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Re: Arizona Senate passes ''Turn Away The Gays'' law |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Thu Feb 20 15:42:33 2014, in response to Re: Arizona Senate passes ''Turn Away The Gays'' law, posted by mtk52983 on Thu Feb 20 15:24:25 2014. "His/her/its"???The main problems with this hate-based legislation are: It introduces religion into state law for the express purpose of denying a class of people the ability to engage in commerce--Tennessee's version of the law is even more explicit--that bill specifically singles out gays and lesbians as the class of people to be refused goods or services. Creates a second-class tier of citizenship, as a matter of statute, for gays and lesbians, contrary to all of the principles found in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Encourages and justifies bigotry as a matter of state law. Anyone can claim a "sincerely held religious belief" to deny gays and lesbians anything. What is the standard of proof? Because a defendant does not bear the burden of proof, their mere statement of religious belief will be sufficient to afford them protection from lawsuits. Think about how severe this could get. An airline could claim, for example, that their headquarters are in Phoenix, and their CEO devoutly believes that gays and lesbians are abominable. The airline could then legally refuse transportation to s gay or lesbian passenger anywhere on its network. Hotels could refuse lodging to gay or lesbian couples. A "known" gay man might be prohibited from buying groceries at the only supermarket in town, and so on... PS, I know people will scream about Godwin's law, but it IS an historical FACT that excluding Jews from commerce was one of the first things the Nazi government in prewar Germany did, in the years leading up to the Holocaust...just something to ponder. |
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