I refuse to call these disgusting laws "Religious Freedom Acts." They are anything but.

[DFW]

They are Religious Intolerance Acts, both in Indiana and Arkansas, as well as anywhere else they may rear their putrid heads.

They are worthy of the Taliban, ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Qaeda, the Ayatollahs and the Spanish Inquisition.

I will refer to them as what they are, and not as what they most obviously are NOT. "Freedom" is as far from being the intent of these laws as Pluto is from the sun. I will not use that word when referring to something that would have made Tomás de Torquemada smile.

[99th_Monkey]

1. Typical RW/GOP tripe.

Sort of like calling their anti-worker laws "Right to Work"

[RKP5637]

2. Well said! They mask their hatred with religion because some sadly find anything laced with religion

is acceptable. Underneath their veil of religion is hatred and persecution. It makes them feel good in their own sadistic perverted way. As you said, Freedom has nothing to do with their sick laws. I'm glad more and more people are seeing these creatures for what they are and calling them out.

[riversedge]

3. I do not like those type headlines either.

[Avalux]

4. I am calling the "Christian Domination Laws" because that's exactly what they are. n/t

[guillaumeb]

5. not the Spanish Inquisition??!?

[DFW]

6. In that case, go all the way:

[guillaumeb]

8. great additional information

many people do not know that Torquemada invented musical theater.

[Zorra]

7. Thank you. They are Freedom to Discriminate Hate Laws. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

9. I find the terminology to be an insult to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the 1st Amendment

and to the framers of that document, for it deems their enshrinement of religious liberty to be incomplete and unworthy as if this modern act was creating religious freedom where there had been none.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. Personally, I like "Freedom of Bigotry". Short and pithy. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. I agree completely, my dear DFW. I am proud to K&R your important post. n/t

[HereSince1628]

12. Remember the name Jim Crow law? I suspect historians WILL call these Religious Intolerance Acts.

Some people may argue it's because the US once again faces as an opponent the "Musselmen", but I think it's more of an exploitation of a chance to be xenophobic in a land where most people can't go back 4 generations before running into an alien relative.