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U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Backs Anti-gay Marriage Religious Freedom Bill
To be filed under "News that shouldn't really surprise anyone"...
http://www.newsweek.com/catholic-church-backs-religious-freedom-bill-which-allows-gay-marriage-857418
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has given its backing to a controversial bill that human rights advocates warn could be used to discriminate against same-sex couples, single parents and unmarried couples.
A group of 22 Republican senators, led by Mike Lee of Utah and including senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, reintroduced the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) in early March.
The proposed law, which was first presented in 2015, protects individuals and institutions from punishment if they act on the belief that marriage should be between one man and one woman, as well as for opposing sex outside of marriage. On the campaign trail in 2016, Donald Trump stated that he would sign a version of the bill.
The bill states that the Federal Government “shall not take any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is or should be recognized as a union of one man and one woman, or two individuals as recognized under Federal law, or that sexual relations outside marriage are improper.”
A group of 22 Republican senators, led by Mike Lee of Utah and including senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, reintroduced the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) in early March.
The proposed law, which was first presented in 2015, protects individuals and institutions from punishment if they act on the belief that marriage should be between one man and one woman, as well as for opposing sex outside of marriage. On the campaign trail in 2016, Donald Trump stated that he would sign a version of the bill.
The bill states that the Federal Government “shall not take any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is or should be recognized as a union of one man and one woman, or two individuals as recognized under Federal law, or that sexual relations outside marriage are improper.”
Because obviously having to tolerate TEH GAY is one of the worst kinds of religious oppression known.
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