Tim Graham of NewsBusters:
[MSNBC's Mr. Roberts told the New York Observer]: We asked Mr. Roberts how the gay movement—consumed over the past week in a battle over the actions of Chick-fil-A, a Georgia-based chicken sandwich-monger—could distinguish between signal and noise. Mr. Roberts didn’t see it that way. “They’ve been a longstanding company, I think since the 1950s, based in Georgia. I would love if we could figure out what they did for Loving v. Virginia back in the 1960s,” he said referencing the landmark case striking down anti-miscegenation laws. “I would venture a guess: I think I know what they would say."
“The great thing that I love about our country is that though we were founded on freedom of religion, most important and most overlooked is that we were founded on freedom from religion … I fully believe in traditional marriage. You want one, go get one.”
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Well, with straw man logic like that, they wonder why their ratings are so low. You'd almost think he got a public education, or something.
Indeed, DoE.
If Roberts really wanted to learn about Chick-Fil-A back in the 1960s he could find out pretty easily.
But that would require a modicum of curiosity, intelligence and effort.
Much easier for him to simply bloviate.
That pesky first amendment. I say, if you don't like it, don't let the American flag hit you on the way out.
I suspect that MSNBC will go the way of liberal talk radio (anybody remember Air America?); nobody pays attention to it, and the advertisers drop like flies.
When they do crash and burn, expect to see their commentators on PBS or other government-funded outlet.
Congratulations, Mr. Roberts, on your up-coming marriage and congratulations to all of us because we have freedom from religion in our constitution.