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Counterpoint PA

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Fri Feb 7, 2014, 12:33 AM Feb 2014

PA's Worst: Republican Pushes Pro-Discrimination Proposal in PA House [VIDEO]

This is a video from my show Counterpoint PA, the only grassroots progressive newscast exclusively about Pennsylvania politics.

In this edition of Counterpoint PA's homage to Keith Olbermann, the Worst Pennsylvanians of the Week, the winner is a conservative Republican state representative who is seeking cosponsors to introduce a bill that would literally legalize discrimination. While he wants to exempt businesses from a wide range of anti-discrimination laws, he also claims he's not endorsing discrimination. I'm not making this one up. I put the reality of this proposal in historical perspective and emphasize that it is, in fact, an endorsement of discrimination.



For a transcript, links to the sources used in this story, or to browse the show's categorized video archive, go to http://counterpointpa.org. (Go here if you want to go right to the post for this video.)

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PA's Worst: Republican Pushes Pro-Discrimination Proposal in PA House [VIDEO] (Original Post) Counterpoint PA Feb 2014 OP
how republican of him barbtries Feb 2014 #1
AZ, SD, ID, KS are simultaneously pushing PRO-DISCRIMINATION State laws barring lawsuits brought blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #2
 

blkmusclmachine

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2. AZ, SD, ID, KS are simultaneously pushing PRO-DISCRIMINATION State laws barring lawsuits brought
Fri Feb 7, 2014, 02:11 AM
Feb 2014

by any gay or lesbian person or organization due to DENIAL of public services/accommodations, based on the BIGOT'S so-called "sincerely-held religious beliefs." This BIGOTRY includes any person, business, or government employee, as long as they are not gay or lesbian. So, gay and lesbian persons could legally be discriminated against in housing, employment, and services like medical, fire, police, and the Court system.

It's the Stand Your Ground Law for the BIGOTS.

Some have also called this the substitution of "Biblical Law" over Secular/Democratic law.

It's BAD, BAD news, but unsurprising, since our Government has been infiltrated by the ultra hard right Christian Dominionists for so many years.

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