Every day it seems, we descend further into madness. And I’m not even referring at the moment to the presidential race. Last week, Republican Georgia governor Nathan Deal, in typical spineless Republican manner, folded under pressure from big corporations including Disney and Apple, and vetoed a bill that would ensure religious liberty as guaranteed by the first amendment by, among other things, ensuring that ministers would not be forced to officiate “gay marriages” against their will. In North Carolina, there is a lawsuit against another bill that would protect private business owners against such things as being forced to cater “gay weddings” or allow gender-confused dudes to use the ladies’ room. The NBA has declared that unless that bill is vetoed, the All-star Game will not be played in Charlotte.
I don’t get ESPN, but it is on regularly at the break room at my place of work, and the channel seems to every day be less and less about sports, and more and more about pushing left-wing political propaganda. It has heavily covered the above-mentioned brouhaha concerning the NBA’s proposed boycott of North Carolina, siding with the NBA as if they were making a stand of great heroism and courage, as well as running sob stories about the alleged horrible plight of “transsexual” athletes in schools around the country – such as the epic struggles of strapping young “biologically male” jocks fighting for the “right” to play on the girls team and use the girls’ locker room. (Sign me up, dude!)
I’m really not sure why the issue of “transgender” bathrooms and such is of such pressing importance to the NBA. Are there really that many pro basketball players demanding to use the ladies’ locker rooms?
At the same time, ESPN is also heavily covering the epic struggle of heroic litigators against the Big, Bad Corporate NFL regarding the concussion issue. (And in case you miss the larger political context, the commentators explain that in denying the danger of concussions from playing pro football, the NFL is exactly the same as the evil “climate-change deniers.”) However, with regard to LGB-alphabet-soup issues, we’re supposed to root for the Big Heroic Corporate NBA against some tiny Christian-owned bakeries and such. Now, Goliath’s the good guy, and David the villain.
The left (including ESPN) is always screaming about the power of Big Evil Corporations, and their undue influence on government. However when the Big Corporations are pressuring and influencing government for socially “progressive” causes, this influence is applauded and celebrated. And increasingly, large corporations push leftist social causes, helping win the favor of leftist politicians in our crony-capitalist system.
The enforcement of politically-correct social causes such as those mentioned by law on the national level is likely to happen if Hillary wins the presidency, and the packing of federal courts—and the Supreme Court—with leftist activists continues. Basic freedom of religious practice will become a thing of the past. (Though such judicial activism may prove unnecessary if Republican governors continue to act so spinelessly.)
One more reason Republicans and conservatives need to get their heads out of their arses and rally behind Ted Cruz before it’s too late. And that loser Kasich should have gotten out of the race long ago. He’s only helping Trump—and Hillary.
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