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In response to
"(for those of you that care) one Georgia senator's thoughts on the Religious Freedom bill veto -- (edited)"
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Strongbad
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But what are your thoughts?
Posted by
Roger More (aka rogermore)
Apr 5 '16, 07:30
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I agree with Will and Jack, and I'm going to add this:
From his statement (with my highlights at ****):
"The objection came from Governor Deal who demanded that the bill be stripped of the language which provided religious freedom protection for individuals and businesses, **** leaving protection only for pastors/clergy and non-profits ****. Meeting this requirement which was necessary for his support, this bill then passed out of the Georgia General Assembly on March 16th and went to the governor’s desk. But, **** despite the fact that all of his demands were met ****, Governor Deal vetoed HB 757 – the law titled “An Act to Protect Religious Freedom” on March 28th."
From the helpful summary of the bill you provided last week:
"Section 6 says **** government can't intrude on a person or organization's religious rights **** unless it has a compelling government interest and is acting in the least intrusive way possible. Section 6 also includes an exemption that stops its use for "invidious discrimination" that's banned under state or federal law. "
The bill isn't meeting the condition set by Gov. Deal - that protection applies only to pastors and non-profits - so I don't see a "violation of trust" by the Governor on this issue.
The state senator says that "all of [Deal's] demands were met" - but the language remains in the current version of the bill. So I'm not exactly seeing straight-dealing by the state senator on this issue.
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