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In the wake of U.S. Supreme Court victories in favor of Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop who had been targeted because he refused to bake a custom cake for a gay wedding, and high school football coach Joe Kennedy, who was fired for going against a school order not to kneel in prayer on the field after a game, you would figure (incorrectly) that the culture warriors might be rethinking their far-left positions on social issues. No, instead, they are turning it up “to 11.” In this case, a Virginia real estate broker is potentially facing the end of his career, and, like Phillips and Kennedy, he didn’t think he was doing anything wrong. And, as you will see, he wasn’t. It’s the case of Wilson Fauber, the next victim of the “Culture War.” As a Realtor, he is a career-long member of the National Association of Realtors, and that organization proprietarily controls access to the Multiple Listing Service that a member like Wilson uses to show his clients all the available listings of properties for sale and where he lists their properties. Just in the past month, he has lost his membership, and the association has labeled him a “discriminator” until he undergoes “sensitivity training” administered by the Virginia Association of Realtors. One wonders how this all came about. Was it like Masterpiece Cakeshop, where he declined to serve a gay couple? No. Was it like Coach Kennedy, where he had been warned by his bosses that his public display of religion could result in his dismissal? No. So, what did Fauber do to bring this on? Nothing. That’s not a typo. He did nothing. There is not one allegation that he discriminated against a buyer or seller regarding property, that he denied anyone his services, or that he even said anything discriminatory. What he did was post a quote from the Bible to his personal social media account … eight years before allegations were made against him. To be fair, the Bible passage he posted (reposted, technically speaking, as it was first posted by the Rev. Franklin Graham) was Leviticus 20:13, which does take a harsh view of “men laying with other men as with a woman” (which was apparently happening back then, too). But the post was only seen by his friends, and that was back in 2015. When Fauber ran for Staunton City Council in 2022, his opponents found this post and made it central into their campaign against him. He lost. So, case closed? Not at all. The post was eventually brought to the attention of—anonymously, of course—the National Association of Realtors as a violation of the organization’s “hate speech” prohibitions. Under “Standards and Practices,” the organization prohibits Realtors (a trademarked word only applicable to members) from “using harassing speech, hate speech, epithets, or slurs based on protected classes.” The prohibition was updated in 2021 to “apply to all activities, including personal, off-the-clock time.” You read that correctly. The infraction occurred six years before the policy was ever put into place. So, Fauber “violated” a policy that didn’t exist at the time. To be called a Realtor, you have to be a member of the National Association of Realtors. And in order to stay in that exclusive club (which you pay to be a member of), you subject yourself to the scrutiny of its ethics board. While Fauber’s attorneys from the Founding Freedoms Law Center are preparing for the next step in his legal battle against the Virginia Association of Realtors (which administered the sanction based on the national association’s guidelines), we are left to consider the “suppression” ripples that each instance like this causes. Despite the eventual victories in court of people like Phillips and Kennedy, how many businesses compromised their beliefs rather than get targeted like Masterpiece Cakeshop? How many coaches or teachers decided not to try to be an example of humility to the young people that were in their charge, lest they get fired like the coach? How many parents decided not to speak out at their school board meetings because the former attorney general of the United States might have started a dossier on them and the FBI might have investigated them as domestic terrorists? You don’t even need to have done anything illegal or immoral to face firing or cancellation. In fact, you may have even done something entirely moral and stood up for your principles. But for the Left, it’s no longer a Culture War. It’s become a Culture Jihad. The post When the Culture War Becomes the Culture Jihad appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Careful what you wish for Dems! After refusing to confirm Ed Martin in DC, President Trump pivoted and appointed him Associate Deputy AG and it looks like he’s already dove in deep! He spoke with Benny Johnson today and said James Comey has massive problems, and he’s going to jail one way or another.  Massive perjury traps.  Boxed himself into a bad corner. Quote:  “Is he a drinker?  Because this is just a massive lapse in judgment for someone who should have known better.” Watch here: BREAKING: Associate Deputy AG Ed Martin says James Comey is going to prison over Trump assassination threat — Either lie to the jury or admit he knew what “8647” meant: “He knew… He’s got a problem. Perjury traps are next. Going to jail on one or the other.” pic.twitter.com/VYA6cYe2dM — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 16, 2025 FULL TRANSCRIPT: So it seems like what you could potentially do — because there’s no doubt that in 30 years at the FBI and in federal law enforcement, that James Comey has come about this term, “to 86 someone” — it’s been around for a very long time and is very popular. And you see it at protests, you see it all across social media — actually on the left — as they grow ever violent and get back to their roots. So it seems like what could happen is, you could— you could potentially have a situation where James Comey is gonna be lying to federal officials. He’s gonna be lying to the FBI when he says, “Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t know what this meant.” There’s clearly a record of James Comey knowing what this means, and that you could really— there are a lot of— there’s a lot of very bad traps for James Comey in— in this instance. Yeah, yeah, look, uh— uh, a number of them. Look, first thing that happens, he says, “I didn’t know that it— that— meant that,” well, there’ll probably be some people that he worked with that will testify, uh, you know, he knew. Or there might even be a paper trail that says he used that phrase and everybody knew. But there’ll also be— Mm-hmm— A— a peer— a point where, uh, a jury will be asked to, you know, uh— f— fact-find, or like, “Sh— shouldn’t the guy know? Like, h— here’s a record of what you’re doing.” It’s not like he, you know, uh, moved to the country last, uh, you know, week from, uh, you know, Papua New Guinea and had never been exposed to the media or the law. This is, again, a seasoned professional, uh, who knows. And look— he took it down so fast— he knows he made a mistake. But— ah, excuse me— I don’t think this statute is one that you— you’d sort of take back. It’s— it’s pretty clear: you post it, you do it. That may mitigate his jail sentence or something like that, but I think he’s— he’s got a problem. And as you point out, perjury traps are next, because he’s gotta either lie or tell the truth, and— and when he chooses that, he’s either going to jail on one or he’s going to jail on the other. So I— I don’t know— what is he, a drinker? I— I— was someone impaired? Because this was a colossal misjudgment by somebody who, uh, who shoulda known better. Full screen video player here with captions added: Ed Martin says James Comey is going to prison! pic.twitter.com/lkJmdQO06b — Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) May 16, 2025 Michael Flynn Jr is 100% right here: If I posted a picture with the numbers “8646”, I’d be in cuffs already. What are you going to do @AGPamBondi @PamBondi about @Comey ? ARREST NOW! — Michael Flynn Jr (@realmflynnJR) May 16, 2025 So is DC_Draino: If I posted “86 Comey” while he was FBI Director, I’d have the FBI knocking on my door within hours They may have even arrested me on the spot, and for good reason That would easily qualify as me calling for someone to assassinate the FBI Director So why is James Comey treated… — DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) May 16, 2025 And so is this: Have to make an example out of @Comey @AGPamBondi @PamBondi @FBIDirectorKash @FBIDDBongino HAVE TO! You want to begin restoring SOME faith in our judicial system, you arrest and prosecute this SOB. We cannot have former @FBI Directors openly threaten a sitting president. — Michael Flynn Jr (@realmflynnJR) May 16, 2025 At some point, Pam and Kash need to start making examples out of people or this will never stop. Time to take some swings and administer justice!  Or we truly have no legal system left.