Posted on 03/31/2015 6:38:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers have given final approval to a religious-freedom bill that has drawn sharp criticism from opponents who say it opens the door to state-sanctioned discrimination against gays and lesbians.
The House voted Tuesday to approve the measure, which prohibits the state and local governments from infringing on a person’s religious beliefs without a “compelling” interest. The measure now heads to Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who has said he will sign it into law.
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I believe the founding fathers were talking about freedom ‘from’ religion rather that freedom ‘of’ religion.
Oh yeah. That’s going to leave a mark. Next....
Wow, thats AWESOME!
Did you mean to say what you said?
B T T T
Looks like Gov Hutchinson has brass balls after what we all witnessed with that gutless GOPE scumbag Pence. Maybe he should lend a pair to Pence to replace his vagina.
God bless Arkansas! With the ungodly foaming at the mouth over Indiana’s Freedom for Religion law, to pass the bill in Arkansas shows some real courage. Will the Rent a Mob of crazies and perverts show up in Little Rock now?
Never give an inch. The mob will soon be as tiresome and trite as the Occupy protesters became. People get sick of them.
Leftists/Liberals sure do hate freedom.
The founding fathers were afraid that one religion would be dominant in the country. They put in the Constitution that there would be no “official” religion of the country. It was meant to not force people into a religion they didn’t want to be part of, like you had to belong to a religion. The part I was mentioning was, it was freedom from having to join a religion not necessarily government mandated. You were free to not have to belong to any religion, hence the freedom from religion.
Thanks for clarifying.
is a list of all states that have this type of law out there somewhere?
Good job, Arkansas. You guys work fast.
Even without these religious freedom laws; we should have the right to discriminate against any deviant lifestyle. Don't people non-violently discriminate against polysexuallity, bestiality, pedophilia, etc.? Discrimination against deviant lifestyles is a good thing!
Nobody is born being homosexual; it has never been scientifically proven. In fact, just the opposite is true. We have not only lost this premise, now people are believing the premise that bisexuality is OK. Soon, we will lose the premise on polysexuallity, bestiality, pedophilia, etc.
Frankly, IMO, we started to lose the premise that discrimination against indecent behavior was good when Americans began to accept any sexuality outside the bond of a monogamous heterosexual marriage between one man and one women for life.
Yes. The word “discrimination,” like the word “marriage,” has been hijacked by the proponents of confusion, androgyny, and such.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again here. Religious freedom aside (in which there is no mention of homosexual discrimination), when did we lose the premise that homosexual behavior is a deviant lifestyle? Really; it is a deathstyle!
Even without these religious freedom laws; we should have the right to discriminate against any deviant lifestyle. Don't people non-violently discriminate against polysexuallity, bestiality, pedophilia, etc.? Non-violent discrimination against deviant lifestyles is a good thing!
Nobody is born being homosexual; it has never been scientifically proven. In fact, just the opposite is true – IT IS A CHOICE! We have not only lost this premise, now people believe the premise that bisexuality is OK. Soon, we will lose the premise on polysexuallity, bestiality, pedophilia, etc.
Frankly, IMO, we started to lose the premise that discrimination against indecent behavior was good when Americans began to accept sexuality outside the bond of a monogamous heterosexual marriage between one man and one woman for life.
Agreed
Article 2, Section 24. Religious liberty.
All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship; or to maintain any ministry against his consent. No human authority can, in any case or manner whatsoever, control or interfere with the right of conscience; and no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishment, denomination or mode of worship, above any other.
Awesome. According to the map that was displayed on the Washington Post last week (in an article that was related to IN’s passing said law), the 6 States that surrounded AR has their own RFRA laws. I’m glad to see that the hole was plugged.
The Tranny Panty Twisters are going to be pissed that they can’t force Christians to do whatever they want them to...
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