All Hat No Cattle: Fights Over 'Religious Freedom' And Gay Rights Are Costing Republicans

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Fights Over 'Religious Freedom' And Gay Rights Are Costing Republicans
Following a firestorm of criticism, Republican governors in Indiana and Arkansas signed revised versions of their states' Religious Freedom Restoration bills Thursday night. In Indiana the language was adjusted, and in Arkansas it was significantly scaled back to more closely align with the federal law.

Today is Good Friday, when some pro-death penalty Christians commemorate anti-death penalty Jesus getting the death penalty.- John Fugelsang

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Subject: "Open the drawbridge"

Hi Lisa,

I opened this morning’s New York Times to the headline, “Benjamin Netanyahu Says Final Nuclear Deal Must Include Iran’s Recognition of Israel”.

Oh it “must,” must it? Why, because you say so?

Netanyahu reminds me of the ant with an erection, floating down the river on his back and yelling, “Open the drawbridge!”

My reaction was, “F@#k this guy. If he wanted recognition included in the deal, he could have and should have raised the issue years ago, not almost-after-the-fact. And he could have been just a little more solicitous of the President of the United States in the meantime.

Netanyahu demonstrates once again that he is not an honest player and cannot be trusted. He does not want a deal between the P5+1 and Iran; he wants war with Iran – a war in we will be expected to invest still more blood and treasure in the Middle East.

It astounds me that we can be on the verge of an agreement among the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, Germany, and Iran … and Israel, who is not even a party to the agreement, presumes it can sashay in and blow up the deal.

Sorry, Bibi, you’re too late. Now it’s time for you to STFD and STFU. This drawbridge is closed.

Best,
~Rick

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These are just some of the signs that Indianapolis, a corn belt city of 850,000 with a $4.4 billion tourism industry, has gone into full-on damage control to make sure its growing convention business is not harmed by a national uproar over a religious bill that Pence signed into law last week.

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O'Reilly & Coulter Mad At Christians Not Defending Religious Freedoms
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Thursday brought on conservative pundit Ann Coulter to lament the lack of leadership by Christians in defending the Indiana religious freedom law altered by lawmakers on Thursday.

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