Forcing Conformity While Calling It Tolerance
Phil Robertson, of Duck Dynasty, recently responded to a question about sin,
paraphrasing--what he believes to be--the Word of God. He has been threatened
with the loss of his job on the A&E network because he did so.
Companies like Hobby Lobby are being threatened with millions of dollars in crippling fines and, thus, ultimate expulsion from the marketplace because they are refusing to provide government-mandated employee health insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs and related counseling. To go against their deeply-held pro-life beliefs would violate their Christian principles. This case is going all the way to the Supreme Court.
The marginalization of Christians in this country is a frightening trend and one that should alarm every American.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/12/the-genuine-conflict-being-ignored-in-the-i-duck-dynasty-i-debate/282587/#!
Companies like Hobby Lobby are being threatened with millions of dollars in crippling fines and, thus, ultimate expulsion from the marketplace because they are refusing to provide government-mandated employee health insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs and related counseling. To go against their deeply-held pro-life beliefs would violate their Christian principles. This case is going all the way to the Supreme Court.
The marginalization of Christians in this country is a frightening trend and one that should alarm every American.
In the article below to which I link, is found this:
“Speaking on the issue of tolerance, mega-church
pastor and bestselling author Rick Warren observed: ‘Our
culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with
someone’s lifestyle, you must fear them or hate them. The second is that to
love someone means you agree with everything they believe or do. Both are
nonsense. You don’t have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.’ Tolerance is not the same thing as acceptance,
and acceptance is not the same thing as an endorsement. The message A&E’s
decision sends is that the network will not tolerate someone who
conscientiously objects to homosexuality on religious grounds. The implication
of that message is that 45 percent of Americans [who are striving to live by biblical standards] should, in principle, be
prepared either to sacrifice their jobs or recant their beliefs and endorse a
lifestyle to which they are opposed, conscience be damned. To the extent that
we embrace that implication, in television and in other American industries,
we're also embracing an identity as a nation that forces conformity while
calling it tolerance.”
