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be within her rights to speculate about the candidate s health nonetheless because election season is a very heated and pitched time and such talk has an air of disrespect or cheapness to it it is an area where i think it wise to put forth the view as tentative rather than firm lest one be accused perhaps rightfully so of wishful thinking incapacitations physical and dispositional one more thing i d like to observe it seems to me that if cognitive and executive capacities are fair game in conversation among citizens generally then donald trump may well be as incapacitated as a chronically ill clinton whereas one with parkinson s will be incapacitated by physical disease trump quite arguably could be incapacitated due to spiritual disease what i mean is not a crude holy roller judgment rather as a function of character or personal disposition trump seems to exhibit underdeveloped or insufficiently actualized capacities for self restraint witness his late night tweets he also seems to lack patience or wherewithal to do policy homework think of the primary debate where marco rubio goaded trump for more health insurance policy substance than lines around the states by contrast recall back to the primaries when ben carson was initially not well informed about foreign policy but later showed increased knowledge the simple ability to listen and learn so as to acquire and apply new knowledge is so important to the average american job let alone the presidency it is a testament to circumstantial privilege perhaps being so inescapably beholden to his own inflated ego that trump could surf on his charisma such as it is to arrive where he is or we might say he has the vice of stubbornness which amounts effectively to being unable to listen and adjust at any rate the story of skating to higher office is actually similar for president obama and hillary clinton the promise of an articulate and bright and clean black man to use joe biden s words or the first female president allows these people to sail quite far on whatever other privileges skills and connections they enjoy back to trump s disposition my emphasis on actualized or developed capacities abilities and habits comes from virtue ethics these are questions of character not just judgment but discipline and habit conservatives often get slammed for suggesting that some people who are chronicly poor are so because of underdeveloped capacities acquired through discipline but to observe the absence of discipline is not necessarily a moral judgment of blame upon them they may be victims of circumstance yet it is true that their capacity is underdeveloped nonetheless that s why whether one refers to the stereotype of the welfare queen or to donald trump we should all want to encourage or demand the development of capacities where they can occur for hillary clinton this would mean an increased capacity to be honest rather than covering up anthing that remotely makes her look blameworthy but then again for both clinton and trump the maxim may hold that you can t teach an old dog new tricks now it is true that since the primaries trump has come to deliver substantive policy speeches which while not necessarily principally conservative nonetheless show he is capable of having substance issue forth from his mouth but i do not see him speak with facility about these issues without a teleprompter so in the end if hillary clinton does have some debilitating malady it may well be that trump has one as well would i rather the national debate be about policy substance rather than personal disabilities and defects share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading filed under all posts tagged with 2016 presidential election barry goldwater donald trump hillary clinton virtue california sb 1146 religious liberty at stake june 26 2016 2 comments what s the deal with california senate bill 1146 people have said it will shutter religious colleges and that it will reduce religious freedom but i haven t found an adequate account from the text of the legislation itself i am not a lawyer but i am in the home stretch of earning a master s degree in christian apologetics from biola university since close reading and ethical reasoning are significant components of my apologetics training i think i can present a simple case against sb 1146 shrinking religious exemptions first what does the bill really do in part it changes language in the already existing california education code specifically it shrinks the religious exemption in one part of the code section 66271 whereas the section currently exempts all religious institutions from antidiscrimination enforcement the current version of sb 1146 makes some indeterminate part of postsecondary religious instruction non exempt section 1 section 66271 of the education code is repealed 66271 this chapter shall not apply to an educational institution that is controlled by a religious organization if the application would not be consistent with the religious tenets of that organization sec 2 section 66271 is added to the education code to read 66271 a this chapter shall apply to a religious educational institution except with respect to prohibitions concerning religion the struck out portion is the text of the education code to be replaced so the exemption would go from saying this chapter shall not apply to this chapter shall apply this is a significant change that requires a rationale in its own right if the exemption was okay in previous years why does it suddenly require a legislative change now voters and citizens deserve an answer some previous reporting and advocacy citing the bill noted that instruction for ministry and vocational work would remain exempt while other programs would not a seminary handing out master of divinity degrees would be exempt as always but a four year program awarding degrees in biology or english would not be exempt from civil remedies also known as lawsuits however this specific language was struck from the bill in the june 13 amendment currently the scope of the exemption is in the words of the assembly committee analysis unclear committee staff notes however that except with respect to the prohibitions concerning religion is undefined and it is unclear whether this exception could result in allowable discrimination against a california protected class if the religious institutions determines that discrimination is consistent with the tenets of the religion alternatively if the concern is to clearly allow religious teachings ceremonies and observances of a religious institution the existing language of the bill could be amended to clearly allow religious ceremonies teachings and other activities that may be required of students faculty and staff of religious institutions this lack of clarity persists as of my writing this blog entry if the bill is passed as is then students may well be green lighted by administrators to sue because of teachings ceremonies and observances that might be deemed discriminatory an unfair structural assault on religious minorities the power to sue is the power to deter and coerce so it should not be held lightly when small institutions think of california s simpson college might be shuttered due to the content of their doctrinal beliefs and behavioral standards then that is effectively diminishing religious liberty this is particularly true of the right for religious and intellectual minorities to reasonably act and think differently from the majority of society an objector might reply that private religious schools have no right to cal grant money another consideration effected by the bill in this line of reasoning religious schools need to comply by the rules that apply to all other schools however the withholding of cal grant money and a barrage of lawsuits would be an unfair burden suddenly imposed on theologically conservative california religious colleges which are in a minority position regarding the nature of gender rights among a host of other issues this unfairness is structural and asymmetrical it is structural injustice because it would produce a sweeping one time effect it would not prevent the emergence of new religious schools independent of cal grant money but it could shutter a large portion of existing california religious schools dramatically changing the higher education landscape within the state although there might be a new baby later the old baby would be thrown with the bath water the impact of sb 1146 is asymmetrical because a majority that prefers a certain uniformity in higher education would be imposing its will at the cost of a minority and that real administrative cost on california religious colleges has been recognized in legislative analysis to be clear there are three different financial burdens religious colleges could potentially face loss of cal grant funding for their students penalties and costs arising from lawsuits and administrative costs associated with posting exemptions required by section 3 addressed further below along with this are burdens imposed by being among the dissenting minority on the wrong side of the law freedom of association at stake i believe religious freedom is closely tied to freedom of association in the case of sb 1146 what is at stake is the freedom to associate with a community that holds its members to self imposed standards at its best this is the freedom to come together to accomplish shared positive goals that could not be achieved otherwise in a pluralistic society we try not to second guess if we can the goals of other voluntary associations undue concern for what goes on within other freely formed groups results in repression the very thing that progressives profess to oppose if california were to impinge on individuals ability to freely associate this would diminish an essential liberty that has served americans well for 230 years suspicion or good will biola president barry corey said it well when he declared that biola does not support bullying and intends its space to be welcoming the question with sb 1146 is whether california will assume religious colleges to be acting in good faith as good will participants contributing to the common good or whether it will regard religious colleges as inherently suspect unfortunately section 3 of sb 1146 suggests the later that religious schools should bear the burden of being suspect this portion of the bill requires schools that receive exemptions from antidiscrimination measures to post this fact prominently on the campus and in correspondence with potential students progressives are rightly concerned with the stigmatization shunning and shaming of minorities but does this apply two ways in nathaniel hawthorne s the scarlet letter hester prynne is condemned to wear a scarlet letter a on her blouse to remind her community members that she was found guilty of the sin of adultery what the section 3 notifications amount to is a scarlet d intended to remind students parents and the rest of the world that certain religious schools are to be regarded suspiciously as discriminators if antidiscrimination has anything to do with ending stigmatization shunning and shame then section 3 makes sb 1146 s purported goal of antidiscrimination internally inconsistent it s an irony that some progressive activists might end up using sb 1146 as a puritanical tool of oppressing dissent and enforcing conformity but rather than assuming the worst of each other citizens in a pluralistic democratic society must extend the assumption of good will as much as reason would allow it takes two to tango if one side particularly the democratic majority remains inflexible then we will return to the historical state of confessionalism in 16 th and 17 th century europe this was a time when those subjects who could not affirm their rulers religious creed were forced into exile this is the antithesis of a liberal society in europe the divide was between protestants and catholics today the divide is between progressive ideological activists and those who dissent from their controversial orthodoxies biola and other california religious institutions seem to be responding with patience charity and civility in the face of what could otherwise be interpreted as divisive political action if there is any hope for fairness and justice it will not be fulfilled in legislating dissenting communities out of existence but by heeding the admonition come let us reason together photo credit janetvincent via foter com cc by nc nd share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading filed under all posts apologetics tagged with biola university california christian apologetics discrimination education religious freedom sb 1146 tolerance trumpism is not conservatism march 1 2016 1 comment usa today reports on how thirty black students were ejected from a trump rally in valdosta georgia the night before super tuesday without knowing all the details it is safe to say that on its face the optics are disgraceful this feeds the narrative that trump is a strongman for bigots in recent weeks movement conservatives have intensified their opposition to trump famously national review withdrew its sponsorship from a gop debate in order to come out in print against the orange mogul trump makes it very easy for conservatives to disown him fewer than 100 words from the usa today article readily exemplify how trump has nothing to do with american conservatism during his remarks in valdosta trump said he s leading a movement i m just a messenger he said later trump said his whole life has been about making money but now i m going to be greedy for the united states as the audience roared i m going to take take take and we re going to become rich again karen clendenin 58 a victims advocate in the local district attorney s office said she was very impressed and that she ll vote for trump on tuesday in georgia s primary clendenin said she wore her trump t shirt monday even though she was a little embarrassed trump doesn t own his positions by saying i m just a messenger trump refuses to take responsibility for his own words and actions he is comfortable as a demagogue and opportunist but a coward when it comes to committing to ideas and people in the real world if nothing else american conservatives are loyal to ideas and institutions that have a past track record of serving the common good failure to own defend and advance these ideas and institutions is not conservative trump is a redistributionist i m going to be greedy for the united states is essentially the same promise a democrat makes to redistribute wealth by making college free erasing student debt or raising the 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