Mixed Emotions

Another day of mixed emotions.
On the one hand, advancing age means that I might not have to survive long enough to see the country I love destroyed from within. On the other hand, given the blessing of youth I might exist long enough to participate in a revolution that surely will come about as the “government”, from the presidency to the lowest courts, strives to overturn the way of life envisioned by our forefathers and guaranteed by our Constitution.
In June of this year, the Colorado Attorney General’s office filed a discrimination complaint against a bakery shop owner. Not against a Wal-Mart nor an Exxon nor a General Motors with great visibility, this complaint was filed against a sole proprietorship and it was initiated by the beloved ACLU. The bakery shop owner had refused to supply a cake for the wedding ceremony of a “gay” couple. He offered them birthday cakes, holiday cakes or any other sort of cake, just not one for celebrating the union of homosexuals who had been married in Massachusetts. He did so on the premise his religious beliefs prohibited him from participating in something he considered contrary to the teachings of the Bible (That happens to be a book that has been around for a long time representing little or no value to judges and elected officials).
At a hearing in December, an administrative law judge ruled that, in fact, his refusal to bake a wedding cake was an act of discrimination and issued a cease and desist order. Despite the fact Colorado law does not even allow same sex marriages, the judge says the baker must comply with the wishes of someone he does not want to serve because it is discriminatory. His personal religious beliefs are to be disregarded as, obviously, of much less importance than the rights of a “gay” couple to demand a cake from his shop. It is expected that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission will “certify” the judge’s order.
Wow! That CCRC is similar to the Civil Rights Commissions existing in many states and in the federal government. Those commissions have tremendous enforcement powers, in some cases without specified limitations, and are unknown to nearly all Americans. Combined with their close allies in the ACLU, the commissions have unbridled power to force upon individuals, groups, organizations and companies the beliefs of the members of those commissions irrespective of the Constitution and the true intent of the rights provided therein.