About That "Religious Freedom" Thing

Just in case you thought the "religious freedom" argument now being pushed by the professional gay-bashers is really about religious freedom, take a look at this:

The proposed Protect Religious Freedom Initiative would create a “right to discriminate” for any business that normally works with weddings. Were it to pass, florists, bakers, photographers, and other wedding professionals could simply refuse to serve same-sex couples without being in violation of the state’s public accommodation nondiscrimination protections. Here’s the proposed text:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if doing so would violate a person’s deeply held religious beliefs, a person acting in a nongovernmental capacity may not be:

(a) Penalized by the state or a political subdivision of this state for declining to solemnize, celebrate, participate in, facilitate, or support any same-sex marriage ceremony or its arrangements, same-sex civil union ceremony or its arrangements, or same-sex domestic partnership ceremony or its arrangements; or

(b) Subject to a civil action for declining to solemnize, celebrate, participate in, facilitate, or support any same-sex marriage ceremony or its arrangements, same-sex civil union ceremony or its arrangements, or same-sex domestic partnership ceremony or its arrangements.

Notice how easily "deeply held religious beliefs" can be read as "anti-gay prejudice"? There's no exception included for "deeply held religious beliefs" concerning separation of the races, or interracial marriage, or serving those who follow "false religions" or any other of the stupid and narrow-minded beliefs so many people hold dear.

So it turns out the Oregon Family Council is just like any other organization with "Family" in its name -- anti-gay. Period.