Sunday, December 7, 2014

Michigan License To Discriminate A Portent Of Impending Theocracy

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/12/05/michigan-license-discriminate-portent-impending-theocracy.html
"The latest religious tyranny is Michigan House Bill 5958, The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) that legalizes a Christian extremist’s religious freedom to discriminate, among other atrocities in an alleged civilized society. But even that description understates the abomination about to be forced on Michigan residents as a prelude to the theocracy about to be unleashed on America. The law makes it legal to refuse service, deny employment, housing, and violate other citizens’ rights, any rights, if a theocrat claims it violates their religious freedom and objects on religious grounds. The bill’s proponents cried foul and claimed H.B. 5958 is not a “license to discriminate,” but a Democratic representative proved it is that and much more.
The Democratic representative, Jeff Irwin, was concerned the RFRA was more than protecting religious freedom so he introduced an amendment to the legislation that explicitly stated that RFRA would not permit evangelical actions such as putting up a sign that says, “No Christians will be served.” Obviously, a bill that was not a license to discriminate would not necessitate such an amendment, and to prove the religious Republicans were lying, the amendment was rejected out-of-hand by the majority Republicans who would not countenance language that explicitly forbid discrimination masked as “religious freedom"."