Post by Logan on Mar 29, 2016 0:05:25 GMT -6
Sports commission warns Missouri’s ‘religious freedom’ bill could cost Kansas City millions in revenue
JEFFERSON CITY -- The Kansas City Sports Commission believes a proposed “religious freedom” amendment to the Missouri Constitution could cost the city more than $50 million a year in economic activity.
Republican state lawmakers are pushing legislation that, if voters approve, would amend the Missouri Constitution to prohibit the government from punishing certain individuals and businesses that refuse on religious grounds to provide goods or services for marriage ceremonies or celebrations of same-sex couples.
The bill has cleared the Missouri Senate and needs only to be passed by the House to go on the ballot later this year.
Debate, and a potential vote, on the amendment is taking place while the NCAA considers bids from cities nationwide for events in all sports, across all divisions, both men’s and women’s, through 2022.
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article68651347.html
JEFFERSON CITY -- The Kansas City Sports Commission believes a proposed “religious freedom” amendment to the Missouri Constitution could cost the city more than $50 million a year in economic activity.
Republican state lawmakers are pushing legislation that, if voters approve, would amend the Missouri Constitution to prohibit the government from punishing certain individuals and businesses that refuse on religious grounds to provide goods or services for marriage ceremonies or celebrations of same-sex couples.
The bill has cleared the Missouri Senate and needs only to be passed by the House to go on the ballot later this year.
Debate, and a potential vote, on the amendment is taking place while the NCAA considers bids from cities nationwide for events in all sports, across all divisions, both men’s and women’s, through 2022.
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article68651347.html