The Mississippi House and Senate on
Tuesday, in a fit of overwhelming stupidity and unbridled religious bigotry, approved a bill which opponents say would
legalize discrimination against gays.
The Mississippi Religious Freedom
Restoration Act (also known as Senate Bill 2681) aims to “provide
that state action or an action by any person based on state action
shall not burden a person's right to the exercise of religion.”
Each individual will be guaranteed the right to deny goods and services to anyone (not just gays) just by stating it is against their religious belief to do so.
Democratic State Senator Derrick
Simmons has repeatedly said that the proposed legislation would allow
discrimination in Mississippi.
“I urge you not to legalize
discrimination in the State of Mississippi,” Simmons told
colleagues debating the bill.
“I believe certainly by the way that
this bill is drafted that it will allow discrimination in
Mississippi,” he said. “There is nothing in the proposed
legislation that prohibits that.”
The ACLU said in a statement that the
measure “could allow individuals and businesses to bring challenges
against what they view as substantial government burdens against
religion, including challenging existing nondiscrimination laws.”
However, Mississippi Governor Phil
Bryant, a Republican, is expected to sign the bill into law.
Mississippi, once again leading the country in hate, prejudice and bigotry...if nothing else, they are consistent!
It stands to reason the state has one of the lowest levels of parental education in the nation and the most families in poverty. They are the only state in which less than 20 percent of eighth graders are proficient in math and reading.
While a mere 63 percent of their students graduate high school, the bigger problem for Mississippi is that the high school assessments and credits do not align with postsecondary school standards. They lack an assessment at the district level to ensure children are ready for school. In all categories, they have the worst NAEP scores in the nation.
Way to go Mississippi.
5 comments:
A perfect example of what our ENTIRE country would be like if the far-right evangelical Republicans could exercise their authority over all of our laws. I've seen online how all the religious groups are praising "the courage" of this move because "Christians" are victims. I sometimes have to scratch my head and ask, is it really 2014 or 1814?!
-Gregorio
America the last gasp of white hate.
My father just officially relocated to Mississippi...guest my only visit there will be for his funeral.
Mississippi is the US state with the largest percentage of Blacks in it, 37+%. Of course the impact of that is something you'd never factor into your smug POV.
Nope, not at all, ya know why?
I'm not a racist pile of human filth like your bigoted self.
Also, I grew up in the south, been to Mississippi many times, it's laughable you blame blacks for that states problems when said state puts religious dogma over science in their schools.
It's also second to none in unwed teen pregnancy, high school drop outs and gun totting, wife beating, beer swilling nitwits who think Jesus road a dinosaur and that liberal fags are trying to destroy Jesus and America.
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