Attorney General nominee defends anti-LGBTQ 'First Amendment Defense Act'
Source: LGBTQ Nation
By Jeff Taylor · Wednesday, January 25, 2017
President Donald Trump‘s nominee for Attorney General Sen. Jeff Sessions is standing firm on his support of a bill that would allow for discrimination against the LGBTQ community on the basis of a firmly held religious belief.
In a response to questions sent by Sen. Al Franken, Sessions objects to a characterization of the bill as being “deceptively named” and argues for why he feels is is needed.
The First Amendment Defense Act, or FADA for short, would allow landlords, business owners, healthcare providers, and employers to refuse to provide goods and services to whomsoever they choose so long as they can argue that doing so would conflict with their chosen set of beliefs.
“Some have argued that FADA is necessary to protect pastors, ministers, and churches who fear that they’ll be forced to marry gay and lesbian couples,” writes Franken. “But the First Amendment already prevents clergy or churches from being forced to marry a couple if doing so is contrary to their beliefs. It always has. The Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which recognized that same-sex couples have the right to marry in all 50 states, did not change that.
Read more: http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/01/trumps-ag-nominee-sen-jeff-sessions-stands-support-discriminatory-bill/
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the right kind of christian. thanks repubs 
