Seawytch
Information isnt Advocacy
Sorry, girls, but please do continue with your anti-breeder legislation!
Kansas anti-gay bill: Republican senators admit it?s discrimination, kill it.
I am pleased to report that the Republican-led Kansas Senate decided this would not fly. Senate President Susan Wagle said on Thursday that a majority of the state senators in her party would not vote for the bill. They support traditional marriage, Wagle noted, however, my members also dont condone discrimination. Thank you for that line in the sand. It should be obvious, but somehow that was lost on the Kansas House. Instead of passing, as everyone predicted, the Kansas anti-gay bill will now, in all likelihood, quietly die without hearings or a vote. I give credit to the hue and cry raised by Stern and other critics, and to the rapid pace of progress on gay rights. Even in the remaining pockets of backlash, conservatives can see that there are lengths to which they can no longer safely go. Ive been thinking a lot about this quote from Adam Liptaks New York Times piece on the series of federal court decisions striking down state gay-marriage bans: It is becoming increasingly clear to judges that if they rule against same-sex marriage their grandchildren will regard them as bigots, Andrew M. Koppelman, a law professor at Northwestern, told Liptak. The legislators in Kansas who stopped short of passing this bill still think its OK to oppose same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, though their definition of prejudice differs, the point stands: They dont want to be seen as bigots, either. Thats how progress begins.
I bet you cannot tell me precisely what problem you had with the proposed law.
I can...or more so this author from Slate can.
Kansas Anti-Gay Segregation Bill Is an Abomination
In addition to barring all anti-discrimination lawsuits against private employers, the new law permits government employees to deny service to gays in the name of religious liberty. This is nothing new, but the sweep of Kansas statute is breathtaking. Any government employee is given explicit permission to discriminate against gay couplesnot just county clerks and DMV employees, but literally anyone who works for the state of Kansas. If a gay couple calls the police, an officer may refuse to help them if interacting with a gay couple violates his religious principles. State hospitals can turn away gay couples at the door and deny them treatment with impunity. Gay couples can be banned from public parks, public pools, anything that operates under the aegis of the Kansas state government.
Hell, the Republican Senators in the state can tell you why they didn't vote for the fucking bill.
however, my members also dont condone discrimination.