The brouhaha in Arkansas stems from the RFRA bill that passed the legislature on Tuesday and dares to assert, “[N]o human authority can, in any case or manner whatsoever, control or interfere with the right of conscience.” Furthermore, the state “shall not substantially burden a person’s right to exercise of religion … unless it is demonstrated that applying the substantial burden … (1) Is essential to further a compelling governmental interest; and (2) Is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.”
Sounds reasonable enough, but when has reason ever stopped the Left? Indeed, to the ever-classy New York Times, such a bill can only be “driven by bigotry against gays and lesbians.”
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After the governors caved to the gay mafia, the new religious freedom laws have made us LESS free, not more.
Bad move.
Please send the LGBT folks to the middle east and have them make the same demands. It will only be a short matter of time until no one is left to protest. I am fed up with these phoney issues that are only conjured up by people who literally have too much time on their hands.
It is not the government who should be dictating what "must be done" regarding how a person runs their own establishments. What happened to the days where you would see signs in all sorts of business' that would say "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" and that was simply understood by whoever would patronize an establishment. There is simply too much political correctness and kowtowing to "everyone" and not just certain subsets of our overall demographics.
Just my 2 cents, I could be wrong and if you disagree with me then that is your right as a citizen of these United States and I respect that just as it is mine to have my own opinion.
This subsection is the grease on the slippery slope:
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Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "exercise of religion" includes any exercise of religion,whether or not compelled by, or central to, a system of religious belief.
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Reread that, and prepare for the onslaught against everyone's freedom, religious or otherwise. "Any exercise of religion"...whether or not it's even mandated by, or has anything to do with, any religion at all.
"Because the bible tells me so...and even if it doesn't..."
Just put your hand on your bible and say you're refusing the leper's shekels for a bowl of soup, because lepers can't go to heaven.
Go ahead, the law says you can tell that disgusting leper you aren't doing business with someone not eligible to enter the "kingdom of god".
Jesus will smile at your piety.
6:39 Probably the most convoluted crap I've ever read. We have freedom of religion in this country and the right to express those beliefs regardless of offending some pervert or liberal.
"The day the gay-left forces a business to close its doors for simply believing in traditional marriage is the day they can no longer claim to be "oppressed."
Congratulations, you've now become the oppressors."
-Ben Chapman
Gay, Fiscal & Constitutional Conservative Political blogger
As far as gays going into a business and being denied service because they are gay-although contrary to what the MSM is saying this (need to watch FoxNews for the REAL story,) is NOT what the Religious Freedom laws (already federal law and law in 20 other states and pending law in 6 other states)- are about----- well, go somewhere else. We have options in this Country, there is more than one store, more than one bakery, more than one florist. No one can have it both ways. Either everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, religious or otherwise, or no one is
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