Pennsylvania Republican celebrates MLK Day with proposal to legalize discrimination

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/21/pennsylvania-republican-celebrates-mlk-day-with-proposal-to-legalize-discrimination/



Pennsylvania Republican celebrates MLK Day with proposal to legalize discrimination
By David Ferguson
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 11:38 EST

A Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania is seeking to invalidate the state’s nondiscrimination law by adding a faith based amendment that would allow discrimination for religious reasons. According to RH Reality Check, state Rep. Gordon Denlinger (R) proposed the amendment on Monday, the federal holiday observing the birthday of slain civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Philly.com wrote that under Denlinger’s proposed Freedom of Conscience Amendment, “employers, store owners, realtors, motel managers, etc., could deny jobs, groceries, homes or rooms to anyone (tall, short, pregnant, Catholic, Jewish, gay, Goth, Democrat, newspaper columnist) offending their beliefs. Just as long as those beliefs are ‘sincerely held.’”

In a memo circulated on Monday, Denliger wrote, “”Specifically, I plan to propose a new section in Article I – the Pennsylvania ‘bill of rights’ – that will prohibit government from punishing an individual or entity if the individual or entity makes hiring or other employment decisions, or provides services, accommodations (including housing accommodations), advantages, facilities, goods or privileges based on sincerely held beliefs.”

The arch conservative state politician’s inspiration for the conscience exemption arose out of his efforts to block the reproductive health mandate in the Affordable Care Act. Denlinger is close friends with a Mennonite family that runs a lumber company.

[shenmue]

1. What an idiot

Good grief.

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2. Who votes for these idiots

Is there a major rot in intelligence in America?