On Republicans and their “religious liberty”

[William769]

The Republicans recently introduced a bill into the House of Representatives called the First Amendment Defense Act.

In a nutshell, it’s a bill that allows discrimination. Period.

Go ahead and spin it any way you want. Put an addendum on it. At the end of the day, it’s still a bill that allows and even encourages discrimination against same-sex marriage, including such telling phrases as:

(1) Leading legal scholars concur that conflicts between same-sex marriage and religious liberty are real and should be legislatively addressed…

(a) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal Government shall not take any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially on the basis that such person believes or acts in accordance with a religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or that sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage.

There’s more – if you’re interested, you can read the rest here. But be prepared for a lot of Republican balderdash.

Here’s the thing. When you’re in a business that’s open to the public, you have to serve that public — every single person in it. If you can’t do that, well then you shouldn’t be in business. Period.

The fact remains that you can practice your religion anywhere, at any time, no matter how many same-sex people you may serve.

No one’s telling you that you can’t believe what you want. Maybe we just want a piece of cake!

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2015/08/on-republicans-and-their-religious-liberty/