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 Romney says Obama infringing upon religious rightsBy Rachel Streitfeld, CNN Political Producer Centennial, Colorado (CNN) – Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of infringing upon Americans’ religious rights in a fiery address to more than 2,500 supporters Monday in Colorado. “The Creator gave every human being his rights,” Romney told the audience, to sustained cheers. “I’m just distressed as I watch our president try and infringe upon our rights.” In recent weeks the GOP frontrunner has signaled he would attack the president over the charge his administration has rolled back the rights of religious individuals and institutions. Romney went further at his Monday rally and publicly detailed specific examples of Obama’s “violation of conscience.” Romney cited a new policy from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that requires some religious institutions, including schools and hospitals, to provide coverage of birth control to their employees. FULL STORY
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Romney clearly just wants to try and coax the evangelicals over to his side. I'm not an Obama fan, nor a fan of liberal douchiness in general, but he does recognise that freedom of religion does not supercede discrimination laws.
Recruiting is the biggest part of the job has a head coach in college athletics. They Big 12 is none to happy with Urban Meyer at Ohio State right now. They feel superior to the ACC and don't want him tarnishing their conference. Can you believe that? After the scandel OSU just went through? Typical.
you posted "freedom of religion does not supercede discrimination laws." Can you explain just what you mean by that?
@Say What? It works like this, you have the freedom to choose and practice any religion you like as long as in so doing you do not break the existing discrimination laws. Like you can be a member of the KKK but you cannot deny blacks access to public spaces or deny them services based upon their skin color.
Thank you for clearing that up for me. I understand his statement better now. Nice to see intelligence on here. Now if only someone would take a bat and knock "sports fan" head over the fence for a home run, we'd all be happy!!!
GodPot
Couldn't have explained it better myself.
Pandering to the evangelicals with hysterical rhetoric. That always works....
Well but you know for some players it is talking smack that get's them in right mental space to compete.
....I think you just defined the human condition.
Separation of church and state. Your religion has no place in politics. Keep it down.
Exactly Sam, and that is why Pete Rose in not in the Hall of Fame. You can't miss gambling and your sport when you are involved in the outcome. It breaks a cardinal rule!
I see what you did there, with the word cardinal and all.
Award for most annoying troll? I'll give it to you SF if you just stop. It's really really reality annoying. You win. Cheers, Hooray! Big party for you over at the Eatocracy blog!!...
Well I don't know what you mean by all that, but I really do believe that it how you play the game and not just winning. You hear "winning is everything" quite often but I think that send the wrong message to kids. Do your best. Play withing the rules. Respect your opponent. If you can do that and win, great! But is you lose the game you can still be very proud.
We're sorry you can't appreciate Sports Fan. It's your loss.
The Const.itution gives citizens of the United States their rights, not the supernatural figurehead of any particular religion.
That's right, and while there is some rule-bending from time to time (aka "Home Cookin'") teams need to play a clean game and respect the spirit of the rules.
That message is getting lost in a bunch of emotional rhetoric.
By now! I have a long day of g.ay s.ex ahead of me! My hips hurt from today so I should get some rest!
Why do you steal my name and write lies about me?? Don't you like sports?
Uh oh, someone doesn't get it...
Oh yeah! Put it up my eurethra! That feels good! Now up my @ss!
Why so crude and why do you steal my name? Not a sports fan?
Pe nis
I am not familiar with that sport. Do they play it in Europe?
There's a town in WA state called Pe Ell. Is this related?
Do you like balls? I love balls! I
Love showering with other men and then dropping the sope and having to bend over to pick it up!
Well I don't understand what you mean about the shower thing, but yes I do like balls. Footballs, Basketballs, Tennis Balls, etc. Naturally I would like balls, almost every team sport depends on a ball to play the game. Not Hockey of course.
This is almost as fun as sucking on co-ck in the winter!
Well I don't know what you mean by that. Strange thing to say, but I do love winter sports but sadly never really get much of chance to enjoy them until the Winter Olypics rolls around.
If sports fan says anymore nonsense I am going to fuc.k-ing blow my brains out! He has ruined all of the fun in reading comments! What a f ag (this is the first time I've resulted to vulgarity on this blog so you know I'm pi.ssed).
Yes, well I am a straight male, but there certainly many h.o.m.os.e.xuals in athletics. Most stay firmly locked the closet due to the oppresive treatment they would recieve otherwise. But a few have come out. Mostly swimmers, gymnist and women's tennis players like Billy and Martina. I don't want to be to general though.
Blow your brains out? You mean...by co.cking a gun? Do it!
There's no crying in baseball.
I am a ho-mo!
Yes, welll I am a h.o.m.o.sapien and mostly enjoy sports where people are the athletes, but horse racing is a great sport too and those are amazing animals. I am not big on dog racing though for some reason. Did you see the puppy races on the SuperBowl pre-game yesterday? So cute!
ok, so the freedom of religion is guaranteed ... no problem there. BUT, the courts also say that we are also guranteed freedom FROM religion as well. If this clown gets into office, kiss THAT right good-bye.
Well sometimes the officials will blow a call, so it can be sent up to the booth for review!
Romney: “The Creator gave every human being his rights.” What the hell is he talking about? I have read the Bible, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, and quite a few others, and not a one of them mentions any rights. Lots of responsibilities and obedience, but no rights.
Did I miss something? Any religious person want to point out these rights, with reference to their text?
Well, every sport has rules. The NFL for example has a compet.i.tion committee that meets every off-season. Don Shula, the winningest coach in NFL history and form coach of the Miami Dolphins used to head up the committee for many years. Anyway, let's just hope the move the kickoff back to the 30 yard line. That was a terrible move and takes away one of the most exciting plays in the game!
The only right they care about is the right to force everyone to obey their awful religions.
And a good, hard throwing right-handed Ace to anchor the pitching rotation!
Insurance premiums are very high indeed for athletes in sports like Professional Football, Auto Racing, Boxing, etc. You are by definition putting yourself in harms way!
Jackie Chan can't even get insurance, he's blacklisted.
Jackie Chan is black?
Nice point Sam. The martial arts are getting more and more popular. Imagine getting insurance if you fight in the octogon!
Immaculate conception insurance is very inexpensive due to the very low, some say non-existent risk...
@ god pot – this god knocks up a vir'gin, but we'll burn forever if we do it, unless we marry her beforehand, does that about sum it up? lol
the religious dont deserve rights
I think a player has the right to (discreetly) show their faith if that motivates him or her during a sports compet.i.tion. However we have seen this go too far many times. But that is just my opinion as a sports fan. I think a few high fives are all that is needed.
The Catholic hierachy do not believe in artificial birth control so why do they employ those who do? Did not the Supreme Court recently decide that religious organizations have the right to decide who they hire and fire? Bottom line: To reduce health insurance costs and to not be subject to Obama care regulations about supplying contraceptives, Catholic groups should simply not hire those in need of contraceptives and fire those who demand such coverage.
There are different opinions as to what a religion really is or what a non-profit is. To be fair therefore, there should be no tax-exemptions for any group and that includes the Democratic and Republican Parties. Faith and community initiative grant monies should also be cancelled and there should also be no tax deductions for contributions made to charities and non-profits.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/supreme-court-backs-church-in-landmark-religious-liberty-case/
"The government must stay out of hiring and firing decisions by a religious organization, even if a minister sues for employment discrimination, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.
Religious freedom groups praised the decision, and especially the fact that it came from a unanimous court."
Sometimes it is good to have someone on your team that played for enemy previously, even if their insight is only good for one win it can worth it!
Romney believes that the horn-blowing angel Moroni appeared to the con artist Joe Smith. Not good for someone who wants to be president of any group !!!
Obama "mouths" that he is Christian i.e. believes in gay Gabriel and war-mongering Michael the Archangel and Satan. BO's support of abortion however vitiates has Christianity as he is the leader of the Immoral Majority who are now the largest voting block in the country. Immoral Majority you ask??
The 78 million voting "mothers and fathers" of aborted womb babies !!! (2012 -1973 Rowe vs. Wade = 39 years.
39 years x 2 million/yr = 78 million. Abortion rate in the USA as per the CDC is one million/yr.
And the presidential popular vote in 2008? 69,456,897 for pro-abortion/choice BO, 59,934,814 for "pro-life" JM. The population of the Immoral Majority in 2008? ~ 70 million !!!!!!
Well some teams blow their horns, others fire cannons (Chargers for example). I think it is just a matter of choice and gets the fans in a frenzy.
Once again some incentives to live a healthy life style and also ways to pay for universal health care.
1. An added two dollar health insurance tax (or higher) on a pack of cigarettes. Ditto taxes on alcoholic beverages, the higher the alcohol content, the higher the tax. Ditto for any product shown to be unhealthy (e.g. guns, high caloric/fatty foods??)
2. Physicals akin to those required for life insurance- the overly obese will pay signficantly more Medicare and universal health insurance (unless the obesity is caused by a medical condition).
3. No universal health care coverage for drivers driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or using cell phones while driving.
4. No universal health coverage for drug addicts or for those having self-inflicted STDs.
5. No universal health coverage for abortions unless the life of the mother is at significant risk and judged to be so by at least two doctors.
6. No universal health coverage for euthanasia.
7. No foreign aid given to countries who abort females simply because they are female.
Insurance premiums are very high indeed for athletes in sports like Professional Football, Auto Racing, Boxing, etc. You are by definition putting yourself in harms way.