'Religious Liberty' Bill will help HATE GROUPS Thrive.

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‘Religious Liberty’ Bill? Or Hate Groups Free-For-All? Republicans in the Georgia Senate have passed what is being referred to as the Georgia First Amendment Defense Act. Like many state laws with similar names, the actual intent of the bill has fuck all to do with protecting the First Amendment, and everything with protecting the rights of Georgia residents to freely discriminate against LGBT individuals. There’s just one problem with the law: it may end up shielding hate groups alongside “good,” homophobic Georgia Christians. As Republican Greg Kirk, the bill’s sponsor, admits, the bill has the possibly unintended consequence of protecting the KKK: The Georgia First Amendment Defense Act, or FADA, as it’s known, was sponsored by GOP Sen. Greg Kirk, who is wholly unconcerned with the perhaps unintended consequences his legislation would have. Kirk Friday afternoon defended the bill by saying that he has no problem with the fact that it would protect hate groups like the KKK. Democratic State Senator Emanuel Jones, who happens to be African-American, on the floor of the Georgia Senate questioned Sen. Kirk about his legislation. ‘We’re all familiar with the terms KKK, meaning the hate organization Ku Klux Klan,’ Jones asked.  ‘I’ve read about them, yes,’ a cautious Kirk responded. ‘Some of my heritage have done a lot more than just read about them,’ Jones offered. ‘My concern is, couldn’t that organization if they chose to do so identify themselves as “faith based”?,’ Jones asked. In fact, the KKK is faith-based. Hemming and hawing, saying he’s ‘not an attorney,’ Kirk conceded, ‘I guess they could, Senator. I’m not sure.’ ‘So there’s nothing in your legislation that would stop them, is that correct?’ ‘That’s right,’ Kirk said.  ‘Does that present a problem for you, Senator?,’ Jones continued. After a significant pause, Kirk repeated the question, finally admitting, ‘No.'” So that’s nice. We must, I imagine, give Senator Kirk some credit for sticking to his convictions. He’s so damned tired of all those LGBT people running about, flaunting their constitutional rights in the faces of God-fearing Georgians, that he’s willing to protect the KKK—and other hate groups—if only he can also protect the religious freedoms™ of Georgia Christians from being trampled into the ground. Good for Kirk. There’s just one problem. Read more at: https://tr.im/2YZbN