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LGBT Civil Rights and Activism

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:32 PM Apr 2013

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Washington state bill would allow businesses to deny gays [View all]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/26/washington-state-gay-discrimination/2116231/

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Several Republican lawmakers filed a bill Thursday seeking an exemption to the state's anti-discrimination laws just weeks after legal action was taken against a Richland florist who denied service to a gay couple for their upcoming wedding.

The bill introduced by Sen. Sharon Brown, R-Kennewick, would allow businesses the right to deny services or goods if they felt doing so was contrary to their "sincerely held religious beliefs, philosophical beliefs, or matters of conscience."

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Washington state bill would allow businesses to deny gays [View all] LiberalElite Apr 2013 OP

hitler had "sincerely held" beliefs. what could go wrong with this balone then? nt msongs Apr 2013 #1

So that goes around in a circle then? Newest Reality Apr 2013 #2

Okay fine but BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #3

agreed gopiscrap Apr 2013 #4

Come to think of it my atheist humanist beliefs don't allow me to serve rightwingers either! BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #5

If those businesses LostOne4Ever Apr 2013 #6

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