Kentucky Bill Allows Bigotry by "Faith"
No religion gets a get-out-of-obeying-the-law-free card. Your religious "freedom" ends where my rights begin.
And stop pretending your homophobia is religious. You want a pass to discriminate against gays? Move to Saudia Arabia, motherfuckers.
As usual, the Kentucky lege is way behind the times: bills just like this have been struck down as unconstitutional, and this one will, too.
But not before two special elections to fill Democratic House seats in March. The gay-bashing ads have already been filmed.
John Cheves at the Herald:
A Senate committee approved two “religious liberty” bills
Thursday, one to legally protect businesses that don’t want to serve
gay, lesbian or transgender customers because of the owners’ religious
objections, and the other to protect religious expression in public
schools.
The first measure, Senate Bill 180,
would prohibit the government from compelling services or actions from
anyone if doing so conflicts with their sincerely held religious
beliefs. The bill expands the state’s 2013 Religious Freedom Restoration Act
to clarify that businesses could not be punished in such cases for
violating local ordinances that prohibit discrimination based on sexual
orientation or gender identity.
SNIP
The committee voted 8 to 1 to approve SB 180 and send it to the Senate floor. Sen. Perry Clark, D-Louisville, cast the sole “no” vote, saying the state and federal constitutions already offer adequate protection for religious liberties. Four senators voted “pass,” citing the Hands On Originals case and saying the Senate traditionally doesn’t like to approve legislation that would affect lawsuits pending in the courts.You want your civil and human rights protected against freakazoid demands for Dominionism? Vote Democratic.
After the hearing, a gay-rights advocate said Robinson’s bill is “an open attack” on Lexington, Louisville, Covington, Morehead, Frankfort, Danville, Midway and Vicco, which have ordinances that protect the civil rights of their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens.
“It’s a clear attack on the eight cities that passed anti-discrimination fairness ordinances to protect LGBT people,” said Chris Hartman, director of the Louisville-based Fairness Campaign. “They made it crystal clear during the committee hearing that that’s what their aims are. So we’ll be doing everything we can to halt the progress of this legislation.”
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