There’s Another Anti-Gay State Law That’s About To Pass And It’s Utterly Baffling In Every Way
The news only gets worse from there. Not only did SB202 pass the state legislature with supermajority support, but Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Friday that he’s allowing the bill to become a law without his signature — a step that will occur automatically on Wednesday. Hutchinson’s statement read in part:
I recognize the desire to prevent burdensome regulations on businesses across the state. However, I am concerned about the loss of local control. For that reason, I am allowing the bill to become law without my signature.
Way to take a brave stand there, governor… CONTINUE READING
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45 responses to There’s Another Anti-Gay State Law That’s About To Pass And It’s Utterly Baffling In Every Way
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John Tarter February 17th, 2015 at 08:23
On the contrary, there was always the intention of linking the gay rights movement to the civil rights movement. I have heard numerous stories about this in the past and how some black Americans have been aghast at this. And the pro gay community is doing this again, otherwise the name “Jim Crow”, which brings with it all the ugliness of a certain era would not be brought up.
fahvel February 17th, 2015 at 08:52
do you just pull this kind of crap from your rear or do you think first for a second?
John Tarter February 17th, 2015 at 09:40
Just speaking the truth my friend. On the cover of the Dec 16th, 2008 issue of the gay magazine the Advocate appeared the following words: “Gay is the New Black” and stating that this is “The Last Great Civil Rights Struggle”. Are you really going to argue with The Advocate magazine?
Chinese Democracy February 17th, 2015 at 11:36
Black churches are horrendously anti gay. Not surprised they don’t want to see any kind of a link.
Gay rights are civil rights. Blacks Browns Greys Green it doesn’t matter everyone should be equal.
Arkansas is just standing in another school house door way. History is not on their side
bluejayray February 17th, 2015 at 14:23
It IS a civil rights movement. Gays and women got left out of the last one.
tracey marie February 17th, 2015 at 14:51
It is about civil rights and equality
Candide Thirtythree February 18th, 2015 at 04:24
You would not know the truth if it jumped up and bit you. All the time that i have been coming to this site, I have never seen you utter the truth even once.
Chinese Democracy February 17th, 2015 at 11:38
the pro gay community? Meaning a vast majority of Americans ?
tracey marie February 17th, 2015 at 14:51
your phony xtian ugliness is discrimination just like your ugly jim crow laws were.
John Tarter February 17th, 2015 at 09:23
On the contrary, there was always the intention of linking the gay rights movement to the civil rights movement. I have heard numerous stories about this in the past and how some black Americans have been aghast at this. And the pro gay community is doing this again, otherwise the name “Jim Crow”, which brings with it all the ugliness of a certain era would not be brought up.
fahvel February 17th, 2015 at 09:52
do you just pull this kind of crap from your rear or do you think first for a second?
John Tarter February 17th, 2015 at 10:40
Just speaking the truth my friend. On the cover of the Dec 16th, 2008 issue of the gay magazine the Advocate appeared the following words: “Gay is the New Black” and stating that this is “The Last Great Civil Rights Struggle”. Are you really going to argue with The Advocate magazine?
Chinese Democracy February 17th, 2015 at 12:36
Black churches are horrendously anti gay. Not surprised they don’t want to see any kind of a link.
Gay rights are civil rights. Blacks Browns Greys Green it doesn’t matter everyone should be equal.
Arkansas is just standing in another school house door way. History is not on their side
$134608037 February 17th, 2015 at 15:23
It IS a civil rights movement. Gays and women got left out of the last one.
tracey marie February 17th, 2015 at 15:51
It is about civil rights and equality
Candide Thirtythree February 18th, 2015 at 05:24
You would not know the truth if it jumped up and bit you. All the time that i have been coming to this site, I have never seen you utter the truth even once.
Chinese Democracy February 17th, 2015 at 12:38
the pro gay community? Meaning a vast majority of Americans ?
tracey marie February 17th, 2015 at 15:51
your phony xtian ugliness is discrimination just like your ugly jim crow laws were.
bluejayray February 17th, 2015 at 14:21
It’s just amazing that in 2015 christians are trying to put into law that they can discriminate against non-christians and others that they consider icky. They would really like to pursue another Inquisition right here in the land of the free and the home of the brave. They really need a serious smack down.
Candide Thirtythree February 18th, 2015 at 04:22
Christians caused the first dark ages and now they are trying to bring them back
$134608037 February 17th, 2015 at 15:21
It’s just amazing that in 2015 christians are trying to put into law that they can discriminate against non-christians and others that they consider icky. They would really like to pursue another Inquisition right here in the land of the free and the home of the brave. They really need a serious smack down.
Candide Thirtythree February 18th, 2015 at 05:22
Christians caused the first dark ages and now they are trying to bring them back
Dan March 2nd, 2015 at 13:55
this is extremely unchristian and the south is looking worse and worse and very ignorant to the rest of the country..we need to cut off all federal funding and all gay couples need to sue the state of Arkansas and other states that violate the human rights law asap then see how long they will continue..we will fight all you ignorant, evil hateful people more than ever now..keep it up and you will see a fight like you never saw before!
Chinese Democracy March 2nd, 2015 at 19:43
All gay couples should expect to have the same rights as all straight couples. Just as all mixed race couples should have the same rights as non mixed race couples.
Civil rights should not be put up for popular vote.
Since over 30 states now have legal same sex marriage. I would hope the conservatives are getting that message.
Obewon March 2nd, 2015 at 20:04
37+ states now have equal marriage conferring 2,000 equal federal benefits only available via conservative majority SCOTUS 2013 ruling upholding the 14th & 10th amendments, etc :)
Chinese Democracy March 2nd, 2015 at 22:09
look out world here we come.
Dan March 2nd, 2015 at 20:42
but they’re not they will never stop..we cant rest until we fight them back and win all the way which may take decades..we have very very evil people called the religious right..they have a hateful agenda that’s not religious at all..they are hell bent on doing away with the constitution and having a theocracy..we all see how well that works out in the middleeast..we have to stop them..they are all hate groups like family research..they have no family values to act like this..it is all a hoax like with tony perkins, pat Robertson..another false prophet.there are more and they have hundreds of millions..we have to fight them back or we wont have a constitution anymore just bible law..thats extremely evil like religion and we would lose complete freedom
burqa March 2nd, 2015 at 23:35
I take it you are too young to remember the civil rights struggle or the women’s liberation movement. I’m an old fart who was around for both. I have seen our society change in their acceptance of African Americans and women participating in society at all levels.
This was not how it was back in the day when we never saw blacks reporting the news on TV or in sporting coaching ranks or on corporate boards.
If we just hurl insults and engage in name-calling, change will come more slowly. This is not how to improve things by persuading people to be more accepting of those who are different.
Engaging in hyperbole and fear-mongering is not the way to make progress. It does the opposite – it causes people we need to persuade to dig in their heels and refuse to listen to reason or admit the evidence that surrounds them.
Dan March 2nd, 2015 at 21:01
but they don’t.. the religious right is very very vile and evil..nothing religious about them and they should be called out on it.we need to fight back more than ever without fail..i am writing a book about it to expose them all..to warn everyone how evil and vile they are and how they must be stopped..now …they are trying to destroy the constitution and get rid of separation of church and state and form a theocracy..yeah that worked out real well in the middle east lol..tell that to all who got murdered in the name of evil religion..i could go on and on but they don’t get it and clearly don’t know the whole bible like they claim to but they will continue to lie about it that they do when its clear they don’t and cant admit they are horrible discriminatory bigots and think they can get away with it with their evil religious rearing there ugly heads and they cant see you cant put equal rights up to a vote..they tried that back in the days of segregation..but now there trying segregation again only with gay people..its funny because it will only have gay sympathizers like crazy now..they will never get it and never see how horribly evil they are
Chinese Democracy March 2nd, 2015 at 22:09
they just use religion as an excuse to be bigots ..
I was born gay.. they chose to be bigots.
burqa March 2nd, 2015 at 23:24
I look forward to reading the parts about people who you describe as having “nothing religious about them” seeking to install a theocracy, of all things.
And if you’re going to play the “look at all those murdered in the name of evil religion” card, then I’ll play the “look at all those murdered in the name of evil atheism” card.
About 100 million were killed in about 72 years by communist regimes. Destroying faith among the people and remaking them into atheists was part of commie doctrine and was required to form their version of a utopian society.
That’s more than all who were killed in all wars in recorded history.
Evil people will use any pretext to commit mass murder. There are kooks of all nationalities, races, religious and non-religious beliefs.
Just as we object when Muslims, gays, immigrants or racial minorities and we should object when any of them are branded with stereotypes by hateful people.
The stereotypes used by some on the Right are just as wrong as stereotypes used by some on the Left who differ mainly in the targets of their hatred.
Dan March 2nd, 2015 at 13:56
but this is extremely unchristian it is judging and very much against god..judge not lest you be judged so sayeth the lord
Chinese Democracy March 2nd, 2015 at 22:12
I dont think they are true Christians any more than ISIS are true Muslims
bluejayray March 3rd, 2015 at 19:57
If they follow the same books, they are. Religion is just a tool to control others with.
Chinese Democracy March 3rd, 2015 at 20:41
zealots are zealots no matter what books they try to contort.
Chinese Democracy March 2nd, 2015 at 22:12
I dont like to lump all “Christians” into one donation basket. Most anti gay fundies like Pat Robertson have very little to do with Jesus teachings. They use religion as a way to manipulate the uninformed in my opinion. Prey on their prejudice for money money money
burqa March 2nd, 2015 at 23:05
Indeed, nor do they represent what the overwhelming majority of Christians are about.
Jesus Christ told his followers to give to the poor, feed the hungry, house the homeless and visit those in prison. By and large, this is the sort of thing most congregations are involved in and is the kind of thing they hear about in sermons.
It is also foolish to lump, what, a billion or so Christians? into one basket when it is evident there are great differences between various sects or denominations.
bluejayray March 3rd, 2015 at 19:58
They all follow the same book. Where they go with their interpretation of it really doesn’t matter.
burqa March 4th, 2015 at 20:06
There are vast differences between Catholics, Quakers, Baptists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists and Mormons, to name just a few, but plenty enough to make my case to those who are even vaguely aware of such things..
You think they’re all the same, huh?
burqa March 2nd, 2015 at 22:59
It is false logic to argue from the particular to the general.
Blujayray, how about being the icebreaker here?
For many months I have been challenging those posting here with views similar to yours to take a look around their own communities and see what Christians are up to. Google the local interfaith council and a half dozen or so local churches and see what projects they have going on, and get back to us on it.
So far, the challenge has been too much for others to handle.
I think you’ll find the same thing I find where I live. They are trying to feed the hungry, house the homeless and giving to the poor. Where I live, over 75% of the food pantries are run by faith-based groups. They are running homeless shelters and collecting items for poor people abroad.
Even better, get involved with some of these efforts. There you’ll meet people who are quietly doing extraordinary things. After a while, you’ll see that we are surrounded by angels whose love for others gives one a different perspective on humanity. Get to know these people, see what they are doing for those in need, then when you see someone lumping them in with a handful of kooks somewhere it will occur to you that not only are such stereotypes wrong, but these angels around us deserve a defense.
bluejayray March 3rd, 2015 at 19:56
Most recently they were trying to force our city council to open every meeting with a prayer–no atheists or muslims allowed of course. Their other pet projects are trying to get books removed from the public and school libraries. They also run stealth campaigns to try to take over the school board because they want to put god back in the classroom–never mind that it was never in the classroom legally.
You don’t need religion to do good things for your community. Our best helping agencies here are secular. They are the ones that I support.
burqa March 4th, 2015 at 20:04
Doggone it, I was hoping you’d take the challenge. Or maybe you did and that is all you found on the home pages of the churches in your area.
Here, usually they have a list of things under a heading of “Mission Statement” or something like that.
But you’ve sparked my interest.
Would you mind sharing the town or region where that is all the various churches are doing? I’d like to see if I can find the sort of thing I mentioned, above.
I happen to live near Fredericksburg, Virginia, if you’d like to take a look at what’s going on here. I’d be glad to post links. Somehwere in my notes I have a link to a site that lists all the food pantries around here run by faith-based organizations. It is quite extensive….
burqa March 2nd, 2015 at 23:08
It is indeed a civil rights struggle.
I would lie to see you make a contrary argument.
Giving gays equal rights with heteros is long overdue and when they have equal rights our country will be better.
I would like to see you expound on the reasons why we should have a caste system in our society.
burqa March 4th, 2015 at 20:18
The good news is it will most likely be other Christians who deliver that smackdown. We saw that in the Civil Rights movement, y’know.
Inquisition?
Yeah, they’ll be using black helicopters financed by the Trilateral Commission and the Bilderburgers. Folks like you, of course, will end up being held in a FEMA camp until a space ship from the face on Mars can take you away…
burqa March 4th, 2015 at 20:30
Um, no.
Women were given equality when the 1964 Civil Rights Act banned discrimination on the basis of sex.
I knew the lady who got that provision inserted. Her name was Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson Franklin, who also introduced the Equal Rights Amendment to Congress.
Butler Franklin was a classic Southern belle, gracious as can be, tough as whitleather underneath, and a blessing to all who knew her.