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Posted by: anybody ( )
Date: June 06, 2017 08:16AM

What are "sincerely held religious beliefs?" Nobody really knows.

Do you know? Do you really want to live in a future like this?

http://www.texasmonthly.com/burka-blog/lawmakers-embraced-religion-allow-discrimination/


"In its professed zeal to protect religious Texans, the state Legislature has included within an increasing number of laws exemptions for those with “sincerely held religious beliefs.” Social conservatives believe the phrase will protect lawyers who refuse to represent gay clients or pharmacists who refuse to issue certain types of contraceptives, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community believe the phrase will become a license to discriminate. Unfortunately, lawyers remain uncertain about the scope of “religious liberty” that it seemingly protects."

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Posted by: ificouldhietokolob ( )
Date: June 06, 2017 08:35AM

What if my "sincerely held religious beliefs" are that I shouldn't pay taxes?

Oops.

This has nothing -- NOTHING -- to do with "sincerely held religious beliefs." Which is especially obvious since the people they're talking about claim to believe in and follow a guy who supposedly spent all his time with the "sinners" they want to discriminate against.

This has to do with giving bigotry a religious cover story.

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