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Conservatives seem to have a twisted idea of what constitutes "freedom of religion." While we are granted this freedom in the U.S. Constitution, many Republican politicians haven't been satisfied with that due to the progression of LGBTs rights over the past few years. Even though the concept of separation of church and state is also mentioned in the Constitution, many GOPers seem to ignore this, and instead take their "freedom of religion" to be absolute, at work or at home, used to ensure their freedoms or to ironically deny others of their own. According to these far-right individuals, if they're forced to serve LGBTs at their workplace, that's discrimination toward them and their beliefs, even though if they refused service to the LGBT community, that would in fact be the epitome of discrimination.

If that rationale isn't demented enough as it is, in light of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, some freedom-of-religion-loving Republicans, including GOP-frontrunner Donald Trump, have suggested we shut down mosques across the country.

Let's just call a spade a spade: The GOP's freedom-of-religion mantra isn't actually about protecting everyone's freedom to believe and worship as they so choose in this country. No, it's about protecting Christians' rights to legally practice discrimination.

According to the GOP, freedom of religion = freedom to believe in the far-right's interpretation of Christianity, and nothing else. That's as much "freedom" as margarita smoothies are health snacks.

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