Anti-gay marriage bill draws ire of LGBT advocates

[William769]

A new bill that aims to protect organizations that oppose same-sex marriage is invoking the ire of LGBT advocates, who call it subterfuge to undermine advances in marriage equality made in the past year.

Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho), a Tea Party Republican, on Thursday introduced the Marriage and Religious Freedom Act, which is purportedly aimed to prohibit discrimination in the tax code against organizations that exercise “religious conscience” against same-sex marriage.

“Regardless of your ideology, we can all agree about the importance of religious liberty in America,” Labrador said. “Our bill will protect freedom of conscience for those who believe marriage is the union of one man and one woman. This is not a Republican or Democrat issue.”

The legislation enjoys bipartisan support right off the bat. Among the 60 original co-sponsors are Reps. Steve Scalise, chair of the Republican Study Committee as well as conservative Democrats Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.) and Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.).

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/09/19/anti-gay-bill-marriage/

I can see several "GO FUCK YOURSELF letters I'll be writing shortly.

[shenmue]

1. What about the fact that there's no official religion?

Since when does one church get more protection than everybody else? How many thousands of denominations are there in the U.S.? And what about the non-religious?

When did one church or group of churches get the right to rule over marriage? This isn't a monarchy or theocracy.