This is getting rediculous

[Jennifer (Tink)]

"On Thursday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill that will allow child welfare service providers to decline to provide certain kinds of care based on “the provider’s sincerely held religious beliefs.” The bill, House Bill 3859, will permit discrimination against LGBTQ couples wishing to adopt children, in addition to allowing LGBTQ children to be placed under the agencies’ care in “religious education.” The bill goes into effect in September.



As ThinkProgress noted when the bill passed the Texas House in May, the bill affects not only child placement services (think adoption agencies), but group homes, counseling services, care for abused children, and other resources for children with complicated family situations. The bill will have a broad reach, affecting organizations that provide a wide variety care options for a large number of children.”*

[Jennifer (Tink)]

[Yuki]

Can't watch the videos right now, but I don't have words for this crap.

What ever happened to the separation of church and state that there's supposed to be??

These assholes talk about free speech and freedom, but what they really mean is that they should be able to be as shitty as they want.

Like how someone screamed out of their window at us today because of our bumper stickers, lol.

But this is horrible, and dangerous for LGBT people.

I feel like we're at a weird spot in history where things are supposed to be better, but the assholes are trying their hardest to make one last stand to destroy as many of us as possible, and to take away everything our community has fought for.

[Jennifer (Tink)]

Jun 25, 2017 2:03:10 GMT 8 Yuki said:

Can't watch the videos right now, but I don't have words for this crap.

What ever happened to the separation of church and state that there's supposed to be??

These assholes talk about free speech and freedom, but what they really mean is that they should be able to be as shitty as they want.

Like how someone screamed out of their window at us today because of our bumper stickers, lol.

But this is horrible, and dangerous for LGBT people.

I feel like we're at a weird spot in history where things are supposed to be better, but the assholes are trying their hardest to make one last stand to destroy as many of us as possible, and to take away everything our community has fought for.

And it's not just LGBT, they are doing their damnedest to destroy everything that helps the 99% of everyone. We are getting hit really hard but the less fortunate in society are also going to feel pain. 

[Wormmms]

Apart from how fucked is ethically it is to pass laws defending discrimination and how upset it makes me personally to see lgbtq people stripped of our civil rights, it is completely abhorrent that these people would pass a law that potentially limits the chances of finding a family for foster children.

I'm so thankful that I live in California and I'm kind of sheltered from some of the really nasty stuff that is happening right now, but in honestly so worried about the rest of the country.

[Wormmms]

Jun 25, 2017 2:03:10 GMT 8 Yuki said:

I feel like we're at a weird spot in history where things are supposed to be better, but the assholes are trying their hardest to make one last stand to destroy as many of us as possible, and to take away everything our community has fought for.

I've seen a few people claim that the extremist stuff happening over in the far right in the last few years- the tea party, the alt-right, Trump- have all been a result of the death throes of American conservatism. Like, this is one big reactionary push right before the entire right flatlines. I don't know if that's really the case but I would prefer it over the rise of global fascism.

[Ativan Prescribed]

This is basically the same idiotic thing that they did when they could, when Gay was struggling, everything was subject to change, take this away that away, they went as far as taking kids away from same sex marriages, even single adopted, the stupid therapy thing came out then, it was kept quiet, but it hit along with just so much other BS.It came down to boycotting business's (check out the owners of Hobby Lobby), and other things, but what really took this kind of crap down was the religious rights, if it was against your religion. The state legislators write this crap up, force it through, like in West Louisiana (formerly Texas) just did, but they lost travel for CA employees to TX now, as did 3 other states, and that puts a huge crimp on them. The same thing happened way back for the gay, it was written LGBT, but trans was solidly thrown under the bus back then, and are still climbing out from under it. But the legislation is about religious rights and religion gets the exception, they think in terms of constituents, and they forget that it means all religions, so anything is fair game to restrict anyone on TX for anything they want, it's against you religion to obey this new law, it's against your religion to not camp in the capitol building, shit on the floors if you want, it's fricken religious freedom TX style... This was tried before, some group that was definitely not christian put up a huge monument for themselves on the capitol grounds somewhere, so if you're in TX, just tell the cop who pulled you over for speeding that it's your right, because of your religion, that tells you to drive over the speed limit,... see where this kind of stupidity goes? Conservatives in the name of someone else's Christ tried all of this before, it was part of the downfall of the Tea Party, people got sick of Bachmann and the AK bimbo. Nugent...
Now people are getting sick of it again, it isn't religious freedom, they do this, it goes against their crying about Sharia law taking over, the majority wins, and like always, religion has never been a majority here, so they did it to keep the votes of the evangelical radicals and have now opened that can of worms again, it's why gender was included in the federal against discrimination, it still is, it's guaranteed by the Supreme court, they said that sex was the same thing as gender in the way the law is written, and trump is trying to take that away, it isn't going to last any longer than he is, it's a downhill slide for him like it was for the tea party assholes.
But yah, they are going from stupid to ridiculous in less than 8 seconds, they can't take away freedom of speech and that's exactly what they are trying to do, they don't get the spicy sketch that CNN put out, it was like sticking their tongue out at them so they came up with this new BS. Next it will be you can't talk about it either, you will obey, you will obey...
They are so far out of it, it would actually be better if the tea party idiots came back, but Nugent did go to the WH didn't he...
It all plays bad, it gets worse, it looks just as bad, and they are trying to ram wealthcare down the countries throat, taking away the safety nets for millions, and your premiums are going to go up and your deductible will be at the point of who needs insurance, you can't afford to live anymore, unless your a rich bastard from the trump rebellion, and there are still, still, people who believe in this crap of a govt they voted in.
2018, vote them out. Shooting at them while they practiced baseball didn't work, so vote the bastard of politics out of office, and remember your chosen religion, so you can claim religious rights for whatever you want to do.