I think we need to start seeing lawsuits from employers claiming the right to fire people for being Christian, so Christians can have a chance, however unlikely, for a moment of clarity, to understand just how hateful they’re being. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1272921975682457607
"Look, it's not that I hate Christians. I *love* Christians. I love everybody. There are Christians in my *family*. But I can't approve of their immoral lifestyle, and I just shudder to think I live in a country that forces me to do so using the threat of the power of the state."
"In fact, it's *because* I love Christians so much that I let them go. Hopefully my action forces them to confront their decisions so they stop living, you know, *that way.*
"It's not so much them I worry about, but the kids they expose to that environment, you know?"
"It's not so much them I worry about, but the kids they expose to that environment, you know?"
"I believe in freedom of religion. How dare you suggest otherwise. I don't care if you're Christian, Muslim, or some sort of weird purple monster with polka-dots. If whatever they do in the privacy of their own homes makes them happy, go for it. But for the government to FORCE me
"Fine yes the president campaigned on a Christian Travel Ban—a phrase that was met on every stop with adoring and strangely angry cheers—but what was put in place was simply a ban on travel to and from a list of predominantly Christian countries. It doesn't even include Italy."
They're confessing a worldview defined only by domination. They know they'd never permit others to make the case against them that they make against others, but they presume if they stop oppressing, they'll be oppressed. They can't imagine equality. https://twitter.com/rlhumphreys/status/1273225222372679680?s=20