Following is an excerpt from House Study Bill 50.
"This bill creates the religious conscience protection Act. The bill provides exemptions for religious corporations, associations, educational institutions, societies, charities, and fraternal organizations, and individuals employed by such entities while acting in the scope of employment, from any requirement to solemnize a marriage, treat a marriage as valid, or provide services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, or privileges for purposes related to the solemnization or celebration of a marriage, if by doing so would cause such entity to violate the sincerely held religious beliefs to which the entity subscribes or the individual to violate the individual's sincerely held religious beliefs..."
Read the full bill - H.S. 50
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Actually its not discriminating necessarily as much as it is protecting the right of say, the baptist church, from having to recognize and provide for something that is very clearly against its beliefs.
ReplyDeleteYou aren't reading it deeply enough.
ReplyDeleteNo church is currently required to perform a marriage ceremony that is against its beliefs. If that's what they're trying to do, it's an unnecessary law. But there's clearly more going on here, so not only is it unnecessary, it's also quite likely unconstitutional.
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