Posted: 7/4/2017
On this patriotic day of the Declaration of Independence over 240 years ago, I want to introduce Thomas Jefferson as the Solicitor General.
Thomas Jefferson feels humbled to defend before the U.S. Supreme Court the baker from Denver, Co. (i.e. Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop), who declined to make a wedding cake for a same sex couple based on religious objections.
Thomas Jefferson would probably argue along these lines (emphasis added):
“Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.” (Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, 1786)
The mass media and other usual suspects are celebrating these two young men who sued the baker as heroes! These two, ignorant and arrogant young men are everything but heroes! They are trying to ruin a small business for their mistaken hubris and their pretentious craving for fame!
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