No Super Bowl in Atlanta ... unless pastors there are forced to marry homosexuals!
Posted on 03/20/2016 7:55:09 AM PDT by Zakeet
The NFL came out against a proposed religious exemptions bill in Georgia Friday, saying the deal could have an effect on the Super Bowl selection process for 2019 and 2020.
Atlanta is one of the finalists for the next two league title games to be awarded, along with New Orleans, Miami and Tampa. The city is considered a clear favorite because of its new retractable-roof stadium that is set to open next year. However, the religious exemptions bill could change all of that.
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This bill would protect pastors from performing same-sex marriages and give "faith-based" organizations permission to deny use of their business for anything they find "objectionable." Businesses wouldn't have to hire anyone whose religious beliefs are different from theirs, according to The Washington Post.
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No Super Bowl in Atlanta ... unless pastors there are forced to marry homosexuals!
The NFL sucks! I don’t know of any clearer way to say it.
After having the Super Bowl a couple of miles north of me in the NJ Meadowlands, Atlanta would be lucky to lose them. There was no financial gain to having it outside of a small number of businesses, and the bills were huge.
It’s time to not watch any NFL games.
No Super Bowl in Atlanta.
That’s ok with me.
give up football??? for a great cause!!??
yeah, #### ‘em.
I love the sport, but are people in this country so unwilling to give up ANYTHING that pleasures them to take a stand
The NFL is circling the drain.
Looks like I might have to retire from watching NFL games as Peyton Manning has retired from playing.
I don’t look to the NFL for guidance in anything at all, and they can take a hike.
So the NFL is against religious freedom. Got it.
I will not watch the Super Bowl unless it is in Atlanta.
So the NFL is against religious freedom. Got it.
How about the 1st Amendment to the Constitution?
We don’t need it if the cost is this.
My advice is: let it go and tell the NFL to pi@$% off. All it does is irritate the locals and no real money is netted
I gave up the NFL and the NBA years ago. I don’t miss them one bit, and believe me, you won’t either.
They have become horrible influences on society, with the agendas that they push and with the unrealistic hero-worship they create in our children.
I haven’t watched the stupor bowl in years. I still seem to survive somehow.
Who elected the NFL as Moral Compass of The Confused and other Nits?
That’s a toughie. I choose....die already nfl!
If I did care about the NFL, I no longer would. Their colors are unfurled.
My interest started to dwindle when Walter Payton retired... I occasionally watch now, but only high profile games (playoffs mostly). I only watch superbowl highlights, I can’t stand the 8 hour TV circus around it. I think this just may have sealed the deal for me. Screw NFL (and anything ESPN).
I haven’t either. What you have is bunch of self promoting guys on steroids. It bores me.
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