GERORGIA: 'RELIGIOUS LIBERTY' BILL HEADS TO GOVERNOR'S DESK

'RELIGIOUS LIBERTY' BILL HEADS TO GOVERNOR'S DESK

Lawmakers' vote sets stage for 'gay'-rights showdown

Cheryl Chumley

Lawmakers in Georgia moved forward a bill to the governor’s desk that gives faith-based groups and others the right to opt out of serving couples, both “gay” and straight, if they profess religious-based reasons for doing so.

Called the “religious liberty” measure, House Bill 757 was passed by lawmakers, amended by senators and now sits before Gov. Nathan Deal for signing, AJC.com reported.

Political insiders predict an eruption from the “gay”-rights crowd, which sees the bill as a backdoor to legalized discrimination.

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The bill’s morphed through the months. It started out as a means of ensuring pastors and other religious leaders would not be forced to perform same-sex marriages against their will. 

But the Senate added in language allowing faith-based groups and individuals the right to deny service to couples who displayed characteristics perceived as violating the sincerely held religious beliefs and moral convictions pertaining to marriage of the providers. The provision, as amended by the Senate, did not stipulate the couples would have to be “gay,” but allowed for opt-out of service to even heterosexual couples, AJC.com reported.

Other last-minuted changes the governor’s now mulling: that no individual could be forced to attend a same-sex wedding, and that faith-based organizations don’t have to allow their facilities to be used for “objectionable” events.

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As AJC.com reported: “Faith-based organizations also could not be forced to hire or retain an employee whose ‘religious beliefs or practices or lack of either are not in accord with the faith-based organization’s sincerely held religious belief.’ Finally, it includes much of the language found in the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 which requires government to prove a ‘compelling governmental interest’ before it interferes with a person’s exercise of religion.”

The Georgia Baptist Mission Board approves the bill; the state’s hefty business interests, including Microsoft, Google, Coca-Cola and Home Depot, do not, AJC.com reported.

The business sector’s fear?

That the bill would lead to threats of boycotts from those who support LGBTs and the “gay”-rights movement.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/03/religious-liberty-bill-heads-to-governors-desk/#I8yAcLthb2VID52P.99

My comments: The SCOTUS Same-Sex Marriage Ruling was Unconstitutional and should be disregarded as Georgia is attempting. It is against God and His Word and puts one more Nail in America's Coffin before the Living God.