Eighteen Senate Republicans ... Because, Of Course ... Demand _____ Legalize Anti-LGBT Discrimination

I guess the Three Asshats from Monday will now be joined by an additional Eighteen Asshats ... after the Hate Group, the Family Research Council, issued this press release:

“The bandwagon to protect religious liberty just got 18 more riders! Senate Republicans are joining a growing movement of conservatives who think it’s time the White House waded into the debate and issued an executive order protecting our First Freedom.

In a letter to President Trump, the group writes, “We were encouraged to learn of your consideration of an executive order that would require the agencies of the federal government to respect religious freedom throughout their activities and respectfully request that you issue such an order without delay.”

Citing the government’s crackdown on everyone from Little Sisters of the Poor to faith-based college clubs, they explain that it’s time for the administration to warn government agencies that may be tempted to punish people for their beliefs on issues like marriage.

“An executive order requiring federal government agencies to protect the right to religious freedom is necessary,” the senators argue, “and directing agencies to adhere to existing federal laws protecting religious freedom is sound policy. We agree with and commend your strong statements in support of religious freedom, most recently at the National Prayer Breakfast on February 2 where you stated, ‘…my administration will do everything in its power to defend and protect religious liberty in our land.'” The threat of colleges losing their accreditation or faith-based groups being stripped of their charitable status is real, they explain.

The “free exercise of religion rings hollow if individuals do not have the ability to live out their faith without fear of repercussion from the government… We cannot be a country that financially punishes individuals for practicing their sincerely held religious beliefs or decides which practices are a valid part of a particular religious tradition and worthy of protection.”

Together, Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.), James Lankford (Okla.), Steve Daines (Mt.), Mike Lee (Utah), Ted Cruz (Texas), Ben Sasse (Nebr.), Mike Enzi (Wy.), James Inhofe (Okla.), Tim Scott (S.C.), John Kennedy (La.), Luther Strange (Ala.), Bill Cassidy (La.), Rand Paul (Ky.), Roger Wicker (Miss.), James Risch (Idaho), Dan Sullivan (Ark.), Marco Rubio (Fl.), Ron Johnson (Wisc.) thank President Trump for taking the issue seriously but insist that the “defense of religious freedom must not be left out of [his] efforts.”

We’ve heard from our friends in the House that conservative members have their own letter in process. Let’s hope the president heeds their advice and gives Americans the protection they desperately need! Join these senators in urging President Trump to sign a religious liberty executive order by adding your name to this petition.”

It all sounds so sweet, right?

But exactly where is religious freedom in danger? I mean, a baker, or florist, or photographer, telling a same-sex couple that they cannot be served is not religious freedom, it’s discrimination plain and simple because, please, any one of you eighteen bigots, haters, homophobes, closeted homosexuals, please tell me where in the Bible, where in the teachings of Jesus, it says Don’t Serve The Gays?

And, if you think The Gays, and The Gay Friendlies, will just sit by while you try to legislate hate, think again. We’ll march, we’ll shout, and best of all, we’ll vote you out.

Resist.

JoeMyGod

OklaStupid KenFucky Governor Bevins Legalizes Hate

Last week I posted about the Oklahoma congressman caught having sex with a boy and how, under the law, he is entitled to keep his congressional pension; I remarked then, that Oklahoma should be renamed Oklastupid.

This news only confirms that ...

Early this month state lawmakers passed a bill to protect religious freedom in schools., Now, the religious freedom of anyone was never in danger, but this bill will make it easier, and legal, for kids in school to discriminate, bully, harass, taunt, and torture LGBTQ youth because, well, you know the drill, the Baby Jeebus made them do it.

Senate Bill 17 passed the state House of Representatives by a vote of 81-8 and would prohibit school officials from punishing students for wearing religious messages on their clothes and expressing religious or political beliefs in homework, artwork and speeches.

Human Rights Campaign Legal Director Sarah Warbelow said the bill would allow student groups to discriminate against LGBT students “under the guise of religion.” Republican ... because, of course ... state Rep. John Blanton said the bill just guarantees students First Amendment rights ... to hate.

And so, this being Oklastupid KenFucky, last week Governor Matt Bevin gleefully signed Senate Bill 17 into law.

You know, again, because nothing days religious freedom, nothing says I’m a Good Christian, nothing says Jesus, nothing says, God, like being able to tell the gay kid that he’s gonna burn in Hell.

Nothing says God is love like legalizing discrimination.

At least in Oklastupid KenFucky.

WTVQ

Bullying LGBTQ Kids Is the Christian Thing To Do

There once was a bill to ban bullying of LGBTQ students in Kentucky. It was approved overwhelmingly by a House Committee, but now it has stalled in the House itself. How does this happen? It would seem so simple: protect children from bullies. How does this not just fly through the legislative process?

Well, opponents of the bill, who probably oppose any bill that would have the acronym LGBTQ in it, are saying that religious freedom and free speech.

Wingnut Mike Harmon

One such wingnut, is Representative, and Republican, of course, Mike Harmon, who says that he believes homosexuality is a sin, and that students who share his faith-based belief should not be prohibited from saying as much.

See what he did there? He wants to allow Christian students to bully gay students. Just the Christian ones, though. Heathens would be punished.

And Mike Harmon adds that rules against bullying are already in place in Kentucky public schools, where they are required to implement anti-bullying programs and report bullying to law enforcement. So, he filed an amendment to the new bullying bill that would allow Christian students to condemn other students' sexual preferences as long as that expression of a religious belief does not include physical harm or damaging property.

Oh, so the good Christians can taunt the gay kids, call them every single foul name in the book, and be freely allowed to do so as long as it causes no physical harm? I guess emotional harm doesn't count, because, well, those fags don't really matter, now do they?

Harmon thinks the Christian bullying will start and end with one student saying to another, I think homosexuality is a sin. How naive of him to think that there won't be filthy epithets thrown at LGBTQ students, or does he think it won 't happen because those kids are good Christians. See, to me, if you believe in that sort of thing, that good Christian thing, you would treat others as you would want to be treated.

Mike Harmon's methods are wrong, and won't work, and I hope, if his amendment is approved, and the bill passes, that he is held personally accountable for any physical harm that comes to any LGBTQ student at the hands of some supposed Christian.

You don't tell anyone that bullying is okay if it's only words.

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