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Arkansas lawmakers vote for religious-freedom bill. Arkansas's legislature passed a bill similar to Indiana's controversial one, but it's unclear whether the state's governor will sign it. "The Arkansas legislature on Tuesday passed its version of a bill described by proponents as a religious freedom law, even as Indiana’s political leaders struggled to gain control over a growing backlash that has led to calls to boycott the state because of criticism that its law could be a vehicle for discrimination against gay couples. The Arkansas bill now goes to the state’s Republican governor, Asa Hutchinson, who expressed reservations about an earlier version but more recently said he would sign the measure if it 'reaches my desk in similar form as to what has been passed in 20 other states.' " Campbell Robertson and Richard Pérez-Peña in The New York Times.
There's little precedent for religious-freedom laws shielding discrimination. "So far, legal experts say they are unaware of any high-profile cases in which business owners have successfully used so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Acts as a defense to discrimination claims. ... While business professionals haven’t yet successfully used state religious-freedom laws to deny services to gay or lesbian customers, that could change in the wake of the Indiana law and one passed Tuesday by Arkansas lawmakers, since they are drafted in a way that could more broadly protect businesses in discrimination suits brought by private parties." Nathan Koppel in The Wall Street Journal. Republican strategists worry that gay marriage will damage Republicans in the general election."Most top Republican presidential hopefuls this week have moved in lock step, and without pause, to support Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) and his Religious Freedom Restoration Act... But the position puts the Republican field out of step with a growing national consensus on gay rights, handing Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats a way to portray Republicans as intolerant and insensitive. Some Republicans also fear that Indiana is only the first in a series of brush fires that could engulf the party as it struggles to adapt to the nation’s rapidly changing demographics and social mores." Philip Rucker and Robert Costa in The Washington Post. BALZ: The debate is a reminder that social issues come first in politics. "Economic and national security issues certainly differentiate Republicans from Democrats, but the most passionate arguments now often grow out of the rapid shifts in cultural attitudes and the dramatic redrawing of the face of an increasingly diverse America. On one side are those who hail those changes as evidence of progress in breaking down barriers and producing a more tolerant and open society. On the other are those who are fearful about the full impact of those changes on their own freedoms and on the values of faith and family."The Washington Post. |
| CARNEY: Businesses should be allowed to sit out gay weddings. "Religious liberty is the terms of surrender the Right is requesting in the culture war. It is conservative America saying to the cultural and political elites, you have your gay marriage, your no-fault divorce, your obscene music and television, your indoctrinating public schools and your abortion-on-demand. May we please be allowed to not participate in these? But no. Tolerance isn't the goal. Religious conservatives must atone for their heretical views with acts of contrition: Bake me a cake, photograph my wedding, pay for my abortion and my contraception."The Washington Examiner. YGLESIAS: The debate isn't really about gay weddings. "Liberals feel that if 'religious liberty' can justify anti-gay discrimination, then the case for bans on racial discrimination unravel. Conservatives feel that if conscience does not allow service providers to choose their customers, there is no stopping tyranny of the majority. ... Maybe churches will be forced to choose between losing their tax-exempt status and being forced to perform weddings they regard as theologically illegitimate. ... The question here is ultimately more difficult than most liberals have allowed. ... The answer, ultimately, is that policymaking requires judgments about what is practical and what is important. Conservative fears about slippery slopes are sensible, but the debate ultimately is about discrimination in serving gay clients and isn't about far-fetched hypotheticals." Vox. |
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