Arizona lawmakers pass bill to allow faith-based discrimination
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No one is suggesting you go against your mindless ignorant hate filled religious stance dummy. What this is about,,,especially here in my state,, is that can I order a chicken sandwich without you wondering about my sex life which is none of your damn business? Damn get a clue and by the way, I usually get along with most people until they start with the intelligence thing and then, well,,,be glad we live very far apart little boy.
Reactionary on both sides of the issue. Because we as humans are reactionary, We talk, act and go off the deep end before we think things through, because that's how we are. We let our alligator mouths overload our hummingbird azz's. That's why maybe it's best to shut the **** up now and then, and listen to each other.Arizona lawmakers pass bill to allow faith-based discrimination
David Schwartz, Reuters
Feb 20, 2014 , Last Updated: 11:15 PM ET
PHOENIX - Arizona lawmakers gave final approval on Thursday to a bill that would allow businesses to refuse service to customers when such work would violate their religious beliefs, in a move critics describe as a license to discriminate against gays and others.
Under the bill, a business owner would have a defense against a discrimination lawsuit, provided a decision to deny service was motivated by a "sincerely held" religious belief and that giving such service would have substantially burdened the exercise of their religious beliefs.
"The Arizona legislature sent a clear message today: In our state everyone is free to live and work according to their faith," said Cathi Herrod, president of the conservative Center for Arizona Policy, which helped write the bill.
The bill passed the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives 33-27 on Thursday, a day after it won similar approval in the state Senate. It will go to Republican Governor Jan Brewer, who has not indicated whether she will sign it.
The American Civil Liberties Union branded the legislation as "unnecessary and discriminatory," saying it had nothing to do with God or faith.
"What today's bill does is allow private individuals and businesses to use religion to discriminate, sending a message that Arizona is intolerant and unwelcoming," said Alessandra Soler, executive director of the ACLU of Arizona.
The Arizona law is seen by critics as an attack on the rights of gays and lesbians to equality under the law at a time when same-sex marriage activists have notched several court victories in recent months.
Some 17 U.S. states and the District of Columbia now recognize gay marriage in a trend that has gained momentum since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that legally married same-sex couples nationwide are eligible for federal benefits.
Since mid-December, federal judges have ruled curbs on same-sex marriage unconstitutional in Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia, although the decisions have been stayed pending appeal. The New Mexico Supreme Court has also legalized gay marriage.
But Arizona is among more than 30 states that still ban gay or lesbian couples from marrying, by constitutional amendment, statute or both.
House Minority Leader Chad Campbell, a Democrat who opposed the measure, called it "state-sanctioned discrimination" that clearly targets members of the gay community.
"We're telling them, 'We don't like you,'" Campbell said, during a heated floor debate. "'We don't want you here. We're not going to protect you, we don't want your business, we don't want your money and we don't want your kind around here.'"
State Representative Eddie Farnsworth said the bill was wrongly being portrayed as discriminatory and that it only made "minor tweaks" to current state law.
"This is simply protecting religious freedom that is recognized and defended and supported in the First Amendment that the founders wanted - nothing else," he said.
Arizona lawmakers pass bill to allow faith-based discrimination
There we go again. "My" hate filled religious stance? and what "stance" would that be, oh great one.
The one where I support SSM and gay rights but I also support the rights of those that do not think the same as I do? The one where I feel "rights" are not just a one way street to be used to abuse and degrade those that are not of the same faith or mores as you do?
and as for your last veiled threat.... you are fu cking hilarious!!!! It wouldn't matter if you lived next door to me. What an arrogant prick you are.
We've been getting along pretty well, haven't we, Ludlow? That's why I say this with no rancor or malice. That was a mistake. It sounds like internet tough guy-ism, which only makes you look bad.
Absolutely. Arrogant as they come . Not as cordial and kind as yourself Mr. know it all. I've sat and read many of your posts and there is one constant, everyone who disagrees with you ,,somehow,,,miraculously has become a stupid person. Your definition of stupid is anyone who disagrees with your sorry Azz. Yeah,,,toward you,,,,arrogant as they come little boy.
Arizona and Arkansas. Dayam why didn't I move to Oregon like I wanted to.
Big difference between my arrogant a$$ and yours...is that I don't threaten people over the net.... big man...... and when I'm right, I'm right.
What you have now shown yourself to be, is an arrogant LITTLE prick with little dick syndrome. When you don't get your way, you threaten to beat em up. what a maroon.
All transmission and no reception. They may have medicine for that see the doc.
Your cognitive ability seems to have an obstruction, could it be your loud mouth?
Okay enough of punky Brewster.
Try the high country it's much prettier and nice and cool in the summer
Regina men’s barbershop and woman they refused to serve both the target of threats
Tonnes of free advertising. It's a bitch to get an appointment after all the publicity.
Tonnes of free advertising. It's a bitch to get an appointment after all the publicity.
