Arizona lawmakers pass bill to allow faith-based discrimination

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If it is not vetoed, the NFL says they will yank next years Super Bowl out of Phoenix. It'll be interesting to see if the governor puts a price tag on freedom
Just a replay of when AZ refused to acknowledge MLK Day.


Governor Evan Mecham’s first act in office was to rescind an executive order creating a Martin Luther King Junior Day in Arizona. It was all downhill from there.The state faced boycotts and protests…and the National Football League took the Super Bowl out of Sun Devil Stadium.Finally, after five years of fights, marches, and failed referenda, Arizona became the first state in the nation with a voter-approved holiday honoring Martin Luther King Junior.
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Arizona is full of slow learners.
 

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Well, you know what this means. It'll be illegal for good Christians to show the holy love of Jesus by throwing queers, darkies, and Meskins outta their stores and restaurants.

I calculate the Antichrist'll be along directly, now that the Satanic sinners in Wash'tin and that lesbian Governor Brewer done stabbed good God-fearin' folk in the back.
 

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The Constitution that American hold dear has "equality for all" clause in there which put freedom of religion in jeopardy since all of them have a racist or gender prejudice component in their beliefs and God is the main problem and make the Constitution flawed.
 

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The Constitution that American hold dear has "equality for all" clause in there which put freedom of religion in jeopardy since all of them have a racist or gender prejudice component in their beliefs and God is the main problem and make the Constitution flawed.
That would be an excellent point except that the Constitutino has no "equality for all" clause, and the kind of discrimination the Arizona legislation was supporting doesn't violate the Constitution, but a Federal statute, to wit, the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
 

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The Governor vetoed the bill, as she did a very similar one last year.

Some people just do not understand how government in the USA work. We do not have a Parliamentary system in any of the 50 States, or in any of the Territories. State legislators can pass anything they choose to pass, but unlike Canada (and Great Britain, etc.) passing a bill does not make it law.

They can only make a law, without the Governor's approval IF they can muster a 2/3 vote of BOTH houses of the State legislature, to override that Veto.

There are pros and cons to both systems, but personally, I prefer the US model. No one party controls everything in most cases.
 

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Well, you know what this means. It'll be illegal for good Christians to show the holy love of Jesus by throwing queers, darkies, and Meskins outta their stores and restaurants.

I calculate the Antichrist'll be along directly, now that the Satanic sinners in Wash'tin and that lesbian Governor Brewer done stabbed good God-fearin' folk in the back.
I guess. Whatta bummer.

The Governor vetoed the bill, as she did a very similar one last year.

Some people just do not understand how government in the USA work. We do not have a Parliamentary system in any of the 50 States, or in any of the Territories. State legislators can pass anything they choose to pass, but unlike Canada (and Great Britain, etc.) passing a bill does not make it law.

They can only make a law, without the Governor's approval IF they can muster a 2/3 vote of BOTH houses of the State legislature, to override that Veto.

There are pros and cons to both systems, but personally, I prefer the US model. No one party controls everything in most cases.
Basically what you are saying is the States follow rule by law. Well, that's what a republic does. That's why the States is a Republic. And yes, it is different than a democratic monarchy.

I am pretty sure that most people get that.
 

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Arizona lawmakers pass bill to allow faith-based discrimination.

No they did not pass the law... but what is wrong with the law... It America, should you not have the right to deny service and other have the right not to buy your product??
 

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Right. The lawmakers passed the bill that would turn it into law but the guvner rejected the bill so it wasn't turned into law. Capisci?

No they did not pass the law...
Right; they passed the bill.
but what is wrong with the law... It America, should you not have the right to deny service and other have the right not to buy your product??
Ordinarily, yes, people should have the right to deny service or goods on a private basis as long as it isn't on a basis of prejudism. Like you can't deny someone something because they are a different religion than you, or a different age, gender, or sexual preference.
 

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BAD TITLE!!

Arizona lawmakers pass bill to allow faith-based discrimination.

No they did not pass the law...

No it's an accurate title and it's been explained why.

but what is wrong with the law... It America, should you not have the right to deny service and other have the right not to buy your product??
Like this?


or this?



or maybe this?



Or maybe why stop there? Why not require customers to show proof of their political affiliation prior to service as well? That way you can just draw battle lines everywhere. Wouldn't that be fabulous.

It was a stupid bill and it would have made an asinine law.
 

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Arizona lawmakers pass bill to allow faith-based discrimination.

No they did not pass the law... but what is wrong with the law... It America, should you not have the right to deny service and other have the right not to buy your product??
Absolutely. I was waiting for the first time an EMT refused to treat a gay person, and let said gay person bleed out on the pavement, coz that's the way Jesus said it should be.

Good news is there are bigotry bills pending in four other states, so maybe you can find a home where you can hate and exclude others the way Jesus commanded, Boom.
 

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Right; they passed the bill.Ordinarily, yes, people should have the right to deny service or goods on a private basis as long as it isn't on a basis of prejudism..

Like lets say... voting on a bill in a way that differs from how you would vote?

Like you can't deny someone something because they are a different religion than you, or a different age, gender, or sexual preference.

Politics?

Or maybe why stop there? Why not require customers to show proof of their political affiliation prior to service as well? That way you can just draw battle lines everywhere. Wouldn't that be fabulous.

Or this even...

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It was a stupid bill and it would have made an asinine law.

I agree. It was a stupid bill and I am glad the Gov. vetoed it.
 

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Courts in Texas and Kentucky, deeply conservative and religious states, have now overturned Laws defining marriage as between one man and one woman. There is a relentless momentum to this.. it has nothing to to with equality or diversity or human rights.

It is the imposition of a tyranny of political correctness. Of the overturning of rational moral code on which all of the constitutions and civil structures of Western countries are based to one of absurd moral inversion and dissolution; of the codification of principles of moral relativism, radical individualism, material (especially sexual) gratification as the sole principles of adjudication and definition of institutions.

It'll be catastrophic in the long run, of course. You can't put in a paradigm that turns marriage into an absurdity; that defines the intrinsic evil and self-destruction and manic self centredness that comprises homosexuality as a natural, in fact preferred 'state' (by way of its status as 'victims' group) without undermining the entire societal structure of the West and especially the trivialization of the concept of Family, the foundation of any society, into pure nonsense.

I haven't read this law in Arizona. But essentially it is meant to prevent this kind of chaotic, meaningless ethos becoming the defining cultural template. The fact that nobody bothered to even articulate this position in the media shows that we are on a path of no return. And towards a destiny that will see the unravelling of civil order in ways that will be totally unexpected, but will capsize the culture and economy in profound violence.

We are in the grips of some form of mass insanity.. and it will come back on us with avengence.
 
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Courts in Texas and Kentucky, deeply conservative and religious states, have now overturned Laws defining marriage as between one man and one woman. There is a relentless momentum to this.. it has nothing to to with equality or diversity or human rights.

It is the imposition of a tyranny of political correctness. Of the overturning of rational moral code on which all of the constitutions and civil structures of Western countries are based to one of absurd moral inversion and dissolution; of the codification of principles of moral relativism, radical individualism, material (especially sexual) gratification as the sole principles of adjudication and definition of institutions.

It'll be catastrophic in the long run, of course. You can't put in a paradigm that turns marriage into an absurdity; that defines the intrinsic evil and self-destruction and manic self centredness that comprises homosexuality as a natural, in fact preferred 'state' (by way of its status as 'victims' group) without undermining the entire societal structure of the West and especially the trivialization of the concept of Family, the foundation of any society, into pure nonsense.

I haven't read this law in Arizona. But essentially it is meant to prevent this kind of chaotic, meaningless ethos becoming the defining cultural template. The fact that nobody bothered to even articulate this position in the media shows that we are on a path of no return. And towards a destiny that will see the unravelling of civil order in ways that will be totally unexpected, but will capsize the culture and economy and will be profoundly violent.

We are in the grips of some form of mass insanity.. and it will come back on us with avengence.

Yep - Major problem when a Democracy does not have a State Religion- Thank God for that- This is called freedom and having the same rights as every other US Citizen. Your opposition is based upon religious beliefs.
 

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Like lets say... voting on a bill in a way that differs from how you would vote?



Politics?
You bet. :D Damn Dems, Reps, Commies, Fascists, etc. I just want Indie type people here.



Or this even...

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Yeah, geographical location is definitely a biggie. And we prefer green or blue but it can't be lime green or neon green and can't be navy blue.



I agree. It was a stupid bill and I am glad the Gov. vetoed it.
Ditto.

Courts in Texas and Kentucky, deeply conservative and religious states, have now overturned Laws defining marriage as between one man and one woman. There is a relentless momentum to this.. it has nothing to to with equality or diversity or human rights.

It is the imposition of a tyranny of political correctness. Of the overturning of rational moral code on which all of the constitutions and civil structures of Western countries are based to one of absurd moral inversion and dissolution; of the codification of principles of moral relativism, radical individualism, material (especially sexual) gratification as the sole principles of adjudication and definition of institutions.

It'll be catastrophic in the long run, of course. You can't put in a paradigm that turns marriage into an absurdity; that defines the intrinsic evil and self-destruction and manic self centredness that comprises homosexuality as a natural, in fact preferred 'state' (by way of its status as 'victims' group) without undermining the entire societal structure of the West and especially the trivialization of the concept of Family, the foundation of any society, into pure nonsense.

I haven't read this law in Arizona. But essentially it is meant to prevent this kind of chaotic, meaningless ethos becoming the defining cultural template. The fact that nobody bothered to even articulate this position in the media shows that we are on a path of no return. And towards a destiny that will see the unravelling of civil order in ways that will be totally unexpected, but will capsize the culture and economy and will be profoundly violent.

We are in the grips of some form of mass insanity.. and it will come back on us with avengence.
Sieg heil! Heil Herr Coldscheiße!
 

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Sieg heil! Heil Herr Coldscheiße!

Right, lg.. look carefully into the occult origins of Naziism and its usurpation of high German culture from Christianity to one pagan tribalism, and you'll find it has the same roots as modern political correctness. An idolatry of power and subjection, much like the ethos of homosexuality.