Republicans Propose Legislation That Would Allow Discrimination Against Same Sex Couples

Conservatives have a serious problem adhering to the Constitution as a matter of course, but especially when the Supreme Court issues a ruling that is contrary to their twisted ideology. There are still a substantial number or Republicans who categorically state the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional despite the conservative high court ruled it was Constitutional. Christian conservatives are no better, and despite rulings such as Roe v. Wade, prayer in public schools, and Lawrence v. Texas (sodomy laws) among many others, extremist Christians seek ways to circumvent any law or ruling that is contrary to their interpretation of the bible. When the Supreme Court ruled that California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act discriminated against same sex couples, the Christian right and their cohort in Congress and the states went ballistic and threatened to fight on to impose their religious beliefs on every American that marriage is defined as between one man and one woman.

On Thursday, a group of House Republicans announced their intent to propose legislation to give conservatives groups legal cover to continue discriminating against same-sex couples because in their dysfunctional minds, the bible overrides the Constitution, Supreme Court rulings, and any law they happen to disagree with. The legislation that Representative Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho) intends to introduce is titled the “Marriage and Religious Freedom Act” that he says “ensures that any religious institution, organization, or church that believes that marriage should continue to remain between one man and one woman will not be discriminated against by the federal government.” The proposal is saying, in effect, that DOMA is still the law of the land and that the Supreme Court or the federal government has no right to say otherwise.

Labrador claims the legislation will allow groups such as the Boy Scouts of America, Catholic Charities, and conservative organizations to continue discriminating against same sex couples without losing their tax-exempt status. According to Labrador; “we have already seen the increased attack and discrimination of institutions at the state level, and we just want to ensure that it does not happen at the federal level. I believe the Constitution protects these institutions and I just want to make sure that it’s in the law, that it’s 100 percent sure, that people have no question about it.” What Labrador’s legislation really means is it will be perfectly withing their rights for any organization to discriminate against same-sex couples with the federal government’s blessing.

Although Labrador failed to cite how states attack and discriminate against opponents of same-sex marriage, it sounds suspiciously like a refrain from extremist Christians who decry the loss of religious liberty because the Constitution prohibits them from imposing their bible dogmata on the people. The phrase they are being “attacked and discriminated against” is right out of the National Organization of Marriage’s presidential pledge that requires signatories to appoint a commission to investigate and take action against same-sex marriage advocates because supporting marriage equality is tantamount to vicious attacks on religious freedom.

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