Posted on 04/01/2015 3:03:36 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Connecticut's governor is blasting the governor of Indiana for signing the state's controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act, calling it discriminatory against the gay community and asking for its repeal.
The Indiana measure, which Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) signed last week, prohibits state laws that "substantially burden" a person's ability to follow his or her religious beliefs. The definition of "person" includes religious institutions, businesses and associations.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday that the law is covering "outright bigotry" in Indiana.
"The reality is, the governor is not a stupid man, but he’s done stupid things. And signing this law and, quite frankly, promoting this law, knowing exactly what it was going to do, was an incredibly stupid thing for him to do," Malloy told MSNBC. "But even there, if you get the picture from who was around him when he signed this bill, there were three homophobic men standing alongside the governor. One of them who equated being gay with bestiality. That’s who he invited to the signing ceremony. He knew exactly what he was doing, and when you see a bigot you have to call him on it."
"When it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, it is a duck. And they knew what they were doing. What they were doing was making it legal for people who were deciding they weren’t going to serve gay men and women," he added.
Socially conservative groups accused Malloy of not understanding that Connecticut also has a freedom of religion statute, similar to what was enacted in Indiana.
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Isn’t this biden’s home state?
Nuff said.
Parasites are truly hideous creatures.
Where is Ella T. Grasso when you need a politician like her... what a wonderful lady in the 70s (and William ONiel was good, too.). Weicker as Governor was the start of the Downfall of CT!!
The Left needs to totally destroy the religious/family foundation in order to complete its task. Anything that will shore up any portion of the morality and decency that helped make this the greatest Nation ever to be graced by God on the face of the Earth, needs to be destroyed quick as can be.
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