In the wake of Governor Brewer's veto of the defense of the law that would have defended the free exercise of religion, SB 1062, the city of Tempe became the fourth Arizona city to approve an anti-discrimination law that provides legal protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The fine could be as much as $2500 for a business or an individual who discriminates on the basis of "gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, gender, religion, national origin, familial status, age, disability and U.S. military veteran status".
Interesting. Now, the legal definition of "discrimination" is "unequal treatment of persons." One might think, then, that treating everyone poorly would be legal since it is equal treatment. No, that won't work. But somehow "We're perfectly willing to strip you of your right to free exercise of religion while we add additional rights to our favorite 'protected class'1" is deemed "equal treatment". "You're free to perform the immoral behavior you wish and we're free to not endorse it" is not. And how does "We are defending equal treatment on the basis of 'gender identity, 'sexual orientation', and religion ... by removing religious rights in favor of who you want to have sex with" reasonably reflect "equal treatment"?
It is as I have long suspected. "Common sense" is not common. And sin rots the brain.
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1 How can you have a "protected class" that you can't define? The argument is that "homosexual" is a continuum of various levels of "homosexual" and "gender identity" is fluid -- depends on how you feel today. How can this be a "protected class"? Some vague group you can step in and out of when you want the protection? No definition, no backing, and still it trumps the Bill of Rights. Interesting.
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Your "footnote" is deserving of its own post. It exposes what should have been an obvious flaw of the whole "equal rights" nonsense for those who not had their rights denied them in the first place. It's incredibly insightful. But perhaps I can use it in the future should I be denied something for legitimate reasons, such as negligence, laziness or anything else. I'll just say that on that day I felt like a woman and was being harassed. Brilliant!
Okay, I'll do that. Another post it is.
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