My Nutty Commenters!

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You guys are a bunch of kooks! I missed this at the time it was posted, but Lord gleefully parodies a "progressive" take on the Christian-baker case: the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, when they politely declined to bake a cake for a lesbian couple, were "forcing" the couple to "obey" the bakers' religion. But when the lesbian couple used the power of government to impose a $135,000 fine on the bakers, rather than walk down the street to another baker who would have happily taken their business... well, no one was being forced to do anything, no sir!

Good one, Lord!

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  1. Lord5:50 PM

    Yessiree. All they have to do was form their club/commune and forego the pretense of being in business. The religion of America is business. Don't forget it.

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  2. Samson Corwell12:12 AM

    Is Lord a progressive?

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    1. Unknown1:40 PM

      Samson: he is more in line with with a Cave dweller, methinks.

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