The Butcher, The Baker and the Stooges ruin any notion of justice or political correctness in Colorado (you thought I was going to say the Candlestick Maker).
I have written many times and talked endless hours on radio shows about what happened to a very religious baker named Jack Phillips. Jack, if you recall, owns a very small bakery that goes by the name of “Masterpiece Bakery.” He was adjudged by the politically correct police, a borderline criminal Nazi, because he refused to make a wedding cake for Charlie Craig and David Mullins who I believed stalked him and set him up for their civil rights lawsuit. Last August an administrative law judge from the Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruled his business would be shut down and/or fined out of existence if he did not start designing gay wedding cakes and that ruling has been upheld in the courts.
As I do on the radio show, I 100 percent disagree with Jack Phillips’ beliefs concerning gay marriage. I am 100 percent for gay marriage, gay adoption, or any so-called right, as an old straight white guy like me should be for the rights for all of us. But, Lady Justice takes another turn. Which brings me to what I believe is a suicide pact this country has signed with itself — political correctness. Let me take you back in time again, this time to Fort Morgan. The evil incarnate this time is Cargill, the giant multinational meat packer and agri-business employer.
Muslims who worked at Cargill, walked off the job for reasons of their faith. The Somalis claimed that on December the 18th of last year they didn’t get a chance to leave the production line to pray. Cargill, the Somalis say, put restrictions on their prayer breaks. The council on American Islamic Relations and Denver’s Rathod Mohammedbahi Law firm, told us that the Muslim employees are hardworking and should be allowed to pray at work in accordance with their “deeply held religious beliefs” (remember those words). Cargill, after allowing this practice, put a halt to it. Again, I ask you to remember that Jack Phillips had never changed his policies, but was relying on his deeply held religious beliefs. From a statement from the Somalis’ law firm, “fear and prejudice cannot be allowed to violate a nation’s founding principles that all may practice their religions free from prosecution.” Again like a broken record, remember those words.
On August 4, the State of Colorado, this time the Department of Labor, ruled that the 150 Somalis who actually quit their jobs and walked off, were now eligible for unemployment benefits from Cargill. The State said, “a company cannot force workers to choose between their religion and their jobs.” Further on in the court order, these words are written, “No person should be expected to choose between fidelity to their religion and their job. And it is important for you to know, that you, as the taxpayers of Colorado, are going to pay their claims. According to The Denver Post, this decision will cost Colorado’s unemployment fund nearly $1 million. Unemployment funds are funded by the state’s employers, i,e., you and your boss.
Now, let’s return to Jack Phillips and the case of Masterpiece Bakery. I have spoken with Jack many times. Jack, like the Somalis, has deep spiritual beliefs. And unlike the Somalis, never walked off the job.
Jack believes that God granted him creative abilities and that his Christian beliefs are opposed to gay marriage. Subsequently he will not use those abilities to create a wedding cake for gay men and women. Hold that thought. Jack will make, create and bake cakes, other than wedding, for gay people. Breads, cookies, brownies, cupcakes, any bakery product you can imagine. Jack is more than willing to sell to anyone, obviously including gay men and women. So, as they used to say in your intro college courses — let’s compare and contrast how Jack was treated by the State of Colorado and how Colorado treated the Somalis working at Cargill. Those words I asked you not to forget, such as, a company cannot force workers to choose between religion or their jobs, but the State can. And remember no person should be expected to choose between fidelity to their religion and their jobs. The workers claim they were denied prayer to their God and won their case. Jack Phillips claimed allegiance to his and was called a Nazi.
Conclusion; what have you learned? Cargill violated the greatest of all politically correct crimes, Islamophobia. Along with the fact that Somalis are sub-Saharan Africans, subsequently black. That’s the next worse political crime, racism. On the other hand, Jack is a white, male Christian and political correctness deems he has no rights other than being the perpetrator.
Give this insanity another five to 10 years. There will be more and more people charged with politically correct crimes. Eventually, the witch hunters will come for you. Do you recall Martin Niemoller? If you don’t, look him up. Have a nice day!
— Peter