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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMississippi House subcommittee tosses discrimination elements
UPDATED: House subcommittee tosses discrimination elements from religious freedom billhttp://msbusiness.com/blog/2014/02/26/mississippis-version-anti-gay-bill-broader-arizonas/
The Mississippi House of Representatives Civil Subcommittee late Wednesday voted to strike provisions of a so-called religious freedom bill that the ACLU and other legal experts said invites widespread discrimination, especially against gay, lesbian and trans-gender people.
The action came on Senate Bill 2681, a measure approved 48-0 on Jan. 31 and sent on to the House. The bill was more popularly known for an amendment that requires inserting In God We Trust into the state seal, but a closer examination of it led legal experts to conclude that it would allow private businesses and government entities to discriminate based on religious grounds.
The subcommittee removed a key provision of SB 2681 ahead of Thursdays consideration of the bill by the House Judiciary Committee B. The provision provides that a defendant in a discrimination lawsuit can assert a claim of defense on the grounds of a burden being placed on religious beliefs.
The ACLU said the provision would allow businesses to turn away customers on religious grounds and government officials to refuse to hire based on religious beliefs.
Arizona governor Brewer vetoes controversial anti-gay law, Ohio pulls similar bill after Brewers veto
http://americablog.com/2014/02/arizona-governor-vetoes-controversial-anti-gay-law-caused-national-outrage.html
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Mississippi House subcommittee tosses discrimination elements (Original Post)
cal04
Feb 2014
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sheshe2
(86,219 posts)1. From your link
Things got so bad for Arizona that even Fox News came out against the bill, twice. And when youre too conservative for Fox
A friend of mine had an interesting theory as to why there was such an outcry against this bill. Its not enough to say that SB1062 was really anti-gay (even though it was). Lots of homophobic legislation gets passed in the states, some of it even in Arizona. And its not enough to say that this bill was particularly homophobic. Im not sure anything strikes the GOP base as particularly homophobic, regardless of how nasty it is. My friend thinks, however, that Brewer didnt want to be seen as Putin. He thinksk that Russian homophobia has been so showcased over the lead-up to the Olympics, that even American conservatives dont want to be seen as being as bad as them.
I have a different theory. I think, in part, times are-a-changing, and its getting harder and harder for politicians to be anti-gay because the country, overall, isnt (well, not as much as they were). And to the degree we still are a homophobic country, its not with the vehemence there was once on our issues. Sure, the religious right still hates gays guts, but a growing number of Republican lawmakers probably couldnt care less.
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So no, Arizona isnt Russia. But Arizona tried to put itself on the path to becoming Russia. And the issue, thankfully, blew up in its face.
A friend of mine had an interesting theory as to why there was such an outcry against this bill. Its not enough to say that SB1062 was really anti-gay (even though it was). Lots of homophobic legislation gets passed in the states, some of it even in Arizona. And its not enough to say that this bill was particularly homophobic. Im not sure anything strikes the GOP base as particularly homophobic, regardless of how nasty it is. My friend thinks, however, that Brewer didnt want to be seen as Putin. He thinksk that Russian homophobia has been so showcased over the lead-up to the Olympics, that even American conservatives dont want to be seen as being as bad as them.
I have a different theory. I think, in part, times are-a-changing, and its getting harder and harder for politicians to be anti-gay because the country, overall, isnt (well, not as much as they were). And to the degree we still are a homophobic country, its not with the vehemence there was once on our issues. Sure, the religious right still hates gays guts, but a growing number of Republican lawmakers probably couldnt care less.
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So no, Arizona isnt Russia. But Arizona tried to put itself on the path to becoming Russia. And the issue, thankfully, blew up in its face.
Mississippi, Ohio and Az. Good! Screw this paid for agenda from unknown (Koch Brothers?) sources.
Thanks cal04
freshwest
(53,661 posts)2. The Arizona Earthquake that shook the GOP across the nation... n/t
Kber
(5,043 posts)3. At least they still have God and Guns
freshwest
(53,661 posts)4. And personhood bills inflicted on women and discrimination on brown people. Not veto on those bills.
The big money didn't fight for the women, but then it never does. The DOJ slapped down some of what they did to the hispanics and are still doing. And they'll think up more stuff soon to disgust the nation.