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4/4/2014 3:21:54 AM
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Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act signed into law
[url=http://www.wlox.com/story/25156994/mississippi-religious-freedom-restoration-act-signed-into-law]So much for Separation of Church and State.[/url]
[quote]Governor Phil Bryant signed the controversial Senate Bill 2681 into law Thursday as LGBT supporters gathered in Jackson to protest the bill. Mississippi lawmakers passed the final version of the bill Tuesday that says state and local governments cannot put a substantial burden on religious practices.
"I am proud to sign the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act today, which will protect the individual religious freedoms of Mississippians of all faiths from government interference," said Bryant. "Mississippi has now joined 18 other states to defend religious freedoms on a state level."
[b][u]Members and supporters of the LGBT community are concerned the bill will open the door to discrimination against gay people and other groups. Opponents of the bill say the discrimination could also be directed towards ethnic minorities and other religious groups.[/b][/u]
Supporters claim the bill mirrors the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993.[/quote]
Opinions?
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63 RepliesEdited by TheQ5: 4/4/2014 3:51:59 AMI will never understand why Christians feel like their religious freedoms are being trampled on. It's simply not true. If anything, they're trampling on the religious freedoms and rights of many other groups of people although they either A) don't realize it, or B) don't give a damn. This is just one more example of how far the USA has fallen in terms of being the Land of the Free. It's the Land of the Free so long as you're a corporation, an ultra-rich person, or a lobbyist. The common people? We're all screwed over and left by the wayside. Gotta love this new status quo. And don't get me started on how heinously the separation of church and state has been defiled. It is sickening. We're becoming a theocracy.
