Churches across San Antonio are expressing outrage over a proposed anti-discrimination law that would protect LGBT workers but would not provide a religious exemption and would effectively prohibit anyone who opposes homosexuality from holding public office or getting a city contract.
The proposed change would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the city’s discrimination ordinance. It would protect gays, lesbians, transgender, and veterans – a move that had critics accusing the council of playing politics with the military.
“No person shall be appointed to a position if the city council finds that such person has, prior to such proposed appointment, engaged in discrimination or demonstrated a bias, by word or deed, against any person, group or organization on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, age or disability,” the ordinance reads.
Critics argue that the ordinance could ban Christians who believe homosexuality is a sin from serving on the city council.
They also believe the ordinance would also ban the city from doing business with anyone who fails to espouse politically correct views and businesses run by people of faith would be subject to criminal penalties if they refused to provide services that conflict with their religious beliefs related to homosexuality.
“It’s extremely dangerous,” said Ken Klukowski, of the Family Research Council. “This is a flagrant violation of the U.S. Constitution and the San Antonio City Council looks like a bunch of anti-Christian activists.”
Klukowski said if the council approves the ordinance they would be guilty of “viewpoint discrimination.”
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7 comments:
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF MUSLIM SHARIA CONTROL, MARK MY WORDS.
before long the gays/lesbian communities are going to keep on till they will be as popular as the blacks. That's what makes us "racist".......all the pushy pushy from groups. Right now you are what you are but if you keep this kind of thing up you will not be liked either.
Good, let's see how they like it. Since christians like to sit in their ivory towers and exclude others, it's about time the same is done to them.
829.....Thats ok when sharia comes to America WHAT will the Gay people Do?
The Family Research Council is the really dangerous group here, they want the US to turn into a theocracy like the countries in the middle east.
Being a Christian does not give anyone special "a-hole" privledges. Your freedom to practice your religion DOES NOT entitle you to impose it upon any one else's liberty or freedom. This in NO WAY bars Christians from doing anything, other than allowing them to impose their religious perspective by applying discrimination unlawfully.
What is so difficult to understand about this? I am sick and tired of having to hear Christians scream discrimination, when in reality they no longer get to choke out every one else's liberty.
9:44 So you are in favor Sharia Law? I suppose your a big Putin supporter too?
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