Taking Religious Liberties

Many Republican positions are justified in the name of "religious freedom" or "religious liberty", but they don't increase anyone's freedom. What they do is impose a particular brand of Christianity on everyone else -- allowing right-wing Christians to take liberties against the rest of society.

A brief overview:

• inserting religious doctrine into public education:
  • teaching the Bible as fact
  • teaching creationism as fact, or as a theory of equal validity to evolution
  • abstinence-based education (like walking-based driver education)
• anti-gay sentiment and laws
• anti-trans sentiment and laws
• laws subjugating women
• Many Republicans are working towards theocratic ends, and nobody in the party tells them to stop:
  • believe that Biblical rules should supercede or guide government
  • believe the Constitution was based on Biblical ideas or laws
  • claim that the founding fathers felt that various beliefs specific to Christianity were essential for the proper functioning of government or society

Theocratic leaders:

• 2016 GOP frontrunner Ted Cruz is a Seven Mountains Dominionist.
• George W. Bush campaigned on a platform of "bringing God back to the White House", and was applauded.

Notes

• http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/05/gov-bryant-signs-religious-objections-bill/82654578
  • http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/mississippi-lgbt-bill/
  • http://m.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Mississippi-gov-signs-law-allowing-service-7229306.php
  • http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/watch-ellen-degeneres-blast-mississippis-religious-freedom-law-20160407
• http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/indiana-governor-signs-controversial-religious-freedom-bill-20150327
  • http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/apple-ceo-tim-cook-slams-indianas-religious-freedom-law-20150330