South Carolina Senator's Bill Would Legalize Religious Anti-Gay Marriage Discrimination

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The latest in Lee "Not Too" Bright's extensive highlight reel. This is the teabagger mook who ran against Lindsay Graham in the repuke primary.

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

Meet Lee Bright. In 2009, he took his seat as a South Carolina Republican state senator, having left his prior employment as the head of his father's trucking firm. On a campaign disclosure – Bright tried, and failed, to unseat U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham – he reported "owing 29 creditors between $1.4 million and $3.1 million," according to The State.

Now 44 years old, Bright is on a mission to expand the right of South Carolinians to discriminate against LGBT people.

Bright moving toward his anti-gay goal by filing a bill last week that would exempt any employee who works for the State of South Carolina from having to do their job by issuing a marriage license to any same-sex couple. That state employee, should Sen. Bright's bill pass and become law, merely has to claim they have a sincerely-held religious belief against same-sex marriage and they almost literally get a "get out of jail free" card.

"At the end of the day I want to know I did all I could, and I think it's something we need to do to protect these judges so they can serve in these honorable positions without feeling like they betrayed their faith," Bright said.

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1. Rec for visibility Yeah, it's really judges who need protection in this society. Idiot.