Madison Law Bans Religious Discrimination ... Against Atheists

The Guardian ^ | 5/3/15 | AP

[marshmallow]

Wisconsin city’s statute, enacted last month, is believed to be the first of its kind in the US: ‘Religion was protected, so non-religion should be, too’

While conservatives in Indiana and Arkansas were explaining last month why their new religious objections laws weren’t invitations to discriminate against gays, the leaders of Wisconsin’s capital city were busy protecting the rights of another group: atheists.

In what is believed to be the first statute of its kind in the United States, Madison banned discrimination against the non-religious on 1 April , giving them the same protections afforded to people based on their race, sexual orientation and religion, among other reasons.

It’s hardly surprising that such a statute would originate in Madison, an island of liberalism in a conservative-leaning state and the home of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. But the ordinance’s author, Anita Weier, said it didn’t arise from an actual complaint about alleged discrimination based on a lack of religious faith.

“It just seems to me that religion has spread into government more than I feel comfortable with,” said Weier, who left the council after the statute passed. “It just occurred to me that religion was protected, so non-religion should be, too.”

[blackdog]

Only Wisconsin would celebrate a law which protects nothing and it’s right to be nothing? Well, at least that’s something!

[DungeonMaster]

It makes sense only if they define evolution and humanism as religion and recalibrate the entire public school system and government accordingly.

[C. Edmund Wright]

...nicely played sir....

[Alex Murphy]

While conservatives in Indiana and Arkansas were explaining last month why their new religious objections laws weren’t invitations to discriminate against gays, the leaders of Wisconsin’s capital city were busy protecting the rights of another group: atheists. In what is believed to be the first statute of its kind in the United States, Madison banned discrimination against the non-religious on 1 April, giving them the same protections afforded to people based on their race, sexual orientation and religion, among other reasons.

PFL

[RIghtwardHo]

As I have said from the get go ... Hobby Lobby is a horrible decision and it WILL come back to haunt us in time. It might be a decade or more but it will be used as a hammer and cudgel against Christians in time as will all these “religious freedom” laws.

Just give it time.