Congress Launched First Strike Against Women and LGBT People(religious freedom)

[Luiz 4,253]

 

 

 

The U.S. House of Representatives is working hard to legitimize discrimination against gay and transgender people and women. And it's using religious liberty as its smokescreen.

That's why leaders in movements for LGBT equality, reproductive freedom, and freedom of religion and belief are standing shoulder-to-shoulder in a new effort to oppose any move, at the state or federal level, to use religion to discriminate, including a measure approved by a House committee last night.

A committee of the US House of Representatives decided that employees  in the District of Columbia could be fired for using in vitro fertilizationto start a family or for becoming pregnant while unmarried.

That's right, people of D.C.: members of Congress just voted to let your boss fire you for personal decisions you make at the doctor's office — because your boss believes those decisions aren't consistent with his religious beliefs. Now, the whole House may take a vote on this discriminatory measure.

At the same time, a separate measure introduced in the House would block the Human Rights Amendment Act, another D.C. bill that would ensure that LGBT student groups at religiously affiliated schools and universities have access to the same facilities and resources as their peers. And similar measures on both bills are still pending in the Senate.

In both of these cases, proponents of these congressional actions are stripping these protections in the name of religious liberty.

They claim that D.C.'s anti-discrimination bills infringe on the religious liberty of employers and schools in the District. This is simply not true. On the contrary, D.C.'s bills enable employees and students of all faiths to follow their own religious and moral beliefs.

We believe that religious liberty is a fundamental value worth fighting for.  It means that everyone is free to believe what they choose, and to act according to those beliefs. What it doesn't mean, however, is that we can use our beliefs as an excuse to harm others or to discriminate.

Any other interpretation would undermine our equally cherished commitment to nondiscrimination and equal treatment.

 

https://www.aclu.org/blog/washington-markup/congress-just-launched-its-first-strike-against-women-and-lgbt-people-under

[SissyFromSpace 20,884]

ugh can religion please **** off. They should also discriminate against people who:

have s-x before marriage 
shave
divorce 
cheat
eat shrimp

but no. people want to be dumb ****s. We have to kill off the conservatives from this earth. We have to make sure our next president is liberal/democrat. For the remainder of our lives.

[Dangerous Man 9,245]

Born This Way impact for combining religion and homos-xuality.

[Oscar 1,031]

I am a proud. PROUD lesbean. I have faith in the US and I have faith in capital H-I-M. 

[LeoFameMonster 1,592]

Is this really happening in the United States of America, well if this Shiz does pass and people can abuse, discriminate and harm other people based on religion I say we beat them at their own game.

Start a religion that Follows Christianity and one that also allows hate and discrimination against Straight people.

These religious freedom laws are going to allow a lot of cults the ability to inflict harm on their already mindless followers.

Hillary needs a majority to stop this mess

[thefamebitch 834]

What the **** is happening to this country?????

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

I am disgusted, ugh.

What the **** is happening to this country?????

​Who's that in your avi

[nikola 4,342]

religion is ****ing retarded.....can people stop leaving their lifes by some 2000 old book

[Batwings 12,957]

Being able to freely practice your religion doesn't mean that you get to dictate how other people live their lives. This isn't rocket science. I love burgers, but you don't see me trying to strip vegetarians of their rights. Be the most devout Christian you want to be, but that doesn't give you the right to take away the rights of others.

[Rocky 21]

"Religious Freedom"? More like Theocracy.

[thefamebitch 834]

I am disgusted, ugh.

​Who's that in your avi

Chuck Bass

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

Chuck Bass

​He's hawt