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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorgia Based Telecom Says 'Time to Relocate' After Lawmakers Pass Anti-Gay 'Religious Freedom' Bill
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/georgia_based_telecom_says_time_to_relocate_after_lawmakers_pass_anti_gay_religious_freedom_billGeorgia state senators on Friday passed a highly-controversial bill that would enshrine into law special protections for people of faith who are opposed to same-sex marriage and LGBT people. Erroneously named the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), HB 757, according to legal experts, is likely unconstitutional and extends legal cover to both individuals and corporations including taxpayer-funded non-profits who wish to claim they have a sincerely held religious belief that prohibits them from serving LGBT people or same-sex couples....
"We are very saddened by the Georgia Senate which passed #HB757 also known as #FADA," 373K, Inc. announced via Twitter. "It's time to relocate."...
"I'm gay, our CFO is gay, we have people from every walk of life working here," Williams told The New Civil Rights Movement in a telephone interview Saturday afternoon.
"I've got Muslims, Buddhists, atheists here," he added. "We've got great Christians working for us. They've never thought of not serving anyone that's not the message of Christ."
"We are very saddened by the Georgia Senate which passed #HB757 also known as #FADA," 373K, Inc. announced via Twitter. "It's time to relocate."...
"I'm gay, our CFO is gay, we have people from every walk of life working here," Williams told The New Civil Rights Movement in a telephone interview Saturday afternoon.
"I've got Muslims, Buddhists, atheists here," he added. "We've got great Christians working for us. They've never thought of not serving anyone that's not the message of Christ."
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Georgia Based Telecom Says 'Time to Relocate' After Lawmakers Pass Anti-Gay 'Religious Freedom' Bill (Original Post)
KamaAina
Feb 2016
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Initech
(100,080 posts)1. Can we please stop calling them "religious freedom" bills?
And start calling them what they really are - "Fuck you LGBT community" bills? These bills have not a damn thing to do with religion or freedom.
Cyrano
(15,041 posts)2. Mislabeling is an art form
that the Republicans have perfected. They can take a heap of dung, and put up a sign that says "All You Can Eat. $1.00." You wouldn't be able to hold back the crowds.
That aside, the main product that the Republican Party sells is hatred of "the other."
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)4. Frankly, much as Hitler did! n/t
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)3. Or even perhaps better, "Religious Hate Bills." n/t
mountain grammy
(26,623 posts)5. And the South will continue to be poor and deprived
as the best flee the ignorance and oppression that continues to rule. Like the man said "the business environment in the state isn't that great anyway."