http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/14/democratic-legislator-to-make-homophobic-businesses-publicly-declare-theyre-bigots-with-genius-amendment/
Some people think their religious freedom is being oppressed by other
people living on the same planet as them. Oklahoma State Rep. Chuck
Strohm (R) is one of those people. He’s taken it upon himself to
introduce a piece of legislation called the “Oklahoma Religious Freedom Act” to allow businesses to deny service to those “against the person’s religious beliefs.”
Republican Oklahoma State Senator Joseph Silk also feels the same way, and brought an almost identical bill to their state Senate. Apparently, LGBT individuals just existing is an affront to their way of life and religious liberty.
Well, Democratic state Rep. Emily Virgin is calling them out on their
bigotry and discrimination, and doing so in a brilliant way. She
introduced an amendment to
the “religious freedom” bill that would require any businesses that
want to deny service to LGBT individuals to publicly declare it at their
place of business, including websites.The amendment reads: "Any person not wanting to participate in any of the activities
set forth in subsection A of this section based on sexual orientation,
gender identity or race of either party to the marriage shall post
notice of such refusal in a manner clearly visible to the public in all
places of business, including websites. The notice may refer to the
person’s religious beliefs, but shall state specifically which couples
the business does not serve by referring to a refusal based upon sexual
orientation, gender identity or race.”
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