5 April 2015 - Granite Grok

April 5, 2015

Is Progressivism becoming our State Religion? Is bowing to it the admission price to the Public Square?

…James Madison (who was the main author of the US Constitition) put the point this way: It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to be acceptable to Him. This duty is precedent, both in order of time and in degree of obligation, …

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Question: why does “a dark place” only apply in one direction?

Or is it that because the other way goes “against the presumed Narrative”? Shortly thereafter, Jeremy Peters of the New York Times was asked about the difference between the Indiana RFRA law as it was written and as it stood now. Peters decided to unveil the bigger issue with the RFRA laws themselves: “these laws look as if …

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Question: Destruction by the gay-rights movement: a victory?

Conor Friedersdorf: If I recorded audio proving their intent to discriminate against a hypothetical catering client and I gave the audio to you, would you post it on the Internet and encourage the general public to boycott, write nasty reviews, and drive them out of business, causing them to lay off their staff, lose their …

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Matthew Dowd: icky Culture War this religious stuff – just shut up.

On This Week with George Stephanopolus (4/5) was another great example of an Establishment Republican, Matthew Dowd (Republican strategiest, according to This Week), of the absolute distaste of the Beltway R Elite not wanting even engage in anything that gets in the way of “we can’t make it smaller but we can manage Govt better” …

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Why do Establishment Republicans have a “but” when it comes to Religious Freedom? Eh, Gov. Pataki?

Gov Pataki on WMUR’s Closeup (4/5): I agree completely with the idea that we have to protect peoples’ religious freedom.  There’s no question about that.  I quietly am, in my own way, deeply religious and I don’t want someone to tell me that I can’t practice my religion as I see fit.  But on the …

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GrokTALK! With Phil Kerpen – Time to End Death Taxes

Phil Kerpen from American Commitment joins us to talk about Death Taxes, how popular repeal is, why there hasn’t been a vote on it for ten years, and what the chances are for reform in the coming months and years. Follow Phil on Twitter @Kerpen or American Commitment @AmerComm Follow us on YouTube, USTREAM, Facebook, …

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The Promise fulfilled

It is entirely appropriate that that we are having the religious debate, the freedom to hold and practice their most deeply held beliefs, versus the onslaught of secular liberalism that hates it.  From Luke 24: 1Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the …

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