North Carolina passed similar legislation.

 

Springsteen just cancelled his concert there.

PayPal cancelled a project that would have brought hundreds of jobs.

Barkley pushing for the NBA to not have the All-Star game there.

MS isn't NC so it may not suffer as much backlash.

 

Good.

North Carolina passed similar legislation.

 

Springsteen just cancelled his concert there.

PayPal cancelled a project that would have brought hundreds of jobs.

Barkley pushing for the NBA to not have the All-Star game there.

 

MS isn't NC so it may not suffer as much backlash.

 

I'm sure there's something in MS worth taking away but I sure can't think of it.

Bruce Springsteen and Charles Barkley were both experts in their field. I would not necessarily use them as a barometer of morality though.

 

But hey, I would caution others if they tried to look at me as a barometer of perfection too.

Bruce Springsteen and Charles Barkley were both experts in their field. I would not necessarily use them as a barometer of morality though.

 

But hey, I would caution others if they tried to look at me as a barometer of perfection too.

 

 

OK...now you've drawn me into it....Why the heck are you throwing shade at the Boss? Yes, he had an affair, then married his mistress, to whom he's been married for about 25 years now. Seems to me there aren't many people that can be used as a barometer of morality in this world....

 

***the term "throwing shade" brought to you courtesy of my education via the Bob & Tom Show.***

Bruce Springsteen and Charles Barkley were both experts in their field. I would not necessarily use them as a barometer of morality though.

 

But hey, I would caution others if they tried to look at me as a barometer of perfection too.

 

They are a better barometer of morality than that law. There is nothing moral in allowing discrimination against gay people with respect to marriage, housing, education, health care services, and foster care. As well as allowing for discrimination against couples who have sex outside a marriage, and people who have had a sex-change. And those are just the specific things it allows to be discriminated against. The law doesn't just limit itself to those specifics, it applies to any religious or moral conviction. How long til someone in MS develops a moral conviction that requires them to discriminate against black people? About two seconds is my guess. That is not a religious liberty law, it is a religious hate law.

They are a better barometer of morality than that law. There is nothing moral in allowing discrimination against gay people with respect to marriage, housing, education, health care services, and foster care. As well as allowing for discrimination against couples who have sex outside a marriage, and people who have had a sex-change. And those are just the specific things it allows to be discriminated against. The law doesn't just limit itself to those specifics, it applies to any religious or moral conviction. How long til someone in MS develops a moral conviction that requires them to discriminate against black people? About two seconds is my guess. That is not a religious liberty law, it is a religious hate law.

 

That pretty much sums it up.

They are a better barometer of morality than that law. There is nothing moral in allowing discrimination against gay people with respect to marriage, housing, education, health care services, and foster care. As well as allowing for discrimination against couples who have sex outside a marriage, and people who have had a sex-change. And those are just the specific things it allows to be discriminated against. The law doesn't just limit itself to those specifics, it applies to any religious or moral conviction. How long til someone in MS develops a moral conviction that requires them to discriminate against black people? About two seconds is my guess. That is not a religious liberty law, it is a religious hate law.

 

Or to discriminate against people who keep Kosher?

Or to discriminate against people (I had a roommate who qualified on this count) who pray while kneeling on a rug and facing Mecca?

Or to discriminate against anyone wearing a hoodie?

 

I hope more folks jump on the boycott bandwagon.

Anti-Gay Group Boycotting PayPal Is Taking Donations -- Through PayPal

 

Saw this on Facebook. :lol2:

@MayfieldFan @mcpapa

 

You guys can't possibly think a state will make laws to discriminate against black people, jews, or muslims. You've got to be using a hyperbole. You both seem like intelligent people, you know that the 1st, 13,14, and 15th amendments already exist. A state cannot make a law that contradicts the constitution, it is called the law of supremacy. I'm not a lawyer, but before being a SPED Teacher, I was a government teacher (maybe not a very good one) for 7 years.

 

You may e surprised, but I actually have a sajjāda in my living room right now, as well as a hijab in my closet. My parents bought me two hookah's from Kosovo when they lived there and they sit on my mantle, it is a fun conversation piece when people from my church come over for dinner.

Edited April 9, 201610 yr by PP1

OK...now you've drawn me into it....Why the heck are you throwing shade at the Boss? Yes' date=' he had an affair, then married his mistress, to whom he's been married for about 25 years now. Seems to me there aren't many people that can be used as a barometer of morality in this world.... ***the term "throwing shade" brought to you courtesy of my education via the Bob & Tom Show.***[/quote']

 

Highlight of my day is RM using "shade."

@MayfieldFan @mcpapa

 

You guys can't possibly think a state will make laws to discriminate against black people, jews, or muslims. You've got to be using a hyperbole. You both seem like intelligent people, you know that the 1st, 13,14, and 15th amendments already exist. A state cannot make a law that contradicts the constitution, it is called the law of supremacy. I'm not a lawyer, but before being a SPED Teacher, I was a government teacher (maybe not a very good one) for 7 years.

 

You may e surprised, but I actually have a sajjāda in my living room right now, as well as a hijab in my closet. My parents bought me two hookah's from Kosovo when they lived there and they sit on my mantle, it is a fun conversation piece when people from my church come over for dinner.

 

If it were not possible for a state law to violate the Constitution, then there would never be cases where the Supreme Court struck down state laws. Your logic that the state law must be okay because it can't violate the Constitution is ...not logical. This statute clearly violates the Constitution, as well as common decency.

If it were not possible for a state law to violate the Constitution, then there would never be cases where the Supreme Court struck down state laws. Your logic that the state law must be okay because it can't violate the Constitution is ...not logical. This statute clearly violates the Constitution, as well as common decency.

 

You're right. Laws have indeed been written but the supreme court reviews and makes decisions. Thats the way the country is supposed to operate. So let the process work. I thi k that my side of the debate has a bigger complaint regarding the SCOTUS ruling last June being a violation of Amendment #10 though. Because (unless I missed it, which is very possible) there is nothing in the US Constitution about marriage. So it should indeed be a staten issue.

 

Why do you think the government is resistant to simply having a referendum where the citizens can vote on this issue? If we had a special election and the citizens of this great nation voted for marriage equality, privileged classes, and other liberal ideas, then I would not have a leg to stand on.

They are a better barometer of morality than that law. There is nothing moral in allowing discrimination against gay people with respect to marriage, housing, education, health care services, and foster care. As well as allowing for discrimination against couples who have sex outside a marriage, and people who have had a sex-change. And those are just the specific things it allows to be discriminated against. The law doesn't just limit itself to those specifics, it applies to any religious or moral conviction. How long til someone in MS develops a moral conviction that requires them to discriminate against black people? About two seconds is my guess. That is not a religious liberty law, it is a religious hate law.

 

Yeah...but at least no one has to make a lesbian couple a cake. Isn't that more important?

 

#sarcasm

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction."

 

- Blaise Pasacal

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction."

 

- Blaise Pasacal

 

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