Refusing to do business with bigots
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a directive last week “to do as much as possible to accommodate those who claim their religious freedoms are being violated.” That directive “lifts a burden from religious objectors to prove their beliefs about marriage or other topics are sincerely held.”
Previous wording protecting “religious objectors” included the words “sincerely held” in legal arguments to protect those rights. Now those beliefs don’t have to be so sincere.
Dallas attorney and Equality Texas board chair Steve Rudner has some religious beliefs of his own — sincerely held ones at that.
“My religion tells me we’re all created in God’s image,” Rudner said. “We’re all supposed to love and respect each other. We’re supposed to ‘clothe the naked,’ so I believe in a living wage. We’re supposed to respect whatever religion your employees are, so I give them the day off for their holidays.”
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