vvizardeyes: andrewbelami: Congratulations to Arizona for shoving the stick of bigotry even farther
vvizardeyes: andrewbelami: Congratulations to Arizona for shoving the stick of bigotry even farther up their ass.“Republicans stressed that the bill is about protecting religious freedom and not discrimination.”So it’s not about being able to kick me and my family out of a restaurant simply because I married a man and you don’t think it falls in line with your religious views? It’s simply to protect the your right to go to Church on Sunday that I am apparently threatening. Makes sense.“Opponents raised scenarios in which gay people in Arizona could be denied service at a restaurant or refused medical treatment if a business owner thought homosexuality was not in accordance with his religion.”And in addition to making it legal for me and my family to get kicked out of a restaurant due to our inability to be sexually attracted to the opposite gender, we can also be denied medical treatment. Aka my husband gets into a serious car accident and you have the capability to save his life but because you are just so disgusted by something beyond his control you decide to hold off on that blood transfusion. Cool.“‘We see a growing hostility toward religion,’ said Josh Kredit, legal counsel for the group.”I see a growing hostility towards the LIFE and WELL-BEING of both myself, my future family, and my friends.It’s not that I plan to ever enter the state of Arizona (tumbleweeds and arid land are not my thing, sorry) but the fact that in this the year 2014 we can still pass laws to actively discriminate against someone because of something they CAN NOT control, baffles me. Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s ring a bell, anyone? un-fucking-believeable Screw AZ -- source link