Posted on 02/18/2014 8:05:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Conservatives keep trying to use America's religious freedom as a way to limit everyone else's rights.
Last week, the Kansas House of Representatives passed a bill (pdf) that would have broadly legalized discrimination against gays and lesbians. Luckily, after national outrage, the bill was halted. But the fight isn't over: the bill's reliance on religious freedom to justify discrimination is a sign of right-wing efforts to come.
The bill's scope was impressive in its expansiveness: Kansans would have been able to legally refuse to provide just about any service to anyone whose relationship they dislike for religious reasons, and could have refused to provide services "related to" any relationship they dislike for religious reasons. The bill specifically enumerated adoption, foster care, counseling, social services, employment and employment benefits, as well as the general categories of "services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, or privileges", as permissible areas for discrimination.
In other words, under the bill, any individual Kansan could have hung a "No Gays, No Lesbians, No Dogs" sign on the door of his restaurant. Any individual Kansan could have refused to hire someone, serve someone a drink, rent someone an apartment, sell someone a pair of pants or accommodate someone at a hotel if that someone is gay. Any employer could even have refused to extend insurance coverage to a gay employee's husband or wife if he thinks same-sex marriage is wrong. Even government employees paid with everyone's tax dollars would have had carte blanche to discriminate – social workers don't have to work with gay couples, police officers don't have to come to the assistance of a gay person in need....
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
It’s a private business, you commie Guardianistas.
Kansans, you should pressure your legislature to MOVE THESE PROTECTIONS FORWARD!
Can businesses hang a “No Christians” sign on the door?
Why do the liberals decry efforts to “force” what they call a warped view of Christianity on others, while they are forcing homosexual marriage and other aspects of the “gay” agenda on all of us through the courts?
So, are you only forcing something on others if you are coming from a conservative or religious point of view, but forcing a liberal view is not officially being forced on people??? What am I missing???
“under the bill, any individual Kansan could have hung a “No Gays, No Lesbians, No Dogs”
keep the dogs, the rest of the animals however..
So in other words, only religious people should be discriminated against, but not gays. sheesh.
The Guardian... don’t they have a queen’s ass to kiss? “Royalty”... what’s wrong with these people?
If people are behaving themselves, how would a service provider know if people are straight, gay, or whatever? Why would they turn away business? Another niche for obtrusive government?
The higher disease rate and lower life expectancy of gays are a product of Christianity. Wow, I’ll have to remember that!
Even if fairly gun friendly states like Arizona a private business or private home may ban firearms even if the gun owner has a permit.
It would seem if a business can suspend the second amendment right, which is quite clearly spelled out, they should be able to ban make believe rights as well.
I’m looking for an “article” where Little Jilly addresses that “warped” Islam.
Don’t hold your breathe while you look.
freedom of association does not require any religion
Since she also works for Al Jazeera, don’t expect any.
The only people forcing anything on anyone are gays. If a business owner turns them down as a result of conflict of conscience, Gays can always go elsewhere. There are plenty of people who put money first who are happy to serve gays. Why should gays be allowed to force their immorality on people who want nothing to do with it? Let gays start their own cake and wedding businesses, catering to gay couples, and let them refuse to serve whomever they please. If culturally ignorant leftists want to celebrate their unity with gays, let them use gay services. Christians don’t care.
They know it's total BS.
Their goal is to establish a meme within the ignorant and stupid...which they cultivate into a cultural norm...and VOTES.
They are about as low as humans get.
A private business? Yes. If a Muslim runs a restaurant and does not wish to serve me, I’ll go elsewhere. If a Hindu runs a juice bar and does not wish to serve me, I have no right to compel him to do so with force.
It is BASIC liberty to have the freedom to refuse to provide a product or service.
It's just like firing someone in the modern era. You NEVER tell them they are fired "for cause" and you NEVER give them a reason why you're letting them go, except their job has been eliminated.
If somebody doesn't want to serve homo's, they just should not say it's because they're homo.
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