Religious Freedom "Restoration" laws have been creeping up through state legislatures for a couple of years now.

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Religious Freedom "Restoration" laws have been creeping up through state legislatures for a couple of years now. The intent of them is to allow people Christians a chance to discriminate against others on account of religious preference.

Taken together with Citizen's United that puts religious ideology above the rule of law and you have a world where this man and his son have a valid defense: https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/father-son-repeatedly-raped-teen-222456574.html

Religious Freedom Restoration Legislation reminder: http://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/2016-state-religious-freedom-restoration-act-legislation.aspx

Comments

John Bump said…
It's all fun and games until the rising tide of atheists starts using those same laws to discriminate against Christians, at which point they'll fall all over themselves pointing at the first amendment.
January 24, 2017 at 9:39 PM
Jason ON said…
I was thinking less atheists, more Muslims. Can you imagine if Muslims started making legal claims on these religious freedom laws?
January 24, 2017 at 9:49 PM
Junior “The Iron Fist” Adams said…
What about us Pagans? I've been longing for a time when it was acceptable to appease Odin with a human sacrifice...
January 25, 2017 at 8:16 AM
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