Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday brought on conservative activist and convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza to dismiss the controversy over Indiana’s religious freedom law that may permit discrimination against gay people.
Hannity argued that the backlash to the bill was simply “selective political moral outrage” on the left.
“Gays and lesbians, they might disagree with me on gay marriage, or they might disagree with somebody — a religious person as it relates to their Christian views, but why are they so silent on the bigger issues of the day, which would be taking on radical Islamists?” Hannity asked, noting that gay people and women are mistreated under Sharia Law. “Virtual silence from these groups that are so outraged and indignant over a law that Bill Clinton supported in ’93 and Barack Obama supported.”
D’Souza then explained that opposition to the Indiana law “is a selective attack on Christianity.”
“Not only do you not see the left talking about gays and lesbians abroad, but even at home, you’ll rarely find homosexuals trying to force a Muslim baker to bake a cake for a gay wedding,” D’Souza said.
Hannity then asked why there hasn’t been “outrage as a group speaking out against Sharia law and women not being able to vote or drive in Saudi Arabia or not being able to leave their own homes without a male relative.”
“If they were to mount a strong attack on radical Islam and its treatment of gays and lesbians, that would strengthen American foreign policy,” D’Souza responded. “That would make the case for more U.S. involvement or intervention. They don’t want that.”
D’Souza pleaded guilty to violating federal campaign finance law last year and was sentenced to five years of probation.
Watch the clip via D’Souza’s YouTube page:
H/t Mediaite
Why am I mad about the dominionists but not Martians?
You see, guys, this preferencing of Christianity is kinda our Sharia law. The camel’s nose under the tent, as it were.
This is sharia law, you lunk-headed imbeciles.
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"‘Virtual silence from these groups that are so outraged and indignant over a law that Bill Clinton supported in ’93 and Barack Obama supported.’ "
Rack up another bald-faced lie. It’s not the same at all, only to the inch-deep intellect of the right wing. The law Clinton signed prevented the government from impeding one’s religious practice, as happened with an incarcerated Muslim who was subsequently permitted to grow a short beard and pray five times a day. That’s also the substance of the other laws that have passed.
The Indiana law differs in that it protects an operator of a business serving the general public should they decide to not serve certain people on religious grounds. Since Indiana doesn’t consider sexual orientation or gender identity as protected classes, they are uniquely unprotected, unlike race, national origin, or religious affiliation which are specifically protected in Indiana law.
Pence’s refusal to answer Stephanopolous’ direct question is clear testimony that this is all about enabling the bigots, and specifically targeted to the LGBT community. But since nuance escapes the slow of wit, expect these lies to continue.
Maybe because Indiana law if inforcable by the State of Indiana and Sharia Law is not.
Trying to create the Sharia Boggyman to justify a immoral law in Indiana does not make the Indiana law right.
Because the Indiana law actually exists in reality as a threat to their freedoms in this country and not just in Right Winger fantasies like Sharia Law.
If you don’t see that it is because you haven’t been paying attention, not because the left doesn’t talk about it.
That has more to do with Muslims being ~.6% of the population compared to the ~75%+ that identifies as Christian than some anti-christian conspiracy. Simple numbers mean that a person is more likely to run into a Christian bakery than a Muslim one.