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npk

(3,660 posts) Tue Apr 19, 2016, 12:29 AM Apr 2016

So is Florida next on the boycott list

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0043

Churches or Religious Organizations; Provides that churches or religious organizations, related organizations, or certain individuals may not be required to solemnize any marriage or provide services, accommodations, facilities, goods, or privileges for related purposes if such action would violate sincerely held religious belief; prohibits certain legal actions, penalties, or governmental sanctions against such individuals or entities.

A new law that will take effect July 1 of this year will allow churches, religious institutions and certain individuals to refuse to provide services, including marriages, to LGBT individuals.

This law may not be as bad or quite as obvious as the one Mississippi recently passed, but it not so subtly leaves the door open to discriminate against LGBT individuals by simply citing one's religion.

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So is Florida next on the boycott list (Original Post) npk Apr 2016 OP

I am not sure I oppose a Churches ability to refuse to perform a ceremony. Kalidurga Apr 2016 #1

I boycott any business that has fox news on a monitor, yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2016 #2

Oh yeah I walked out more than once Kalidurga Apr 2016 #3

Depends on what they mean by "certain individuals" Spider Jerusalem Apr 2016 #4

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

1. I am not sure I oppose a Churches ability to refuse to perform a ceremony.

Reply to npk (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 01:30 AM

Apr 2016

Now if they are allowed to take in tax free money and they are to provide a service to all people that need it like a food shelf and they discriminate on who they provide that service for that is a different thing all together.

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I wouldn't boycott a state over some of this stuff that's going on. But, I would try to find out ahead of time what places within the state are likely to be conservative centric and not go to those places. Like Chick fil A, I won't go to one of those.

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)

2. I boycott any business that has fox news on a monitor,

Reply to Kalidurga (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 01:37 AM

Apr 2016

in the slave states or the northern states too!

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

3. Oh yeah I walked out more than once

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 01:43 AM

Apr 2016

I am about ready to do the same with CNN just keep the channel on something not news would be fine by me.

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

4. Depends on what they mean by "certain individuals"

Reply to npk (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 07:25 AM

Apr 2016

Churches can't be reasonably expected to perform things that aren't consistent with their beliefs (separation of church and state means they can't be compelled to either), but allowing private individuals to claim religious grounds for refusing services to someone is something else again.

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