Tea Party wants Class Action Lawsuit against Homosexuality

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Tea Party wants Class Action Lawsuit against Homosexuality Oct 20, 2013 11:28:06 GMT -5

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Rick Scarborough, Tea Party Leader, Suggests Class Action Lawsuit Against Homosexuality

The Huffington Post | By Shadee Ashtari Posted: 10/18/2013 5:05

Former Baptist pastor and Tea Party Unity founder Rick Scarborough spoke with conservative activist Peter LaBarbera on Thursday about potential anti-gay strategies, including a class action lawsuit against homosexuality.

“The whole issue of a class action lawsuit, you and I have talked about this a little bit,” Scarborough told LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, in a conversation at a Tea Party Unity gathering Thursday. People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch, a progressive advocacy group that monitors and reports on conservative political organizations, posted a partial transcript and audio recording of the discussion.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/18/rick-scarborough-lawsuit-homosexuality_n_4124195.html

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Tea Party wants Class Action Lawsuit against Homosexuality Oct 20, 2013 12:18:42 GMT -5

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Oct 20, 2013 11:28:06 GMT -5 @lily said:

Rick Scarborough, Tea Party Leader, Suggests Class Action Lawsuit Against Homosexuality

The Huffington Post | By Shadee Ashtari Posted: 10/18/2013 5:05

Former Baptist pastor and Tea Party Unity founder Rick Scarborough spoke with conservative activist Peter LaBarbera on Thursday about potential anti-gay strategies, including a class action lawsuit against homosexuality.

“The whole issue of a class action lawsuit, you and I have talked about this a little bit,” Scarborough told LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, in a conversation at a Tea Party Unity gathering Thursday. People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch, a progressive advocacy group that monitors and reports on conservative political organizations, posted a partial transcript and audio recording of the discussion.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/18/rick-scarborough-lawsuit-homosexuality_n_4124195.html

What an intolerant idiot that guy is! What is the matter with him?

Bob

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Tea Party wants Class Action Lawsuit against Homosexuality Oct 20, 2013 12:22:13 GMT -5

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Scarborough believes that the tenets of fundamentalist Christian morality apply to civic affairs.[6] He was quoted on Christiane Amanpour's documentary series "God's Warriors" on CNN as saying, "I'm not a Republican, I'm not a Democrat. I'm a Christocrat. My allegiance is to Jesus Christ".[7][8] He has said, "America is at war with the devil", and he supports "voting Biblically."[9] In 2006, he criticized John Danforth for supporting stem cell research.[10] He has publicly supported Justice Antonin Scalia.[11]

He supports filing lawsuits wherever he perceives homosexuality as contradicting Christian religious freedom.[12] Thus, he has been described as anti-homosexual.[13]

He has also recently endorsed Mike Huckabee for president.[14] Concerning the decision of Texas Governor Rick Perry to vacinate all 6th grade women against those HPV strains that are most likely to produce cancer after infection, Scarborough said, "Nor we can not overlook the moral dimension. The governor's action seems to signify that God's moral law regarding sex outside of marriage can be transgressed without consequence."[15][16]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Scarborough

The last time I looked, the Constitution separated Church and State.

Bob

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Tea Party wants Class Action Lawsuit against Homosexuality Oct 20, 2013 18:12:26 GMT -5

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Oct 20, 2013 12:22:13 GMT -5 rmarks1 said:

The last time I looked, the Constitution separated Church and State.

True, but Scarborough is a private citizen and can say whatever he likes.

To satisfy the separation requirement, a government action must pass the "three prongs" of the Lemon Test, based on Lemon v Kurtzman.

1 - The government's action must have a secular legislative purpose; (Purpose Prong)
2 - The government's action must not have the primary effect of either advancing or inhibiting religion; (Effect Prong)
3 - The government's action must not result in an "excessive government entanglement" with religion. (Entanglement Prong)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_test#Lemon_test

It is permissible for religious views to part of motivation for seeking a law. But to be constitutional, a law must have a genuine secular purpose.

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