Attorney General nominee defends anti-LGBTQ 'First Amendment Defense Act'
Source: LGBTQ Nation
By Jeff Taylor · Wednesday, January 25, 2017
President Donald Trumps nominee for Attorney General Sen. Jeff Sessions is standing firm on his support of a bill that would allow for discrimination against the LGBTQ community on the basis of a firmly held religious belief.
In a response to questions sent by Sen. Al Franken, Sessions objects to a characterization of the bill as being deceptively named and argues for why he feels is is needed.
The First Amendment Defense Act, or FADA for short, would allow landlords, business owners, healthcare providers, and employers to refuse to provide goods and services to whomsoever they choose so long as they can argue that doing so would conflict with their chosen set of beliefs.
Some have argued that FADA is necessary to protect pastors, ministers, and churches who fear that theyll be forced to marry gay and lesbian couples, writes Franken. But the First Amendment already prevents clergy or churches from being forced to marry a couple if doing so is contrary to their beliefs. It always has. The Supreme Courts decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which recognized that same-sex couples have the right to marry in all 50 states, did not change that.
Read more: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/01/trumps-ag-nominee-sen-jeff-sessions-stands-support-discriminatory-bill/
onecaliberal
(32,894 posts)apcalc
(4,465 posts)Have to serve hate filled fucks like him because of my beliefs?
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)you can be sure they will insert a clause into this bullshit law making it so you cannot sue your employer for firing you for refusing to provide service to a customer.
apcalc
(4,465 posts)Can I put a sign in the window " No ultra-religious " will be served? Or how about " atheists only" .
I feel however, I ought to come up with something better....
Ideas?
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)due to the first amendment.
Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)... to bend the arc of the moral universe away from equality and justice.
They give Christians a bad name, then scream they are being persecuted when people object to their ignorant bigotry and efforts to legalize discrimination.
msongs
(67,441 posts)the right kind of christian. thanks repubs