Posted on 02/17/2014 8:39:57 PM PST by Coronal
A bill passed by the Kansas House of Representatives that could legalize discrimination against gay couples seems unlikely to pass in the state Senate, according to Kansas lawmakers.
On Wednesday, the Kansas House voted 72-49 to approve HB 2453, which offers legal protection to individuals and businesses that refuse service for same-sex couples, specifically those looking to get married. Under the bill’s language, individuals, businesses and government employees would be immune from legal reprisal for refusing service if they have “sincerely held religious beliefs” opposing customers’ marriages. Though the bill is described as protecting religious freedom, LGBT organizations see it as condoning open discrimination.
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Governments should protect and DEFEND the right to discriminate, not prosecute it.
It is open discrimination. But it is not discrimination against gays, nor is it an attack on their right to be together.
The discrimination is a discrimination against an action, namely the act of getting married.
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