Posted on 03/28/2016 10:39:51 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana
Crane Calls for Special Session to Override Governor’s Veto
March 28, 2016
“Today, we saw exactly why our government needs committed conservatives who never stop fighting to protect the Constitution. The announcement by Governor Deal is another example of how the political class is bought and paid for by corporations and lobbyists. Rather than standing up and protecting the 1st Amendment, the political class would rather sacrifice those rights to keep the money flowing. It is fair to note, that Governor Deal voted in favor of the Federal RFRA when in Congress. A RFRA that is far stronger than what was passed by the Georgia General Assembly.
This fight is not over. Today I am calling for a special session to override the Governor’s veto and protect the First Amendment rights of law abiding and hardworking voters throughout this state,” said Mike Crane.
Override and then get a new governor ASAP!
I thought it was ‘watered down.’ So why the veto?
Its mere existence, even in symbolic form, was anathema to the elite business forces that pull the political strings in Georgia.
“A RFRA that is far stronger than what was passed by the Georgia General Assembly.”
If the federal RFRA is really stronger than the proposed Georgia RFRA, then why is the state law needed, and why were so many businesses in Georgia opposed to it? Is the Georgia bill merely symbolic, or are there situations where the state law would apply but the federal law would not?
Well such a vote would really separate the men from the posers.
Because about two years after it was passed by margins of something like 430 to 5 in the house and 97 to 0 in the Senate, and signed by bill Clinton, the SCOTUS declared that the law did not apply to state governments and that state government agencies were empowered to punish their citizens for exercising their religious beliefs. This is why so many states have enacted their own versions of the RFRA at the state level.
Unreal that even in Georgia you have to fight against these Gope fools!
God bless them, I pray they succeed!
Well then get on it. Might as well call for a recall also.
Go Georgia.
“It wasn’t watered down enough for IBM, Coca-Cola, the NFL, or the movie studios that film the “Walking Dead” in Georgia. These are our famous American Institutions. They are now our enemies. “
Was American Airlines part of this cabal?
Yes.
Yes indeed
There are at least 3 big public policy issues here...
1. the best public policy we can devise on the defense of religious freedom issue, and
2. whether the people of Georgia are well-served by politicians who sell public policy decisions to large money interests
3. whether CORPORATIONS should be permitted to expend shareholder (owners’) money and resources to influence or purchase public policy decisions which are not critical to the corporations’ business (or which are, at best, only peripherally related to the reason the investors put their money into the firm)
the battle needs to be won on all three issues, which one Georgia’s people take up first will depend on which one they believe they can win quickest
Does the Georgia law differ substantially from the laws in the other 30 states and from the federal law? Or is Georgia being singled out by Hollywood and the NFL, among others, for passing its law?
From what I have heard it was watered down compared to the federal law and those of most of the state versions. It is being singled out because it is just the last state to pass one, having waited until the GLBT crowd was emboldened by its latest successes with judicial fiats. Most of the states that have these laws on their books passed them back in the Clinton years or early W years after the SCOTUS ruled that the federal law did not apply to state government agencies. States that decided that it was not necessary to pass these protections at that time are finding out now that even watered down versions of the RFRA will bring the wrath of the Gaystapo and the Rainbow Mafia, and then cower in a puddle of their own urine.
Sadly it appears the Ga Senate has the votes to override Deal but the House does not.
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