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Wyoming GOP Bill Allows Christians To Treat Gay People Like Crap While Hiding Behind Their Bibles [View all]
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/01/15/wyoming-gop-bill-allows-christians-to-treat-gay-people-like-crap-while-hiding-behind-their-bibles/Conservatives in Wyoming are poised to pass a bill that would allow Christians to treat anybody they hate like sh*t, all while hiding behind their bibles.
Republican state Rep. Nathan Winters, who is also a conservative “Christian” pastor, wrote House Bill 83. The bill would allow Christians in Wyoming to use religious liberty as an excuse to discriminate against the LGBT community and is so broad that it could also serve as a shield for racism and sexism....
For example, restaurant owners could refuse to serve gay people, African-Americans, or non-Christians and they can get away with it by simply claiming that their “religious liberty” gives them the right to do so. A doctor could refuse to perform an abortion procedure to save a woman’s life. A pharmacist could refuse to sell contraception to women. Employers could fire and refuse to hire gay people. Simply put, public and private citizens can basically discriminate against gay people and anyone else they consider inferior at will. And they can do this just by playing the religious liberty card....
Basically, this bill gives Christians a license to discriminate against anybody and treat them unequally on religious grounds and serves as yet another example of how conservatives are abusing freedom of religion to advance their hateful agenda. It’s an embarrassment to the state, especially since the state is nicknamed ‘The Equality State’ and the state motto is ‘Equal rights.’ Looks like Wyoming can no longer lay claim to either if Republicans have their way.
Republican state Rep. Nathan Winters, who is also a conservative “Christian” pastor, wrote House Bill 83. The bill would allow Christians in Wyoming to use religious liberty as an excuse to discriminate against the LGBT community and is so broad that it could also serve as a shield for racism and sexism....
For example, restaurant owners could refuse to serve gay people, African-Americans, or non-Christians and they can get away with it by simply claiming that their “religious liberty” gives them the right to do so. A doctor could refuse to perform an abortion procedure to save a woman’s life. A pharmacist could refuse to sell contraception to women. Employers could fire and refuse to hire gay people. Simply put, public and private citizens can basically discriminate against gay people and anyone else they consider inferior at will. And they can do this just by playing the religious liberty card....
Basically, this bill gives Christians a license to discriminate against anybody and treat them unequally on religious grounds and serves as yet another example of how conservatives are abusing freedom of religion to advance their hateful agenda. It’s an embarrassment to the state, especially since the state is nicknamed ‘The Equality State’ and the state motto is ‘Equal rights.’ Looks like Wyoming can no longer lay claim to either if Republicans have their way.
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