Post by Logan on Feb 11, 2016 4:53:37 GMT -6
Georgia Senate Committee Today To Vote On Bill Protecting Religion-Based Anti-Gay Discrimination
The Georgia Senate Rules Committee Wednesday is expected to hold a hearing on GOP Senator Greg Kirk's SB 284, the "First Amendment Defense Act of Georgia." Ignoring the U.S. Supreme Court ruling and the Constitution, this legislation is designed to protect those who oppose same-sex marriage on religious grounds by making it legal for them to discriminate against LGBT people. But that's not all.
The bill is one of dozens of "religious freedom" or RFRA bills currently in state legislatures across the country. It would prohibit the State of Georgia from taking "any discriminatory action" against anyone for their "sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman or that sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage."
In other words, the bill allows discrimination against not only married same-sex couples, but against different-sex couples who are living together, perhaps even raising a family, but not legally married.
Like most other "religious freedom" bills being drafted over the past year or so, this legislation defines "person" as "any individual, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, association, public or private organization of any character, or other legal entity."
Read more: politicaloasis.freeforums.net/thread/2245/rubio-says-clinton-supports-abortion
The Georgia Senate Rules Committee Wednesday is expected to hold a hearing on GOP Senator Greg Kirk's SB 284, the "First Amendment Defense Act of Georgia." Ignoring the U.S. Supreme Court ruling and the Constitution, this legislation is designed to protect those who oppose same-sex marriage on religious grounds by making it legal for them to discriminate against LGBT people. But that's not all.
The bill is one of dozens of "religious freedom" or RFRA bills currently in state legislatures across the country. It would prohibit the State of Georgia from taking "any discriminatory action" against anyone for their "sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman or that sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage."
In other words, the bill allows discrimination against not only married same-sex couples, but against different-sex couples who are living together, perhaps even raising a family, but not legally married.
Like most other "religious freedom" bills being drafted over the past year or so, this legislation defines "person" as "any individual, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, association, public or private organization of any character, or other legal entity."
Read more: politicaloasis.freeforums.net/thread/2245/rubio-says-clinton-supports-abortion