[John O]

while also carving out exemptions for religious organizations to act based on beliefs that may exclude those of different sexual orientations or gender identities.

If it doesn't carve out exemptions for religious INDIVIDUALS then it is just another step down the slippery slope.

Every law that prohibits the private individual from discriminating however he pleases is unconstitutional (violates the first amendment freedom of assembly)

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“The road to hell is paved with ‘religious exemptions’.”

- Protest sign held by an Orthodox Jew during New York’s homo “marriage” debate

The only “exemption” we need is the First Amendment.