LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed a revised version of a religious objections bill that supporters say addresses concerns that the original proposal sanctioned discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Hutchinson signed the new bill Thursday moments after it was given final approval by the state House. The law prohibits state and local government from infringing on someone’s religious beliefs without a compelling interest.
The move comes a day after Hutchinson asked lawmakers to change the measure to make it more closely mirror a 1993 federal law. The original bill drew widespread criticism from businesses and others who called it anti-gay.
The House voted later to recall the original religious objections measure from Hutchinson’s desk.
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That was awfully fast.
I think the original bill was like the Obamacare repeal bill. It was for show. Hey, bigots we’re with you but those mean ol’ liberals made us change it.
They still object just the same, they just are more politically correct about it.
Well, everybody get back in your cars and head back towards Arkansas for your Easter vacay.
Arkansas, now with improved discrimination that overlaps their old discrimination, federal non-discrimination and the constitution, because, they just gotta make sure.
Religious freedom smacks of bigotry and homophobic tendency but its really neo-Christians making sure that they never face the same treatment that they put others through.
That’s the obligatory clarification so please now shut the hell up!
But it’s going to be awfully difficult for any LGBT person or couple or group subjected to criticism to claim this Arkansas act is meaningless.
There’s a principle in interpreting legislation that the legislature doesn’t just pass laws for no reason. It pretty much requires a judge to search out and find that purpose, and then allows the judge to in essence breath life into it by interpreting the words in it to serve that purpose.
But [you say], then what’s up with Moops?
Simple, Jane: there’s a fundamental difference between how red sees the world and how blue sees the world. To red, legislation is either like Underdog finding his glasses or else a rabid Kenyan dog with Ebola that needs putting down to save Jesus.
And blue? [you ask] How’s it different for blue?
It just is, Jane. And it’s not a double standard, it’s just red is different from blue.
So this bill allows business to refuse to serve gays and lesbians?