"Religious Liberty Task Force"

 Under Trump (but really Pence), we got that bullshit Religious Liberty Task Force, and here's what I was biting my tongue all the way through to NOT say to my Evangelical friends and family:


I hope that the newly minted Religious Liberty Task Force ends up having to defend Muslims, and Jews, and Hindus, and Satanists, and Pastafarians… who can very likely make legitimate claims that their religious liberty is being trampled on by Christian employers (Why do we get Christmas off but not Yom Kippur?), Christian business owners (Why won’t they sell me an AR-15 while I wear this hijab?), Christian government employees (The Ten Commandments are on the wall of this courthouse, you must also post passages from the Bhagavad Gita), and of course Christian bakers (You HAVE to make a cake with a pentagram for our Sabbat sacrifice! YOU CAN’T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MY RELIGION). Serve ‘em right for crying persecution anytime they aren’t given special dispensation to break the law.

 

I’d also love to see a short video made in which people cosplay as characters such as Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and all the associated Prince Charmings… and then start trying to actually DO the stuff the story says. “I must cut through your hedge with this broadsword in order to get to the enchanted castle! Yes, I have to carry this axe around through the mall, I might have to cut open a wolf to save your grandma at any moment! Sure, I know you THINK that’s the store’s owner, but she’s actually a powerful enchantress, that’s why I have to keep her here at sword-point while my liege rescues the princess from her clutches. What do you mean my girlfriend can’t sleep in a glass coffin in the middle of the White House lawn? SHE’S SNOW WHITE, DIPSHIT.”. Then, when people protest that they’re violating the law or other people’s rights, they can act baffled and say “You mean… I’m not allowed to break the law or violate other people’s rights just because I believe in fairy tales?” Then start pawing frantically through a Bible saying “Are you sure? Because people keep telling me that this book gives them a free pass to do it…”

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