Indiana joining the bigotry parade

[Light Craftsman]

Calls it the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/indiana_committee_passes_anti_gay_religious_freedom_license_to_discriminate_bill

My religious beliefs tell me I shouldn't kiss Christian's asses. Does that mean I can refuse to let religious zealots in my hypothetical business in Indiana?

[SGOS]

These freedom to discriminate laws seem to be catching on rapidly.  Will this become the new face of America?  Will people flock to the US where their right to discriminate is protected by law?  It seems like real nutball stuff, but Hell, who knows.

[Munch]

It just carries on to showing the real monster behind the makeup. They now need to ask for the right to be bigots.

I seem to remember little things like wars fought against such matters in the early to mid 20th century. Or that little thing about the chocolate people no longer being called slaves.

Oh but dat don matter, cause history don teach us lessons right?

[stromboli]

bigots bigotry bigoted men
doing it once then over again
In Indiana don't be gay
pick right up and move away

Come to Utah where its grand
gay rights here the talk of the land
sad to say if you do it then
You'll have to move all over again

Equality? Kiss my ass
going to have to give it a pass
Sorry, you got left in the lurch
by your friends in the Mormon church

Colorado? That's OK
you can stay if you're gay
Up to the ski slopes! Please proceed!
along the way, toke some weed!

Although the real estate's kinda pricey
Enjoy some Tex mex food that's spicy
I'd recommend you settle here
With lots of weed and Fat Tire beer!!!!!!!!!!

[GSOgymrat]

So, according to this proposal, because I'm atheist I don't have to treat Christians when they come into the emergency department because I don't agree with their immoral lifestyle. Unlike gays, Christians choose their lifestyle and could change if they wanted to. These people should be careful what they wish for.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

So, according to this proposal, because I'm atheist I don't have to treat Christians when they come into the emergency department because I don't agree with their immoral lifestyle. Unlike gays, Christians choose their lifestyle and could change if they wanted to. These people should be careful what they wish for.

You're assuming it will be equally and justly applied. You haven't been to Indiana.

[Solitary]

bigots bigotry bigoted men
doing it once then over again
In Indiana don't be gay
pick right up and move away

Come to Utah where its grand
gay rights here the talk of the land
sad to say if you do it then
You'll have to move all over again

Equality? Kiss my ass
going to have to give it a pass
Sorry, you got left in the lurch
by your friends in the Mormon church

Colorado? That's OK
you can stay if you're gay
Up to the ski slopes! Please proceed!
along the way, toke some weed!

Although the real estate's kinda pricey
Enjoy some Tex mex food that's spicy
I'd recommend you settle here
With lots of weed and Fat Tire beer!!!!!!!!!!

And you said you can't write poetry. That was great!  Solitary

[stromboli]

Thanks, but its not poetry. It's just jingles.

[Solitary]

You are being too modest!

[Solomon Zorn]

These right-wing bastards are waging political Jihad on our liberty, and in their convoluted thought process calling it freedom. It makes me furious. I'm not gay, but I often find myself in arguments with other democrats about the importance of protecting minority rights. Does anybody have a shred of fucking common sense these days? I sincerely hope this backfires.

By the way, I live in Indiana.

[trdsf]

Michigan's trying to do the same thing.  And don't you just love the epic levels of spin in the way they name these things?  A more accurate name for the bill is the "Please Let Me Keep Being A Narrow-Minded Bigot Because My Invisible Friend Says So Act", but that doesn't sell well.

[stromboli]

Right wing backlash from victories in gay marriage. Probably more lawsuits headed the Supremes way eventually. The idiocy is that nobody apparently considers that denial of services or rights to a specific group that is singled out by law is unconstitutional and such laws have been struck down in the past. Guess they got lots of money to spend on lawsuits.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Right wing backlash from victories in gay marriage. Probably more lawsuits headed the Supremes way eventually. The idiocy is that nobody apparently considers that denial of services or rights to a specific group that is singled out by law is unconstitutional and such laws have been struck down in the past. Guess they got lots of money to spend on lawsuits.

"nobody apparently considers" There you go. They have Leopard's Disease, multiple blind spots. If they don't like something a spot appears. If they think something will hinder their personal obsessive goals, a spot appears. Everybody has at least a touch of this disease, it's endemic in being a human. But some folks are like anti-vaxxers, damned spots everywhere.

[Solomon Zorn]

To me the thing seems to be a mass scapegoating. http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/right-wing-activist-flee-america-gay-marriage-causes-god-destroy-us Every problem, from economic woes to tornadoes, is blamed on theses people, and what they do in the bedroom.

It's a distant early warning to the rest of us: you could be next!

[trdsf]

To me the thing seems to be a mass scapegoating. http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/right-wing-activist-flee-america-gay-marriage-causes-god-destroy-us Every problem, from economic woes to tornadoes, is blamed on theses people, and what they do in the bedroom.

It's a distant early warning to the rest of us: you could be next!

I just love this part of that link:

The two Religious Right activists agreed that once the Supreme Court strikes down bans on same-sex marriage, God will unleash His wrath upon America in the form of an “old fashioned paddling.”

Why do I suspect that has more to do with that nutjob's personal kinks than it does any divine revelation?