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TN. State Senator Introduces “Turn The Gays Away” Bill

So apparently, nobody wants “the gays” to be happy. On this a momentous week as members of the LGBT community and allies are applauding the coming out of soon-to-be NFL football player Michael Sam, one Tennessee state representative, State Sen. Brian Kelsey, introduces a bill that would, well, “Turn The Gays Away” (SB2566). Sen. Kelsey has introduced the bill formally known as “The Religious Freedom Act”, which legalizes discrimination. In doing so, the legislation will allow businesses and persons to refuse goods and services to homosexuals under the protection of religious freedom.

This from Fox 13 Memphis:

A new bill was recently introduced in the Tennessee State Legislature that, if passed, would allow people and businesses to refuse to provide goods and services to homosexuals.

 

It was filed by State Sen. Brian Kelsey, who represents Memphis and Germantown.

 

The bill notes that businesses can refuse services and goods only if it furthers a civil union, domestic partnership, or same-sex marriage. The person or business would just have to say it was against their religion.

So if passed, any person or business can legally get away with discrimination based on what Sky Daddy said to a bunch of old farts some several thousand years ago. Yeah, so let’s just say that you were in love with someone of the same-sex, and you wanted to buy a cake that commemorates your first date; your civil union; or marriage, as sanctioned by a state where it’s legal. As a proprietor, I’ll be within my right to say “Hell no, f*ggots! You can’t have any of my Jesus approved cake! Nope, I’ll be damned if my cake goes down the throat of anyone willing to knowingly burn in hell!”

Okay, well maybe not that blunt, but you get the picture.

Sen. Brian Kelsey

Sen. Brian Kelsey

What’s next? Segregated water fountains and lunch counters? As ridiculous as this proposed legislation seems, with Republicans controlling both branches of state government, don’t be surprised if it becomes a reality. Of course, if it does, it’d be struck down in the US Supreme Court.

Jonathan Cole of the Tennessee Equality Project says the bill is making discrimination legal.

 

“It’s bad for business,” Cole said. “It’s bad for attracting talent that would be offered a job to come and work for a corporation here in Tennessee. When they see bills like this capturing the headlines, it really reflects poorly on the state.”

 

The TEP is handing out stickers to businesses that say “Equality Means Business”.

 

The bill was introduced in the House and Senate, but no votes have been taken yet.

And they wonder why we here in Tennessee cannot have nice things.

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Published on: February 13, 2014

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  • Gregg Michael

    Since any sexual relations (gay or st8) outside the bond of marriage between husband and wife is immoral in the Christian faith and is a sin against God’s 6th commandment, no person can force a Christian to support the sin by providing business services for the sin. Where there is a conflict between what God demands and what the government demands, God says we must obey God rather than men.

    • http://rippdemup.com/ RiPPa

      I think it’s noble that you follow “God’s” law — no, it says that you’re a good person. But that aside, because of this thing called the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution there’s a separation of church and state. In other words, government isn’t allowed to make laws which govern the lives of its citizens on the basis of religion.

      So let’s talk about your argument. Yes, let us forget about the Constitution for a moment. Based on what you say, there should be laws on the books here in Tennessee that allows heterosexual couples to produce a marriage certificate should they decide to check into a motel. After all, we should be governing by God’s law and clearly God doesn’t want heterosexuals (much less the gays) having sex before marriage.

      The fact that no such law exists makes the proposed legislation all the more discriminatory. And see, there are laws (federal laws) which was signed back in the late 60s that prohibit discrimination based on race, creed, or sex.

      The next time you say a prayer, thank God for being able to live in a cpountry where you are free to express and exercise your belief… much in the same way many people are allowed to live per the Constitution.

      • Gregg Michael

        If people want to sin, they can sin. But when they demand that others have to fund their sin or provide services for their sin against the will of their God, they have every right under the Constitution to obey their God and not fund or provide services for their sin.

    • Gregg Michael

      The separation of church and state still allows our government to pass moral laws, even if those laws are also based on biblical values and morals. For example, it is perfectly constitutional to have laws against stealing, murder, lying, child pornography, pedophile, and also even homosexuality etc. None of these things involve any civil rights, but rather all of these things are biblical moral values that a government has the right to legislate. Just because all of these things are biblical morals, doesn’t make them unconstitutional. Some people have misunderstood what the separation of church and state means. It does not mean freedom FROM religion or that the government can not have any moral laws. Rather it is freedom OF religion. In other words religion must be allowed to be practiced in every sphere of a person’s life, including his political.life.. Can you imagine if murderers were to advocate equal rights for murder, saying the government has no right to have laws against murder because this is discrimination against murderers and the government should not have any laws against murder because it is a biblical moral?. The separation of church and state does not mean that the government is not allowed to have any biblical morals, otherwise laws against stealing and murder would be unconstitutional. Everyone knows that is not what it means that no religious morals of any kind are to be in government. A government has to have religious morals. But it does mean that the government is not to do the work of the church, which is TEACHING religious doctrine and morals and the church is not to do the work of the government, which is to legislate laws for the physical safety and well being of everyone. The government is not establish a specific doctrine or religion to follow, but our founding fathers fully expected the government to be guided by our divine Creator and why our Consitution is full of references to that Creator and why it says, “God Bless America” and “In God We Trust”. No where’s does the Constitution forbid the expression and exercise of religion in government . In fact it protects just the opposite that expression and exercise of religion is to be allowed in government. That’s why our government uses the Bible for swearing in presidents and also witnesses in a courtroom. People are trying to change the Consitution from freedom OF religion to freedom FROM religion and that is certainly not it’s meaning.