Stephen Colbert (the real one, not the fake conservative) makes fun of the Supreme Court:
UPDATE: Hey, never let it be said that we aren’t “fair and balanced”. Here’s Bill O’Reilly’s response to Colbert on Fox News:
Colbert has said that he modeled his conservative persona on Bill O’Reilly, so is O’Reilly a bit miffed now that Colbert has abandoned that to star on the Late Show?
I’m getting tired of the lie that freedom of religion means that people can do anything they want as long as it is their deeply held religious belief. The same stupid excuse was used against the civil rights of blacks. If a baker refused to sell a wedding cake to a black person (or to a white person, when the cake was going to be used in an interracial marriage), would O’Reilly be so quick to tell the government to leave the baker alone?
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14th Amendment:
“Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States… nor deny to ANY person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
“Abridge,” in this case, meaning, “curtail,” and “equal…” well, I think even the other four Justices understand the meaning of that word.
The private practice of religion is a tough one. Does the baker refuse to sell cakes to an adulterer, or a thief, or a person who evades paying taxes (another form of theft)? Or, is the baker as consistent as O’Reilly? Is the baker a baker, or a judge?
Is the baker (or O’Reilly) without sin, and entitled to cast stones?
O’Reilly asks good questions, but should perhaps engage in a little self-criticism before inflicting his self-serving bigotry on others. He’s right about Colbert, though. Trump can spout his bigoted rhetoric publicly, be dropped from NBC and move to FOX. There is no Progressive network to which Colbert can flee if his views upset the mainstream too much, and he will need to be very careful.
Almost as careful as a gay couple trying to buy a cake.