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| US Senator Tammy Baldwin |
Junior US Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) celebrated the
Supreme Court decision, Obergefell v. Hodges,
which imposed same-sex marriage by judicial fiat, despite erudite dissenting
opinions. She
then attacked the First Amendment:
Supreme Court decision, Obergefell v. Hodges,
which imposed same-sex marriage by judicial fiat, despite erudite dissenting
opinions. She
then attacked the First Amendment:
[I]n institutions of
faith that there is absolute power to, you know, to observe deeply held
religious beliefs. But I don’t think it extends far beyond that. . . I think
there are clear limits that have been set in other contexts and we ought to
abide by those in this new context across America.
faith that there is absolute power to, you know, to observe deeply held
religious beliefs. But I don’t think it extends far beyond that. . . I think
there are clear limits that have been set in other contexts and we ought to
abide by those in this new context across America.
The Bill of Rights outline innate powers bestowed on
individuals regardless of government force or collective manipulation. Corporate
membership and legal precedent has extended these rights to private
corporations. Rights mean nothing if limited to specific places, for the mind
is free, as Framer Thomas Jefferson established in The
Virginia Statues of Religious Freedom.
individuals regardless of government force or collective manipulation. Corporate
membership and legal precedent has extended these rights to private
corporations. Rights mean nothing if limited to specific places, for the mind
is free, as Framer Thomas Jefferson established in The
Virginia Statues of Religious Freedom.
Baldwin has already been the subject of heated controversy
following the dubious firing of a staffer-turned-whistleblower who identified
that the Senator did
nothing to rectify reported abuses at a Wisconsin Veterans Administration
Hospital. Baldwin also voted with her Democratic colleagues to effectively
repeal the First Amendment, when she joined a Senate resolution
to overturn the Citizens United decision.
Now Baldwin declares that freedom of religion only applies to houses of worship.
If individuals cannot act according to their conscience in public, then it is
not a freedom.
following the dubious firing of a staffer-turned-whistleblower who identified
that the Senator did
nothing to rectify reported abuses at a Wisconsin Veterans Administration
Hospital. Baldwin also voted with her Democratic colleagues to effectively
repeal the First Amendment, when she joined a Senate resolution
to overturn the Citizens United decision.
Now Baldwin declares that freedom of religion only applies to houses of worship.
If individuals cannot act according to their conscience in public, then it is
not a freedom.
Based on her record and rhetoric, Baldwin has joined a disconcerting
movement to stifle the First Amendment. Wisconsin voters should hold her
accountable.
movement to stifle the First Amendment. Wisconsin voters should hold her
accountable.