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Related: About this forum'Religious freedom' bill picks up momentum in House
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/247599-religious-freedom-bill-picks-up-momentumGreg Nash
By Scott Wong - 07/12/15 06:00 AM EDT
Pressure is mounting on House GOP leaders to call a vote this month on a religious-freedom bill banning the federal government from punishing churches, charities or private schools for actions in opposition to same-sex marriage.
The legislation, dubbed the First Amendment Defense Act, is gaining steam. Nearly 50 Republicans including Majority Whip Steve Scalise (La.), Policy Chairman Luke Messer (Ind.) and Republican Study Committee Chairman Bill Flores (Texas) signed on just last week, pushing the total number of GOP co-sponsors to 115.
Given the Supreme Court ruling last month legalizing same-sex marriage, many Republicans say they hope to pass the bill before they head home and face constituents at August town halls.
But theres one possible hang-up: The bills author is Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho), a co-founder of the conservative Freedom Caucus, which has caused fits for GOP leadership since its launch in January. Labrador, a Tea Party favorite, also is a one-time rival to Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who just happens to control the floor schedule.
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HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Put the rebel flag in there, too. Why not please two bigots at the same time?
cbayer
(146,218 posts)HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Or maybe they'll give us a nice rebel yell. Yeeee-Haw!
cbayer
(146,218 posts)Once something is generally accepted as overt bigotry, it tends to lose some of it's former supporters.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)But we're getting some rebel flag backlash, just as we're getting backlash against gay people. If they all muddle around together in Backlash City, they may join forces.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)But I have overestimated them in the past.
Hoppy
(3,595 posts)You don't have to thank me. It was nothin'.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)Hoppy
(3,595 posts)The same idjits who are for the religious right to discriminate, will surely support the right to fly the confederate battle flag.
I didn't think the sarcasm emot. was needed.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)I don't think they will touch the flag issue, but I've been wrong about them before, lol.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)Makes it harder to spray innocents with vitriolic buckshot.