Why are bills like Indiana's religious freedom restoration act even seen as necessary by anyone?

[fujin]

Are there really very many Christians who want laws on the books making discrimination in the name of their religion ok? I'd expect most of them to be really offended over something putting their faith in such a horrible light.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Are there really very many Christians who want laws on the books making discrimination in the name of their religion ok? I'd expect most of them to be really offended over something putting their faith in such a horrible light.

The Indiana measure was a backlash to a Federal court requiring the state to follow the 14th Amendment and allow gay Americans residing in the state access to the state's marriage law, as the state's ban of same-sex couples marrying was invalidated as un-Constitutional.

'Religious restoration' measures are a partisan contrivance of the right, an effort to motivate the conservative base, and to signal the gay community that government remains hostile to gay Americans by seeking to facilitate discrimination in the private sector.

Indeed, prior to the measure being signed into law, private business owners were already at liberty to refuse to accommodate gay patrons, where gay patrons subject to discrimination in the marketplace had little recourse to address that discrimination, if any.

Now Indiana public accommodations law affords protections based on sexual orientation.

 

[Katzndogz]

Because native Americans didn't want to get fired for smoking peyote. We have this nasty thing called equality so all religions including Christianity got rights. You will just have to do like muslims do to get rid of Christians.

 

[OnePercenter]

Define "sociopath" and you'll have your answer.

 

[tinydancer]

Are there really very many Christians who want laws on the books making discrimination in the name of their religion ok? I'd expect most of them to be really offended over something putting their faith in such a horrible light.

Bloody fool.

The initial Federal law that was co sponsored by Schumer and signed by President Clinton in 1993 was meant to secure religious freedoms at all levels of government but a ruling in 1997 nixed that.

Consequently the states have come up with similar laws to the federal law protecting religious freedoms for all. Not just Christians.

31 in total now more or less. And if you read the laws you would understand that they have nothing to do with discrimination.

Instead the laws are intended to protect faiths from government over reach as in the case of Burwell vs Hobby Lobby.

The Justices ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby based on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.

Would you like to call the SCOTUS discriminatory?

 

[tinydancer]

Define "sociopath" and you'll have your answer.

Really? President Clinton and the bi partisan votes in the House and the Senate that passed RFRA in 1993 were all sociopaths?

Truly?

 

[tinydancer]

Are there really very many Christians who want laws on the books making discrimination in the name of their religion ok? I'd expect most of them to be really offended over something putting their faith in such a horrible light.

The Indiana measure was a backlash to a Federal court requiring the state to follow the 14th Amendment and allow gay Americans residing in the state access to the state's marriage law, as the state's ban of same-sex couples marrying was invalidated as un-Constitutional.

'Religious restoration' measures are a partisan contrivance of the right, an effort to motivate the conservative base, and to signal the gay community that government remains hostile to gay Americans by seeking to facilitate discrimination in the private sector.

Indeed, prior to the measure being signed into law, private business owners were already at liberty to refuse to accommodate gay patrons, where gay patrons subject to discrimination in the marketplace had little recourse to address that discrimination, if any.

Now Indiana public accommodations law affords protections based on sexual orientation.

Utter bullshit that the State laws are designed to discriminate against gays.

 

[tinydancer]

So everyone can learn a lesson tonight and stop making up fairy tales...

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) is a federal law that was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1993 and signed into law by President Bill Clinton.

The law mandates that religious liberty of individuals can only be limited by the “least restrictive means of furthering a compelling government interest.”

Originally, the federal law was intended to apply to federal, state, and local governments.

In 1997, the U.S. Supreme Court in City of Boerne v. Flores held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act only applies to the federal government but not states and other local municipalities within them.

As a result, 21 states have passed their own RFRAs that apply to their individual state and local governments."

List is at link.

Also note:

If states with RFRA-like provisions that have been provided by state court decisions—rather than via legislation—are included, the list also contains:

• Alaska
• Hawaii
• Ohio
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Montana
• North Carolina
• Washington
• Wisconsin

State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia