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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow A Radical North Dakota Ballot Initiative Could Allow The Religious Right To Ignore Traffic Light
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/06/07/496137/how-north-dakotas-religious-freedom-initiative-is-a-license-to-defy-traffic-lights-civil-rights-laws/A North Dakota ballot intitative appears designed to allow anti-gay groups to openly defy bans on discrimination, and it is written so expansively that it could authorize thousands of North Dakotans to outright ignore everything from traffic lights to medical access laws all in the name of supposedly protecting religous liberty. Under the proposed state constitutional amendment, which appears on state ballots June 12:
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How A Radical North Dakota Ballot Initiative Could Allow The Religious Right To Ignore Traffic Light (Original Post)
lookingfortruth
Jun 2012
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bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)1. "I have to smoke weed every day, it's my deeply held religious belief"
Or what else could the Hare Krishnas, the Pagans, the Wiccans and the Satanists dream up to disobey any law they dislike.
Although I'm sure the intent is to only allow exemptions for button down, crew cut fundamentalist Christians.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)8. Here. God wants you to have this...
Gold Metal Flake
(13,805 posts)2. Does this cover or specifically exclude Sahria law?
longship
(40,416 posts)3. The red light claim may be a bit of hyperbole.
But it punctuates the extent that Repubs will stretch the "We are being persecuted for our religion" meme.
I don't know if this will fly very far in November. Moderates probably won't buy into this. Nevertheless, we need to keep an eye on this.
msongs
(67,417 posts)4. cursed religionists demand we accept everything they do to us in the name of their religion nt
Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)5. It's against my religion to purchase and maintain weapons for war.
Please beat our defense hardware into plowshares immediately. Thanks.
Initech
(100,080 posts)6. I'm guessing if passed this is just one of those things that will not end well.
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)7. One troll on the response thread at Think Progress.
And it gets thoroughly thrashed.