This blog will focus on political images I have found all around the Internet, though I will intersperse some commentary and quotes that I find interesting.
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Forced underage marriage church uses Hobby Lobby to defend itself in child labor case
[The repercussions of making dumb decisions is sometimes insurmountable. It will be most interesting, over the next several years, to see how the five conservative justices on the Supreme Court deal with the backlash to their Hobby Lobby decision. Will they continue on the path of making the U.S. a theocracy, or will they find some crazy-ass way to limit the nonsense? - Bozo]
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Rss@dailykos.com (laura Clawson)
Saturday, September 20, 2014, 7:46 pm
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The effects of the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision are spreading, influencing a child labor investigation in Utah:
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Vergel Steed believes it would violate his religion to name the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints leaders who may or may not have sent children to harvest pecans, so investigators looking into that child labor issue will just have to find another way to find out which FLDS leaders might be involved. Because religious freedom! Bear in mind when we're talking about the sacred religious importance of keeping FLDS leadership a secret that:
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I guess if you were the leader of a church breaking all manner of laws and you'd seen your predecessor go to prison, you would feel very strongly that it was a matter of faith that the government not know your name. And now, thanks to Hobby Lobby and the Supreme Court, that secrecy is a matter of religious freedom. Thanks, guys.
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Rss@dailykos.com (laura Clawson)
Saturday, September 20, 2014, 7:46 pm
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The effects of the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision are spreading, influencing a child labor investigation in Utah:
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The Sept. 11 decision by U.S. District Court Judge David Sam says Vergel Steed, who belongs to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), doesn't have to comply with a federal subpoena because naming church leaders would violate his religious freedom. [...].
"It is not for the Court to 'inquir[e] into the theological merit of the belief in question'," Sam wrote, citing Hobby Lobby. "The Court's 'only task is to determine whether the claimant's belief is sincere, and if so, whether the government has applied substantial pressure on the claimant to violate that belief.'".
Vergel Steed believes it would violate his religion to name the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints leaders who may or may not have sent children to harvest pecans, so investigators looking into that child labor issue will just have to find another way to find out which FLDS leaders might be involved. Because religious freedom! Bear in mind when we're talking about the sacred religious importance of keeping FLDS leadership a secret that:
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FLDS, a radical offshoot sect from the mainstream Mormon church, has been under the scrutiny of authorities for years on issues including alleged child labor violations and forced marriages of grown men to underage girls. The church's former president Warren Jeff's is serving a life sentence in prison for numerous sex crimes including incest and pedophilia..
I guess if you were the leader of a church breaking all manner of laws and you'd seen your predecessor go to prison, you would feel very strongly that it was a matter of faith that the government not know your name. And now, thanks to Hobby Lobby and the Supreme Court, that secrecy is a matter of religious freedom. Thanks, guys.
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Talking Points Memo
Noted
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Josh Marshall
Sunday, September 21, 2014, 12:19 pm
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Protecting the White House is a very high stakes proposition. The potential costs of getting it wrong are weighty. So I find it notable that none of these guys who've tried to breach the fence - even this guy who managed to get into the building itself - has gotten shot. No shots fired.
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Josh Marshall
Sunday, September 21, 2014, 12:19 pm
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Protecting the White House is a very high stakes proposition. The potential costs of getting it wrong are weighty. So I find it notable that none of these guys who've tried to breach the fence - even this guy who managed to get into the building itself - has gotten shot. No shots fired.
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Women are an important part of making America great.
The GOP, much like Islam, wants to suppress women. I will NEVER understand this. Restricting the freedom of half the population. Think of the great minds lost. The doctors, lawyers, scientists, and the leaders who never reached their potential. Think of the teachers, the writers, the poets, the news reporters, and on and on and on - who never developed and contributed to society. And all for what? So some low-life male can feel superior. What a damn waste.
Friday, September 26, 2014
And if you buy this, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I want to sell you...
Miracles That the Catholic Church Recognize to Be Real (7 pics)
Denver Students Walk Out In Protest Of Conservative Takeover Of Curriculum
Carimah Townes
September 24, 2014 at 9:23 am Updated: September 24, 2014 at 12:00 pm
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Hundreds of students throughout suburban Denver protested a conservative school policy proposal by walking out of classrooms Tuesday. Following a policy trend that's gaining traction nationwide, the Jefferson County School Board in Colorado plan would restrict history education to subject matter that "promote[s] citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the free-market system, respect for authority and respect for individual rights."
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According to the curricula proposal, students would only be taught lessons depicting American heritage in a positive light, and effectively ban any material that could lead to dissent. Under the proposed policy, a review committee would regularly read instructional text and course syllabi to ensure that educational materials do not stray from subject matter that complies with the policy.
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But students involved in the walkout contend that censored coursework actually contradicts American history and ideals. Many of them brought signs about the patriotic nature of protest, and waved American flags as they walked.
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September 24, 2014 at 9:23 am Updated: September 24, 2014 at 12:00 pm
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Hundreds of students throughout suburban Denver protested a conservative school policy proposal by walking out of classrooms Tuesday. Following a policy trend that's gaining traction nationwide, the Jefferson County School Board in Colorado plan would restrict history education to subject matter that "promote[s] citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the free-market system, respect for authority and respect for individual rights."
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According to the curricula proposal, students would only be taught lessons depicting American heritage in a positive light, and effectively ban any material that could lead to dissent. Under the proposed policy, a review committee would regularly read instructional text and course syllabi to ensure that educational materials do not stray from subject matter that complies with the policy.
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But students involved in the walkout contend that censored coursework actually contradicts American history and ideals. Many of them brought signs about the patriotic nature of protest, and waved American flags as they walked.
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
Even the founding fathers cherry-picked their religious beliefs
From foundingfatherquotes on Tumblr
--Benjamin Franklin, letter to Josiah and Abiah Franklin, April 13, 1738
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I think vital Religion has always suffer'd, when Orthodoxy is more regarded than Virtue. And the Scripture assures me, that at the last Day, we shall not be examin'd what we thought, but what we did; and our Recommendation will not be that we said Lord, Lord, but that we did GOOD to our Fellow Creatures.
--Benjamin Franklin, letter to Josiah and Abiah Franklin, April 13, 1738
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Shooting report
How nice it would be if one day, for just one day, it would be difficult to find the dozens of shootings reported in the news. We need new gun control laws NOW.
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