(03-23-2018, 06:16 PM)JFerio Wrote: Only they're calling it "Live and Let Live". http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/fi...206_01.pdf
Basically, license to discriminate if you can somehow justify that it's against your religion to NOT discriminate. It's going to be hard to prove that someone doesn't "sincerely" hold it as a religious belief. And, of course, such licensed discrimination makes it harder for anyone who doesn't hew strictly to the "white, straight, cisgendered" stereotypes to simply exist in public.
Actually, you can prove that it is against their "religion" to discriminate.
The Bible states that mankind was created in God's image. If you are human, so is he. If you are less than human, so is he. Exodus 12:49, Leviticus 24:22, Numbers 15:16 and 29 make very clear that we must fight against our tendency to hate those who are different. That we must fight not only for our rights but also for the rights of others, wherever they are, whoever they are, whatever the color of their skin, or the nature of their culture, or whomever they choose to love, because God has said that although they are not in your image, they are in God's.
I'm sure someone will raise a point about the laws against same-sex relationships, or slavery or what not. My answer is that those were compromises made in realization of the fact that humanity can not turn on a dime, but by repeatedly stating the "mission statement" as it were, change does happen.
"This is Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. I regret to report that both our Jedi Order and the Republic, have fallen with a dark shadow of the Empire rising to take their place. This message is a warning and a reminder for any surviving Jedi. Trust in The Force. Do not return to the Temple... that time has past. And our future is uncertain. We will each be challenged. Our trust. Our faith. Our friendships. But we must persevere. And in time, a new hope will emerge. May the Force be with you, always."