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Morning Briefing
For December 9, 2013
1. You Will Be Made to Care
A Christian baker in Colorado refused to bake
a cake for a gay wedding. A judge is now ordering him to do so or face
financial penalties.
Surely there are plenty of bakers who would
bake a cake for David Mullins and Charlie Craig, the gay men who wanted
the cake. But they went to Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop in
Denver, CO. When Phillips declined because of his religious beliefs,
Mullins and Craig went to the ACLU, which in turn complained to the
state that Phillips was discriminating.
There will be no accommodation between gay
rights activists and those seeking religious freedom to opt out of the
gay rights movement. Gay rights activists demand tolerance for their
lifestyle, but will not tolerate those who choose to adhere to their
religious beliefs.
Increasingly,
courts around the country are siding with the gay rights movement
against those relying on the first freedoms of the country. While many
would prefer to sit this out, they will be made to care. . . . please click here for the rest of the post → Lee ASKS: WHAT HAPPENED TO M'WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE?"
2. Coming To A Fast Food Restaurant Near You: Machines That Won’t Be Paying SEIU Dues
The quick-service restaurant (aka fast-food) industry is undergoing some cataclysmic changes.
On one hand, the Service Employees
International Union and its hordes of astroturf allies are unleashing
their four-year old scheme to unionize fast-food workers and drive up
the wages of these workers to $15 an hour. Why?
Because,
to the Marxist ideologues that run the SEIU and many of the groups that
align themselves with the Purple People Eaters, market forces can be
overridden by the demand that they are entitled to higher wages…and a
union. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. GOP Must Shut Down Senate
It
takes only an inch of snow to shut down Washington, but even the nuclear
option cannot get Republicans to shut down the Senate.
Several
weeks after Harry Reid changed hundreds of years’ of Senate rules by
abolishing the filibuster for all judicial and executive appointments,
Republicans have all but forgotten about it. They
could have threatened to block every piece of legislation until the
rules are restored, but instead they are fully cooperating with a budget
bill to fund Obamacare and increase spending, along with a farm bill to
grow government intervention in the agriculture sector. They might even help Democrats pass a bill that can be used as a vehicle for more gun restrictions.
Needless
to say, without any fear of reprisal, Democrats plan to jam through a
number of Obama nominees before the end of the year on a party-line
vote. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Tail Wags Dog: A Union Just Voted To Kill A 40-Year Old Company and 5,500 Jobs
Nearly
a year after unionized school bus drivers in New York City went out on
strike over the city’s plan to put its school bus routes out to
competitive bidding, one of the nation’s largest school bus companies
has announced it is closing its doors after union members voted to
reject a contract that would have kept the company in business.
With
its labor costs among the highest in the nation, Atlantic Express, a
Staten Island, NY bus company attempted to negotiate a new contract with
the Amalgamated Transit Union. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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