This is nothing but trumped up charges by the GLBT community to stir up emotions without looking at the facts. Just like Ferguson, which the Eric Holder justice department cleared the cop through the forensic evidence. This is why the media has no credibility. They go on a rampage of trying to be politically correct & twist a law that was signed by Bill Clinton, passed in the Senate & House with near-unanimous approval, & is already on the books of 19 other states. It has been used in various cases, including in front of the Supreme Court. The verdicts have gone both way, in favor of & against the plaintiffs, depending on the situation. Why the frenzy now? Is it because Indiana is a Red State? Hmmmm.
“… a law that was signed by Bill Clinton … "ATTENTION. This is the talking point du jour disseminated throughout right-wing talk radio and TV by the Koch/Adelson media machine.The HBO show “vice” did an expose on it.See, Conserve et. al. don’t make these things up themselves.
The ‘toon does remind me of my first visit to Florida AFTER the Civil Rights Act passed, and this was still the case, with different signs, even after Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia had cleaned up their act. It isn’t about buying a cake, or flowers, it’s about returning to the “good old days”, that were NOT!
The allegory doesn’t match. People don’t want to provide inferior facilities for gays. They simply want gays to take their business elsewhere. There are dozens of shops they could patronize – why do they insist on dealing with somebody who doesn’t like their lifestyle anyway? Except of course to make a point.
This is not the Bill Clinton signed and Obama voted for. Those kept the government from trampling religious rights. The new crop treats businesses as religious institutions who can trample citizens’ rights.
BTW: on that “they can just go to a different shop” argument, what if you live in rural America and the next “shop” whatever the service (hmm, like a pharmacy?) is only 110 miles away!
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
It’s exactly what it looks like, which btw, what do those targets of today’s bigots “look like”?? Who is, and what rights actually ARE the targets?
ConserveGov over 9 years ago
Is this why Clinton signed it in 1993?
starcandles Premium Member over 9 years ago
This is nothing but trumped up charges by the GLBT community to stir up emotions without looking at the facts. Just like Ferguson, which the Eric Holder justice department cleared the cop through the forensic evidence. This is why the media has no credibility. They go on a rampage of trying to be politically correct & twist a law that was signed by Bill Clinton, passed in the Senate & House with near-unanimous approval, & is already on the books of 19 other states. It has been used in various cases, including in front of the Supreme Court. The verdicts have gone both way, in favor of & against the plaintiffs, depending on the situation. Why the frenzy now? Is it because Indiana is a Red State? Hmmmm.
BaltoBill over 9 years ago
“… a law that was signed by Bill Clinton … "ATTENTION. This is the talking point du jour disseminated throughout right-wing talk radio and TV by the Koch/Adelson media machine.The HBO show “vice” did an expose on it.See, Conserve et. al. don’t make these things up themselves.
oneoldhat over 9 years ago
dear acelist hope you do and go to jail and make the Indiana Christian pay for your upkeep
DrDon1 over 9 years ago
How sad! Are we going to continue the backward slide to when it was legal to ban inter-racial marriage, too?
[ Stantis should be given credit for calling attention to this bigotry! ]
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
The ‘toon does remind me of my first visit to Florida AFTER the Civil Rights Act passed, and this was still the case, with different signs, even after Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia had cleaned up their act. It isn’t about buying a cake, or flowers, it’s about returning to the “good old days”, that were NOT!
SClark55 Premium Member over 9 years ago
The allegory doesn’t match. People don’t want to provide inferior facilities for gays. They simply want gays to take their business elsewhere. There are dozens of shops they could patronize – why do they insist on dealing with somebody who doesn’t like their lifestyle anyway? Except of course to make a point.
kaffekup over 9 years ago
This is not the Bill Clinton signed and Obama voted for. Those kept the government from trampling religious rights. The new crop treats businesses as religious institutions who can trample citizens’ rights.
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
BTW: on that “they can just go to a different shop” argument, what if you live in rural America and the next “shop” whatever the service (hmm, like a pharmacy?) is only 110 miles away!