Today
the Arkansas state legislature has passed a religious freedom bill in
response to the Indiana bill that was passed. Many Democrats say
that this bill “authorizes discrimination.” The bill was passed
despite international outrage that had only hours earlier caused the
governor of Indiana to have to walk out the back. This law is quite
similar to a law decried by the world’s leading companies and LGBT
activists as anti-gay. To many people it is being seen as a way for
the state
to ratify discrimination against gay and lesbian people under the
guise of religious freedom.
Per
personal beliefs, this country was built on religion. The very reason
the country was formed was because of frustration with the religious
tolerance of England. While this bill may seem repulsive to some,
most of the country is religious and I do not believe that religious
freedom automatically means discrimination.
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