We dont serve YOUR KIND here!! What kind? It depends on who the owner is, and how nasty they want to be about it. You could be refused service because you have a tattoo - or a piercing - or oddly dyed hair color - or for the color of your skin - or because someone THINKS you MIGHT be LGBT. Or maybe because you dont look christian enough for them. Your clothing is the wrong kind. The list is literally endless. It would take us right back to the days of not being allowed to enter the same door as the white people, or drink from the same water fountain. article: Yes, today is Sine Dine, the 40th and final day of the Georgia General Assembly. That means anything and everything - especially terrible things - can happen under the Gold Dome. Among the biggest early surprises from state lawmakers today is the return of legislation by state Sen. Josh McKoon, R-Columbus, called the Preservation of Religious Freedom Act that would allow business owners to discriminate against LGBT and other minority groups if they felt their religious beliefs were being compromised. It appeared that the measure, along with a similar proposal from state Rep. Sam Teasley, R-Marietta, had died following massive public backlash from LGBT supporters and corporations such as Coca-Cola, Home Depot, and UPS. But now were hearing that his measure is being tacked on to two bills from state Rep. Mark Hamilton, R-Cumming: H.B. 714, a proposal that would cut unemployment benefits for seasonal private school workers, and H.B. 1027, a measure that dealt with unemployment insurance. Left-leaning political advocacy group Better Georgia, which had collected more than 2,000 signatures to block McKoons original bill, has re-activated a petition in hopes of stopping the legislation before the clock strikes midnight and lawmakers adjourn for the year. If enacted into law, the Religious Freedom Act would protect business owners who deny services to lesbians, gays - and pretty much anyone else - if the business owners allege that they are denying service on the basis of a sincerely held religious belief, Better Georgia Executive Director Bryan Long says. Our lawmakers know this bill is bad for Georgia. Thats why they are trying to sneak it into law in the last minutes of Legislative Session. Religion is not an excuse for hate or intolerance. Well be back later with updates on whether McKoons proposal move forward. Stay tuned. TAGS: JOSH MCKOON, GOLD DOME, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, GOLDEN SLEAZE, IMAGE COMMENTS If it were to pass, all this would do is open up a lawsuit of epic proportions. Yet again the Party of F*** You shows its true colors, nothing to add to the table. Nothing but hatred, spite, and fear of the other. The sooner the GOP is destroyed the better. report 20 likes, 0 dislikes like dislike Posted by Graybeard Lyles on 03/20/2014 at 1:08 PM Not only litigation. Businesses will leave, not expand and certainly not relocate to Georgia. Anyone can be refused service if they appear differently than the business owners sincerely held religious beliefs believe is right. report 8 likes, 0 dislikes like dislike Posted by Delane on 03/20/2014 at 1:34 PM
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