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Gov. Malloy: Indiana "Religious Freedom" Law is Covering "Outright Bigotry"
nbcconnecticut.com ^ | March 31, 2015

Posted on 04/01/2015 3:03:36 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

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1 posted on 04/01/2015 3:03:36 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Doesn’t his state have a similar law?


2 posted on 04/01/2015 3:04:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://www.tedcruz.org/donate/)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Malloy is a hypocrite and liar. But that’s nothing new for a scumbag Democrat.


3 posted on 04/01/2015 3:06:08 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Bigotry in Connecticut since 1993 ? D’oh


4 posted on 04/01/2015 3:07:46 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
The unbelievable ignorance of those on the Left that don't understand what this law is about is mind-boggling!

...of course there are still a few room temperature IQ people that think Obamacare is a good idea.

5 posted on 04/01/2015 3:08:03 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Bigotry” is-a very, very tall-a tree in Italy.

And delusion is a river in Egypt.


6 posted on 04/01/2015 3:08:24 PM PDT by alloysteel (It isn't science, it's law. Rational thought does not apply.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

It’s not discriminatory to Gays ... NOT HAVING THE LAW is discriminatory towards Christians and their deeply-held convictions!

Well, to tell you what I’ve thought about this legislation, all along, is that it’s the “gay issue” that brought it out ... BUT ... it’s not JUST about gays, but preventing Christian business owners from being forced into do several things that they consider to be VIOLATIONS of deeply-held religious convictions!

I posted elsewhere ...

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To me, this kind of legislation seems to have a lot more to do with OTHER THINGS, other than gays. It seems that the “gay issue” is driving the discussion, but to me, that “gay issue” seems to be a minor point, as compared to ALL of what legislation guaranteeing “Christian Conscience” in business is about.

Unless I’m mistaken about what this kind of bill means, I see this bill as preserving the “conscience” of a Christian owner of a business from serving or doing business with a person who violates that “religious conscience” by who they are or what they represent or what they stand for. SO, in that sense, it is NOT TARGETED at gays, but all sorts of other things that would violate the “Christian’s conscience”!

A sampling of some other things I can think of, in which one would DENY SERVICE to people, would be a group coming in for Pizza who supports ABORTION! That would really violate a Christian’s conscience.

Or, if a Mormon church group came in and had an “after church Pizza gathering” some Sunday afternoon. I would DENY THEM SERVICE as they are one of the largest CULT GROUPS in America ... and as far as I’m concerned Mormons shouldn’t get service from ANY CHRISTIAN BUSINESS WHATSOEVER, ANYWHERE!!

If Mitt Romney were to come in to that Pizza place he SHOULD BE DENIED SERVICE because of clearly being a Mormon!

I would DENY SERVICE to GLENN BECK, too, for his Mormonism!

SO ... it doesn’t appear to be a “gay issue” but a VERY REAL “Religious Conscience” issue and opens the door to CHRISTIAN BUSINESS to serving Christians and not VIOLATING their religious conscience!


7 posted on 04/01/2015 3:10:47 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

A private business should have the right to refuse to do business with anyone, for any reason.

Let the marketplace decide. If a business wants to turn a way business, that’s their decision. That’s money they won’t make. And if someone wants to boycott them, fine. That’s free speech.


8 posted on 04/01/2015 3:11:14 PM PDT by Lorianne (fed pork, bailouts, gone taxmoney)
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I dont know the formal name of that law, but the religious freedom restoration act?
The one Indiana and Arkansas were trying to implement?
It was supposed to PROTECT Christians, not brand us a TARGETS!
Our nation has fallen, we have abandoned God...
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Judg 21:25 In those days [there was] no king in Israel: every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.


9 posted on 04/01/2015 3:12:57 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for)
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Zip your lip and keep to your own business.


10 posted on 04/01/2015 3:13:20 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo (Gringa for Cruz 2016!)
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will Malloy start closing churches since he doesn’t believe in Religious Freedom???


11 posted on 04/01/2015 3:14:21 PM PDT by RginTN
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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 pansexuallity, polyamory, 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, polyamory, 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.

12 posted on 04/01/2015 3:15:09 PM PDT by celmak
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It’s not discriminatory to Gays ... NOT HAVING THE LAW is discriminatory towards Christians and their deeply-held convictions!

Very good point!

13 posted on 04/01/2015 3:16:29 PM PDT by celmak
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To: Tailgunner Joe

I notice one thing that is happening -— Democrats ( O’Malley, de Blasio, Hillary, the MSM, Tim Cook, Walmart, etc. ) are all tag teaming to attack RFRA on one side.

On the other side, I don’t see ANY UNITED FRONT from Christians, Conservatives and Republicans defending the law.

How do you expect to win the fight when you allow the other side to throw all the kicks and punches and you simply try to duck for cover?

Or is it the case that you’ve surrendered already?

Where is the Daniel who will dare to stand for what is right in the face of danger?


14 posted on 04/01/2015 3:19:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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I’m hoping it’s Ted Cruz.


15 posted on 04/01/2015 3:21:07 PM PDT by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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The bigotry is the GAYSTAPO demanding Christian businesses to serve them ....


16 posted on 04/01/2015 3:21:18 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: SeekAndFind

I expect we might here something about this law and the reactionary outcry against...from Sen Ted Cruz before very long.


17 posted on 04/01/2015 3:21:32 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

If a bar refuses to serve a drunk — is the bar owner a bigot?

If a daycare refuses to hire a child molester — is the daycare owner a bigot?

If a preacher refuses to officiate over a three person wedding — is the preacher a bigot?


18 posted on 04/01/2015 3:22:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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... accused Malloy of not understanding that Connecticut also has a freedom of religion statute...

Soros' talking points to the DNC outstrips US laws...

19 posted on 04/01/2015 3:22:55 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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RE: If a bar refuses to serve a drunk — is the bar owner a bigot?

If a daycare refuses to hire a child molester — is the daycare owner a bigot?

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Notice how these people are protected — they object to the BEHAVIOR of those they refuse to serve. If these folks BEHAVED, they would have been served.

Same principle should apply to gays.

It is not their being gay that’s the problem, it’s their forcing people to participate in a BEHAVIOR Christians object to that’s the problem.

The law should protect Christians from PARTICIPATING in a BEHAVIOR that is against their religious beliefs. THAT is what RFRA is all about.


20 posted on 04/01/2015 3:26:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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