Aw, Kansas.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4sk1p4GCI2qnlyixKE38igqMMHT8nMuK2fmErrpaRSkC16wNvs4U4zMyXRimA3uenSvU_hKy-jhqEGwDtuPkZqEl8WTpPs0wxYExmYwT1j54wO_-0WU55IkrbUXq85KwRGuE4yw/s1600/6a00d8341c730253ef0168ebf68381970c-800wi.png) |
Kansas Pastor Curtis Knapp makes his case for genocide. |
You are such a strange place.
It is illegal in Topeka to own a bathtub. Topeka is also home to the infamous Westboro Baptist Church so it is probably not surprising that
Kansas legislators in the State House passed a bill legalizing discriminating against people as long as they claim they are discriminating because of "sincerely held religious beliefs" and has some vague gender component. According to this law:
- If a woman enters a convenience store and is not wearing a burka the fundamentalist Muslim owner has the legal right to kick her out.
- If a black man and his white wife enter a restaurant owned by a Christian Identity believer who is religiously opposed to miscegenation, he can refuse to serve the couple with impunity.
- A Christian nurse can refuse to treat a Jewish man if she claims it violates her religious beliefs to speak to a male of that faith.
Of course, the law is intended as a kind of gay marriage Nuremberg Law designed to make homosexuals third-class citizens in the state. But, it was written broadly enough to allow for a wide range of prejudices. There is a weird line that requires alternative service be provided but it includes a massive loophole where discriminators need only claim "hardship" to escape any responsibilities.
In other Kansas news, the legislature is considering a bill to make it
illegal to teach non-biblical science in public schools.
1 comment:
Hey, why not have a sincere religious belief override for all laws? Join my religion, which sincerely believes God wants us to drive 85, not pay taxes, smoke meth, and frequent prostitutes.
Post a Comment