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hootsbox  ·  2844 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: North Carolina HB2 is Bad for Business and Must Be Repealed | Chris Lynch | LinkedIn

Non believers are protected by the very laws that, mostly Christians, enshrined. You can even Google that one. The concept of "tolerance" and "equality" are based in mostly Christian concepts of the same. Even though you may not like it, these are "foundational" to the very tolerance you claim to espouse. Here they are"

Galatians 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is [fn]neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Even though it says "in Christ Jesus" it is a concept of equality and was used as a foundation in Western Civilization Law.

The second:

Romans 12:18 - If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.

This is a statement of tolerance in both religious terms (tolerance of other Denomination other than the Church of England), but even those of contrary beliefs such as atheism.

That is a matter of factual history in our Founding Documents and the records of the early days of our "Representative Republic".