US: Michigan Republicans pass bill permitting discrimination against gays [View all]
Republicans in the Michigan House of Representatives have passed a bill that would permit religious people to discriminate on the grounds of sexuality.
The state’s House passed HB 5958, known as the ‘Religious Freedom and Restoration Act’ – which claims to “limit governmental action that substantially burdens a person’s exercise of religion”
The bill, which effectively exempts religious people from anti-discrimination laws, was passed along party lines, by a vote of 59-50.
It will now head to the Senate – also controlled by Republicans – and then to the state’s Republican Governor Rick Snyder. It is unlikely to face significant challenges from either.
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http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/12/08/us-michigan-republicans-pass-bill-permitting-discrimination-against-gays/
Same shit, different state.
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