some truths about human nature. Probably not in the way that is meant, though.
I see some Catholics would like to still pretend they have any moral authority whatsoever on the question of child welfare.
The obvious conclusion to be reached from the issue that Catholics organizations cannot facilitate adoption services for everyone equally because of the inherent bigotries of their religion is that Catholic organizations should not be permitted to facilitate adoption services.
Not sure that's the game Catholics want to play but that's where it needs to go next.

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Just so you understand what Republicans are, this is a mainstream Republican. If you are Republican and you think this doesn’t represent you, you are a fringe Republican. It’s not pleasant but it’s true. Elected Republicans are catering to him not to you.
If you’re a Republican and the sort of thing disturbs you, the way you stop it is by leaving the republican party forever.

if you’re a Republican and the sort of thing disturbs you, and you don’t leave the republican party forever, no it doesn’t actually disturb you.
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Before redemption comes reparation.
Before reparation, repentance.
Before repentance, confession.
Before confession, acknowledgement.
Before acknowledgement, awareness.

People benefitting from a wrong will do anything to prevent this sequence. So they attack each step—as we see.
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Confession, to repent of it.

Repentance, to repair it.

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14 Jun
Friedersdorf could use his platform to admonish these parents that it’s worth seeking out an accurate understanding of CRT rather than continue protesting in ignorance.

Tellingly, he instead uses it to admonish us to seek out a better understanding of their ignorant ideas.
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13 Jun
I wrote this two months before the election, in case anybody thought it wasn't obvious that Republicans were going to try to steal it.

To be clear: I'm not all that perceptive. They were talking openly about it.
The month before the election:
Again, I wasn't being perceptive then, nor was I being hysterical. It's what they were talking about.

It was alarming. But saying so wasn't alarmist.

We have to acknowledge the danger is real.
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13 Jun
This is the leader of the Republican Party, and he very well may once again become president in an election his party helps him steal.

This is what we're up against.
If the Democrats currently in charge of both legislatures and the executive branch don't immediately start treating the Republican Party as an enemy to national security instead of as trusted colleagues, I'm not sure what stops the installation of Dictator Trump in 2024.
It won't be Mitt Romney's narrowly parsed fits of dignity, or Ben Sasse's vapid disingenuous heavy sighs or Susan Collins' concern or Joe Manchin's disappointment that will prevent this grim fate from coming to pass, I assure you.

It's time to demolish the Republican Party.
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13 Jun
Some people seem to see the work of a public servant to involve making sure people’s lives are unbearably difficult, and I simply don’t think we ought to pay the salaries of such people.
I think any lawmaker who cuts over $500 of monthly support should be ineligible to receive their salary or taxpayer-funded housing or medical care.
Weekly onerous mandatory means testing to ensure that congresspeople have remained eligible for their salaries and benefits.
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