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“We have moved in our conception of the value of human beings over the years…”
Hmm… so society evolves, is that what Pat is saying?
I’ve been saying for years, on the subject of marriage equality, that “society evolves” whenever anti-gay folks say “marriage has always been between a man and a woman.”
Certainly society recognized the wrongness of slavery (albeit far too late), just as it is now realizing the wrongness of marriage inequality.
Glad to know he agrees with me now.
Pat Robertson accused President Obama of being a “dictator” today on The 700 Club for his recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after Senate Republicans refused to confirm anybody to the position.
Robertson and other critics claimed that the Senate is actually not in recess because of pro forma sessions, but legal experts and even Republican legal advisers have argued that such appointments are constitutional because pro forma meetings where no work is being done are not the same as a Senate sitting in session.
Past presidents have also made such appointments. Robertson, who is certainly not the first Religious Right leader to call Obama a dictator, said that Obama “is power-hungry and he wants to take it all,” lamenting, “I didn’t know we were electing a dictator.”
For the record, President George W. Bush made 170 recess appointments; President Reagan made 240 recess appointments; President Obama? Only 30.
I wonder if Pat Robertson considers Ronald Reagan a “dictator?”
I wonder if Pat Robertson is even relevant?