Iowa bigots look to enshrine their hatred in law

Legalized discrimination. Some will do anything to return us all to the hate fulled world of the past.

And it seems, they have no idea how hateful and spiteful they appear to sane, reasonable adults*.

Only thing we can do from this distance is expose them for what they are.

It would be legal for an Iowa business owner who cites religious beliefs to refuse to provide jobs, housing, goods or services to people involved in a marriage that violates his or her religious convictions, according to a bill an Iowa House subcommittee will consider on Wednesday.

House Study Bill 50, called the Religious Conscience Protection Act, would allow a person, business or organization such as a charity or fraternal group to deny services without fear of facing a civil claim or lawsuit if they think doing so would validate or recognize same-sex relationships.

The same-sex exclusion is by itself constitutionally troubling, several legal scholars and civil rights activists said.

* with no clue as to their own illogic: This is a common sense bill and long past overdue. The idea that people have a "protected" status because of their behavior is absurd.

But being "protected" because of religious status is just AOK.....

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