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Related: About this forumKentucky Seeks to Legalize Discrimination Against Gays Based on Religious Beliefs
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/kentucky-seeks-legalize-discrimination-against-gays-based-religious-beliefsPending legislation in Kentucky could pave the way for increased discrimination against LGBT people.
Kentucky Seeks to Legalize Discrimination Against Gays Based on Religious Beliefs
By Alex Kane
March 11, 2013
A pending bill in the Kentucky state legislature could pave the way for increased discrimination against LGBT people. Patheos notes that human rights groups are going to battle against a bill that would allow residents to sidestep anti-discrimination laws if they pointed to sincerely held religious beliefs that justify their actions.
The bill is sponsored by a conservative Democrat and has already passed the State Senate. The legislation would boost someones ability to ignore state regulations or laws that contradict his or her sincerely held religious beliefs, Patheos blogger Camille Beredjicknotes.
Gay rights groups are up in arms. House Bill 279 represents a clear and present danger to the gay and lesbian community and other minority groups around the commonwealth. (The bill) does nothing more than give people permission to discriminate based on their religious beliefs, thereby taking it beyond freedom of religion to forced religion, because they have imposed their religious beliefs on others, with legal authority to do so, a letter from the Kentucky Equality Federation to the Senator who introduced the bill states, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.
One State Senator, Democrat Kathy Stein, said that the legislation is a sword to be used against minorities and is unconstitutional.
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Kentucky Seeks to Legalize Discrimination Against Gays Based on Religious Beliefs (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Mar 2013
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nonoyes
(261 posts)1. Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi
The Republicans in all those states just hate gay folks, (they hate women's right to choose, too) and don't mind proposing anything unconstitutional to further their hatred.
What a freakin waste of time and money these paid politicians are!
Initech
(100,100 posts)2. This is why we need an equal rights amendment!