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Related: About this forumReligious liberty bill filed in Georgia
Kristina Torres
4:50 p.m Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017
A religious liberty bill has been filed in the Georgia Senate, the opening of what could be yet another explosive debate on whether the state should allow Georgians to cite their faith-based beliefs against government interference.
Senate Bill 233, sponsored by state Sen. Marty Harbin, R-Tyrone, was signed by about half of the chambers GOP majority.
In one short sentence, it says that Georgia should apply in similar fashion the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Formally approved 1993, the law requires the government to prove a compelling governmental interest before it interferes with a persons exercise of religion.
Republicans in the Senate, however, have for at least the last two years backed religious liberty legislation to prevent discrimination against faith-based organizations including those opposed to same-sex marriage. Opponents to such measures say that history concerns them.
http://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/religious-liberty-bill-filed-georgia/hOwhLWDyrwqZuuvRVPSJFK/
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/en-US/Display/20172018/SB/233
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DetlefK
(16,423 posts)I see lots of Christians who shave their beards, despite what Leviticus says...
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(82,333 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,638 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Something, perhaps, from above.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)However when they decide to open a business then they have to practice that business according to the laws covering that business
Nowhere in the Bible or any other religious book does it say that god or Jesus said anything about corporations nor businesses
When a religion tries to trample on another religion then there is a problem
edhopper
(33,556 posts)a Court or DOJ to oppose it.
What happens when this is degended in the Courts by Sessions.