Religious Freedom!
That is the rallying cry for the far right evangelicals Christians to hide their bigotry behind, it is being used against us and other minorities.
This October the Supreme Court will tackle whether “religious freedom” applies to discriminating against us, a funeral parlor fired a trans women when she transitioned because it was against “their religion.”
They have now moved on from discriminating against us to also include race.
Will this “religious freedom” to discrimination against biracial couple be allowed?
Could a landlord refuse a room to an unmarried pregnant woman?
Could a restaurant refuse to serve a Jew or Muslim?
Could a business refuse to hire women?
Or will it just apply to us, LGBTQ+ people and wouldn’t that in itself be a form of discrimination against us?
That is the rallying cry for the far right evangelicals Christians to hide their bigotry behind, it is being used against us and other minorities.
This October the Supreme Court will tackle whether “religious freedom” applies to discriminating against us, a funeral parlor fired a trans women when she transitioned because it was against “their religion.”
They have now moved on from discriminating against us to also include race.
Event hall cancels mixed-race couple’s wedding: ‘Our Christian beliefs don’t allow mixed weddings’So where will this insanity stop?
Dead State
By Sky Palma
September 1, 2019
BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI — When LaKambria Welch found out that the venue they chose to host her brother’s wedding would no longer do so due to the owner’s “beliefs,” she decided to drive to the venue herself to confront the owner and find out why. In a video she filmed of the encounter, she was told that the reason was due to her brother being black and his fiancée being a white woman, Deep South Voice reports.
The woman in the video, who Welch identified as an employee of Boone’s Camp Event Hall, told her that “we don’t do gay weddings or mixed race” weddings due to “our Christian belief.”
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Speaking to Deep South Voice, Welch said she believes the owner of the venue found out her brother and fiancée’s race by snooping around on Facebook.
“The owner took a look at my brother’s fiancée’s page and wrote her back to say they won’t be able to get married there because of her beliefs,” Welch said. “He told my mom and she contacted the owner through messenger to only get a ‘seen’ with no reply. That’s when I took it upon myself to go get clarification on her beliefs.”
Will this “religious freedom” to discrimination against biracial couple be allowed?
Could a landlord refuse a room to an unmarried pregnant woman?
Could a restaurant refuse to serve a Jew or Muslim?
Could a business refuse to hire women?
Or will it just apply to us, LGBTQ+ people and wouldn’t that in itself be a form of discrimination against us?
slippery, slippery slope except this cabal of radicals has NO limit...
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