Kansas Rep Introduces Bill Legalizing Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples
Republicans in the Kansas House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would make it legal for both government employees and private individuals to discriminate against same-sex couples on religious grounds.
According to House Bill 2453, “no individual or religious entity shall be required by any governmental entity” to “provide any services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, or privileges” if “it would be contrary to the sincerely held religious beliefs of the individual or religious entity regarding sex or gender.”
If the bill becomes law, anyone who claims to have a religious objection to same-sex marriage would not be compelled to “treat any marriage, domestic partnership, civil union or similar arrangement as valid.”
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