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Post by pavel on Jan 25, 2016 0:49:34 GMT -6
Georgia Senator Says Horrendous Anti-Gay Bill Promotes Principle of ‘Live and Let Live’
The author of a disgusting new proposal aimed at legalizing anti-gay discrimination in Georgia is absurdly claiming his bill is designed to promote the principle of “live and let live.” Georgia Republican Sen. Greg Kirk, a former Southern Baptist pastor, also said that although he didn’t discuss the bill with LGBT groups, he did share it with “close friends” who “live a gay lifestyle” and ask for their viewpoint. Kirk on Thursday introduced his so-called First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), a state version of a proposed federal law designed to give virtually every individual and entity — from government employees and contractors to nonprofits groups and for-profit businesses — a license to discriminate against same-sex couples and their children. At a press conference, Kirk acknowledged that regardless of how people feel about same-sex marriage, it’s now the law of the land under the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. Read more: www.towleroad.com/2016/01/anti-gay-georgia/
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