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(17,199 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I have relatives in Indiana, all of whom are extreme right wing born agains.
mountain grammy
(26,663 posts)it's not your fault. It's that way with a lot of us.
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)for moving us from Indiana to the Seattle area. I still have relatives in IN but I'm not in touch with them.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)sheshe2
(84,005 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)the hate is spreading
Arkansas 'right to discriminate' bill clears Senate, may soon head to governor's desk
March 27, 2015
by Kerry Eleveld
Arkansas is apparently jealous of all the attention Indiana is getting, so it's back for another whack at LGBT hate. They enacted a different hate law last month that prohibited any jurisdictions from passing nondiscrimination protections for LGBT folks. Now they've passed a "religious freedom" bill that will ensure the right to discriminate against LGBT people on religious grounds (i.e. cuz the Bible tells you so).
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The bill could soon be headed to Gov. Asa Hutchinson's desk.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/27/1373769/-Arkansas-right-to-discriminate-bill-clears-Senate-may-soon-head-to-governor-s-desk#
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!
These assholes are trying to make Arkansas the laughing stock of the country again.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)by Zack Ford
March 28, 2015
Despite initial optimism that Georgias discriminatory Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) had been sufficiently halted in committee on Thursday, activists worry that it could still be revived during the last week of the legislative session. The House Judicial Committee could restore SB 129 to its pre-amended form and advance it, or the RFRA could be tacked onto another pending bill.
Georgias businesses have been oddly silent on the bill, despite mounting pressure from an organized Stop SB 129 social media campaign and a fomenting backlash against Indianas similar law. With its proponents now on record testifying that circumventing nondiscrimination laws is essential to the bill, however, a few more businesses are speaking out.
The Home Depot, which is based in Georgia and had long been futilely boycotted for the American Family Association for its LGBT support, responded directly to a ThinkProgress inquiry about SB 129. Stephen Holmes, Director of Corporate Communications for the home improvement company, said, Weve been clear on several occasions that we dont support anything that discriminates.
Garin Norain, Vice President of Public Relations for the Atlanta Hawks, Georgias professional basketball team, told ThinkProgress that the team does not comment on any pending active legislation. But, he said, We would not support any legislation that discriminates, noting that the team opposes all forms of discrimination, including on the basis of sexual orientation.
read more: http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/03/28/3640249/no-the-georgia-rfra-is-not-dead-yet/
meow2u3
(24,775 posts)RWNJ Christianists have absolutely no right to cry persecution when they get a taste of their own medicine.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)minds, and spirits.
Their existence is the dark hell of walking dead on earth, and all across America right now, these christofascist zombies are celebrating, and feeding on the great sadness they have inflicted on the living.
Because they are already dead, they can't really be blamed, because they have no conscience, and don't know what they do.
The humane thing we the living can do is to pass laws that will keep the vampires under control, in order to minimize the damage they do to all life.
Archae
(46,369 posts)Those "born again" people, they just waddle around saying "The Lord The Lord The Lord..."
Idiots.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)not all are religious; some are in political power;
majority are sick and will probably die off within a few
generations from a combination of hate greed dissatisfaction
blame shame lies cheat, deceit, junk food, alcohol,
and ted nugent's music.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)Flatpicker
(894 posts)The bible is the wrong book to hurt people with.
For that you need a good coffeetable book.
Preferably, about coffeetables.
caraher
(6,279 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)bravo, thanks! very useful toons.
kimbutgar
(21,240 posts)Gothmog
(145,805 posts)They are great
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)How can Christians be so oblivious to their own hypocrisy? It baffles me.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Blinded by hatred and fear.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)Being a Christian is a privileged position in American society; that makes it really hard to claim youre being oppressed. But they keep trying.
by Amanda Marcotte
Christian conservatives feel aggrieved and they want to be heard. The problem is that their specific grievance---that everyone else hurts their feelings by not admitting were inferior---kind of sounds, well, hard to sympathize with. They need something snappier, a reason to claim that they are being oppressed by anti-Christian bigotry. The only problem with that is that in a majority Christian nation, most people are actually pretty accepting and even admiring of Christianity. Even if they disagree with right wing Christianity, they dont do so because its Christian but because its conservative. Being a Christian is a privileged position in American society; that makes it really hard to claim youre being oppressed.
Inevitably, then, the temptation to fudge starts to seep in, to exaggerate slights or invent paranoid conspiracy theories about how not getting enough praise and accolades for being Christian is an attempt to shove them out. But when that doesnt work, well, sometimes it helps to deliberately provoke a situation where someone pretty much has to confront you, so that you can lie and say its because youre a Christian. Indeed, its starting to become a pattern that goes something like this:
1) Enter into a community that is, by its nature, inclusive of people of various faiths and beliefs.
2) Break some common rule everyone is expected to follow.
3) Get corrected or punished for breaking the rule.
4) Squeal about how its because youre a Christian and theyre bigots and oppressors.
5) By the time the truth gets out, your story will be an urban legend spread far and wide, and your fellow conservative Christians will never really know the facts.
read more: http://www.alternet.org/christian-rights-bizarre-delusions-persecution