Posted on 06/21/2023 4:05:41 AM PDT by CFW
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a Republican who is also running for governor, secured a pledge from JPMorgan Chase that may help protect conservatives from the threat of “debanking”—when banks cut off services over the religious or political stance of a customer, including nonprofits.
Cameron slammed the “hypocrisy that we see from big businesses.”
Speaking with “The Daily Signal Podcast,” Cameron notes that corporations “will promote the ideas and the agenda of the far Left, but they remain quiet or dismissive of protecting the First Amendment rights of religious organizations and—dare I say—the majority of Americans who firmly believe that we should have and welcome all viewpoints into the marketplace of ideas.”
In May 2022, Chase closed an account for the National Committee for Religious Freedom, an organization founded by Sam Brownback, a former Kansas governor and President Donald Trump’s ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.
Brownback, along with conservative organizations, suggested that Chase closed the account for religious or political reasons, which Chase denied. The bank said it closed the account because it needed more information about donors and recipients than the nonprofit provided.
Chase also had closed accounts associated with the Arkansas Family Council and Defense of Liberty in 2021.
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However, it is good to know Cameron is aware of the issues with the banking sector and has put them on notice that they cannot discriminate based upon political beliefs.
That is NOT a win. A win would be banks agreeing to and actually not cutting off customers for political and religious views. That has not yet happened.
In this city, you could put a Taco Bell open until 3:30 a.m. there or an ice cream place open until midnight and make tons of money.
Both are down the road but very inconvenient to access. Especially the ice cream place and the drive-thru is packed all the way until closing time almost every night.
In other words, this is an "organic" development.
Banks also answer to state regulators and if a states politicians really want to shut down this odious repression they can . This is just kabuki theater.
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A virtual speed bump to the ideological bigotry embraced by the “woke”.
[[ that may help protect conservatives from the threat of “debanking]]
Huh... apparently “bake the cake” only applies to Christian businesses and not liberal ones.
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