Pending, Mississippi law: no sex outside of marriage, women can be forced to wear make up by boss,

[RKP5637]

and also anti-LGBT laws.

FFS, is it time to build a wall around Mississippi?

http://www.salon.com/2016/04/01/mississippi_vs_everyone_states_pushing_obscene_law_thats_not_only_anti_lgbt_it_could_also_force_women_to_wear_makeup/

The 2016 legislative session has been a competition between red states to see who can pass the most hateful anti-LGBT bills under the guise of “religious freedom,’ but Mississippi state Republicans look like they’re going to emerge the winner. Friday, the state house passed the final version of a bill meant to protect and encourage business owners in the state to discriminate against LGBT people, while simultaneously enshrining, in violation of the constitution, the idea that conservative Christianity is the only legitimate religion.

But, because they have to win the war of the Bible-thumpers, Mississippi Republicans went a step further than other states that have passed similar anti-gay bills. This law not only protects discrimination against LGBT people, but against any person who has sex outside of marriage. It also makes it easier for employers and schools to strictly police the way you dress to make sure it’s masculine or feminine enough. If your boss thinks proper ladies wear make-up, he can cite “religious freedom” as a reason to force you to do so, and the law will protect him for it.

The state laid out three religious beliefs that give business owners broad permission to discriminate against people on the basis of:

The sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions protected by this act are the belief or conviction that:

(a) Marriage is or should be recognized as the union of
one man and one woman;

(b) Sexual relations are properly reserved to such a
marriage; and

(c) Male (man) or female (woman) refer to an individual’s immutable biological sex as objectively determined by anatomy and genetics at time of birth.

These are, to be clear, the only religious beliefs the state deems worthy of extra-special protection. If you belong to a church that doesn’t preach hate — and there are many faiths, both Christian and otherwise, that accept LGBT people and don’t think premarital sex is a sin — too bad, so sad. The state of Mississippi doesn’t think your religion is a legitimate one.

[In_The_Wind]

1. OMD

[patricia92243]

2. Can stuff like this be taken to the Supreme Court and overturned?

Also, now that we don't have a proper Supreme Court, I don't know what would happen if it is a tie.

What a mess.

[RKP5637]

12. One would think so. So much is a mess anymore it's hard to tell. Logic and sanity seem to be fleeing

parts of the US.

[moonbabygo]

13. If it's a tie

then it goes back to the lower court's decision.

So much hate is taking a toll on me

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. Hopefully, even the Fifth Circuit would call this law illegal

It is beyond dumb.

[yardwork]

28. This is an example of why the elections matter.

[pangaia]

40. YES SO TRUE. GO BERNIE !!

[yardwork]

44. I don't know that Bernie understands how to get nominees approved by Congress.

Congress is extremely right wing. They have to approve the Supreme Court nominees. There's no use in nominating people who would never get approved.

[Kelvin Mace]

51. And an extremely rightwing congress

full of people who loath HRC are going to just roll over due to her "experience" and approve her nominees?

Got it.

[yardwork]

70. Politics is a game, and Hillary is skilled at it.

Politics is not for the faint of heart.

Bernie knows all this. He's been a senator for decades. His recent rhetoric is as cynical as it gets. He pretends to be pure, but it's all an act.

[Kelvin Mace]

91. So, Bernie is "all an act"

and HRC is totally consistent in her actions.

At least until the next poll comes out.

[SammyWinstonJack]

124. I think you meant to say Hillary not Bernie...Hillary, it's all an act. There, fixed it for you.

[Arugula Latte]

60. Capitulate to the right wing! It's the Clintonian way!

[yardwork]

69. What is your solution?

[MisterFred]

104. Other than not do the Republicans' work for them? nt

[Arugula Latte]

123. Step One: Change the fucking conversation!

Reagan quickly convinced everyone that the government was the problem, and we've been paying the price ever since. I'd be happy if Bernie just used the White House pulpit to talk about putting this country on a different path. Even if "nothing" gets done it's better than getting rightwing crap done (e.g. TPP) for the sake of getting "something" done.

[noiretextatique]

75. That's absurd, truly

He's been a Senator for a long time, but you don't think he understands how things work? He has more experience than Clinton.

[nichomachus]

100. Bernie has spent a long time in Congress

And probably knows a hell of a lot more than a woman who just breezed through with no real accomplishments -- just to get a line on her resume for when she ran for president.

[MisterFred]

105. Seriously!

It's like these posters don't realize that, other than her own confirmation, Hillary has considerably LESS experience than Sanders in dealing with Congress!

And far fewer legislative accomplishments.

I guess that's what conventional wisdom gets you...

[yardwork]

115. How many senators have endorsed Bernie?

[MisterFred]

103. Hillary understands how to get nominees through Congress.

Appoint people conservative enough that Republicans will vote for them!

Winning!

[LiberalElite]

114. Based on exactly what? nt

[Politicalboi]

101. Yeah, so wake up

Bernie or Bust!!!!!

[awoke_in_2003]

58. Yes, taking years

and lots of money. I am waiting for one of the states to take a way women's right to vote. It is the only thing they haven't tried yet.

[hobbit709]

3. I wonder what he's doing behind closed doors.

You know he's projecting to the max.

[RKP5637]

4. Yep, that is generally what is going on. Psychological projection, look at them, they are bad, but

hey, don't look behind my closed door. This guy and his cohorts have some pretty peculiar stuff going on in their minds.

[RKP5637]

30. Mississippi to rewrite bill to make Incest the only form of legal sex in Mississippi!

[Lucky Luciano]

5. Sharia Law!!! Yay!!!

Seriously - if that's all they want, I am sure a one way ticket to Kabul or Riyadh can be arranged.

[RKP5637]

11. Exactly! Christian Sharia Law! These people are so F'ed up words pale to describe them. n/t

[sammythecat]

49. I'm at a loss for words as well. It's a wonder they procreate.

Is there anything less sexy than a religious fundamentalist? I know they're obedient and all, and they have a duty to perform, but still...

[Mira]

24. Just what I was thinking after throwing up my breakfast

It's time to invest in light blue fabric for burkas.

[Oneironaut]

62. It's only bad if they disagree with it.

Therefore, Sharia law = bad, but Christian fundamentalism that is just as oppressive = good.

[RKP5637]

67. Christian fundamentalism would be doing exactly the same if they could get away with it,

which is what they are trying to do as they work to take over the government of the US.

[Oneironaut]

71. Exactly. 'Screw the Constitution!'

'The only amendment that matters is the 2nd one, and we're gonna put the fear of Jesus in:

- Women
- Blacks
- Muslims
Etc. Etc.

These ignorant fucks will fear-monger, cheat, and threaten their way as far as they can. 90% of America hates their guts.

[avebury]

6. I wish that I could win a megabucks lottery just to have a team

of investigators to get the goods on all the idiots who try ot pass idiotic laws like this. You know that there has to be a large number of them who act in a manner that violates their alleged religious principles.

I wish that Anonymous would step in and start ripping off the bandaid of their hypocricy.

[RKP5637]

10. Yep!!! n/t

[Vinca]

7. That's going to put a real crimp in the style of GOP politicians.

They seem to be proving they are as dumb as the people who vote them into office.

[TeamPooka]

66. Good thing it isn't Alabama. nt

[tomm2thumbs]

8. he could use a trowel or two

the irony does not go unnoticed

[AllyCat]

9. Really, this cannot be legal.

I don't even think the Supremes would agree with this. Kennedy and probably not even Roberts would agree with this.

[Divernan]

15. But did they provide a definition of "sexual relations"?

That was the wiggle room claimed by Bill when he was deposed.

[skepticscott]

16. Sadly, there are people on DU, who claim to be progressives

who would try to blame this on "political" or "social" forces, rather than religiously inspired bigotry.

[RKP5637]

20. It's their Christian Sharia Law! People now need to call it out for what it is. n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

22. Oh and there are quite a few here who aren't quite sure

which bathroom my daughter should pee in.

[jtuck004]

36. As a former repair plumber, I can tell you it really, really doesn't matter, regardless of what they

think.

From my point I never could tell the difference.

[ck4829]

17. Oh, it's religion alright... Cult of the Chromosome

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027728857

[IdaBriggs]

18. Words fail. nt

[KentuckyWoman]

19. They really just need their own country.

Can't we just round them up and ship the Talibornagains off to Iraq or Afghanistan?

1. Puts them closer to the action in defeating those "muslins".
2. Puts them closer to the oil they think God put in the ground just for them.
3. Puts them closer to the Tigris and Euphrates where God is going to recreate the garden of Eden (Dinosaurs and all)
4. Gets them out of our hair.

Just seems like a win win win to me. Anyone who chooses to stay in the USA and professes to be an evangelical christian is allowed but is stripped of any right to vote or work in government.

It's ridiculous I know....... but eventually I think something like this is what it will come to.

[RKP5637]

23. And people continue to flee religion in the US and these damn fools and their ilk wonder

why! FFS, they are eroding into past centuries of horror and hatred.

[Bluenorthwest]

21. But The South is Super Liberal!!!!! I do not forgive them, I will not forgive them.

"To be clear, being able to discriminate against gay people, transgender people and fornicators is already legal, to one extent or another, in Mississippi. What this law does is deny the state the right to “discriminate” against anyone who would do so. That might seem minor, but in reality, removing any threat of losing government money or contracts for forcing your bigoted religious beliefs on others is actually a pretty strong check on a lot of this behavior.
For instance, a lot of this bill would make it easier to discriminate against people who are seeking social services. As the ACLU of Mississippi points out, homeless shelters, food banks, and day cares who call themselves “religious organizations” — i.e., many to most of them — would be able to turn away a single mother and her children on the grounds that she’s a sinful fornicator. Religious charter schools who get government money could expel students who are believed to be having sex. Adoption agencies can discriminate not just against gay couples and single people, but against any couple they believe had sex before they were married.

The law also offers broad protections to those who would deny medical care to people. If you work for hospital or clinic that gets government money, you can deny transgender people treatments related to their transition or “psychological, counseling, or fertility services” to anyone in the official list of naughty people. If a counseling service kicks you out for being gay or having sex outside of marriage, they can’t lose their government contract over it under this bill."
http://www.salon.com/2016/04/01/mississippi_vs_everyone_states_pushing_obscene_law_thats_not_only_anti_lgbt_it_could_also_force_women_to_wear_makeup/


Mississippi. God damn.

[RKP5637]

25. Mississippi, a good example of what happens when education fails and masses sink into the

depths of stupidity, while proud of their ignorance and backwardness.

[smirkymonkey]

42. This!

[LiberalArkie]

78. Just way too much incest in Mississippi to allow for good genetic diversity.

[RKP5637]

79. Soon, they will probably make incest the only legal sex in Mississippi. n/t

[LiberalArkie]

82. Or only allow those under 25 to have sex. Just as long as more Clevons can be bred.

[RKP5637]

85. One of my friends had to go there for two years from a CA company. They gave him a huge increase in

pay to put up with Mississippi and a firm 2 year contract that he could come back to CA in two years with the same pay increase. He took it, and said living in Mississippi for 2 years was an absolutely dreadful experience.

[jpak]

43. This would criminalize the Virgin Mary

yup

[sinkingfeeling]

29. My religion prohibits me from dealing with self-righteous hypocrites who do not

obey the teachings of Jesus. So, I guess that's about 95% of evangelicals.

[RKP5637]

31. Yep, they rewrite the book to their liking as they go along. n/t

[sulphurdunn]

32. You are witnessing

the resurrection of legal nullification and a new foundation for Jim Crow if they can get away with it. It should not go unsaid that every one of these 'legislators' has taken an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the United States, but hell, they've been pissing on that since 1860.

[lpbk2713]

33. I feel bad for DUer Mississippians.

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The rest of the world wants to point and giggle.

[mountain grammy]

34. Unbelievable, unimaginable, unthinkable

and unconstitutional! Fuck off, Mississippi, who will spend taxpayers' dollars to defend their bullshit while schools, healthcare, roads and public services suffer.

[Flyingbird5066]

35. Does it seriously have a snowball's chance in hell of passing

[Iggo]

64. It gets the knuckle draggers to the polls to vote for republican candidates.

[Marthe48]

37. Why we will never visit MS

or any other backward state. I have a list of states I won't visit, spend my money, recommend to visit. I wish all of these cretins would move to Kiribati.

[RKP5637]

46. I have a list like that too. Some of them I might have to drive through, but like a flyover state,

it's a drive through state. No stopping than for gas, no meals, no lodging, no visiting any park, place or anything. I know some truckers that do the same. Fuel outside the state and then a straight drive through. It's pathetic what some states are turning themselves into. In the long term, they will just be laughing stocks and holes of desperation. I feel so sorry for people stuck there for whatever reason, and those that get brainwashed into this prehistoric mindset of centuries of hatefulness and ignorance past.

[Marthe48]

125. You nailed it :)

I would have replied earlier, but my husband is very ill and he is all I care about right now. If citizens in those states see comments like this and businesses in those states realize that more people support equality than don't, maybe it'll make a difference. I just don't believe we still have to have this discussion. The Earth is a spaceship. If it were the Starship Enterprise, can you imagine if the red shirts hated the yellow shirts? It would have crashed into Mars.

[RKP5637]

126. It's always amazing how some want to enshrie hatred into law, incredible. All of my thoughts are

hoping your husband gets better! Thanks for your reply!

[Marthe48]

132. Thank you

We haven't gotten any good news from the doctors. My husband is starting chemo Wed. but the doctors didn't give us any hope. So I am making my own hope. I appreciate your thoughtfulness more than you know.

[RKP5637]

127. It's always amazing how some want to enshrine hatred into law, incredible. All of my thoughts are

hoping your husband gets better! Thanks for your reply!

[Feeling the Bern]

38. Phil Ochs was right: "Here's to the land you've torn out the heart of

Mississippi, find yourself another country to be part of."

[randome]

39. Can you imagine a dispute that ends up in court?

"But it says, right here, in Leviticus..."

"No, that's not what it says. Scholars think..."

"I don't care what scholars think. It says right here..."

"No, it doesn't."

And on and on and on.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Aspire to inspire.[/center][/font][hr]

[allan01]

41. trying to shove that blue law shit down our throat again?

is alec behind these model bills ? hmmmm. then they whine ., billy . obama , sanders and hillary are dictators ? heil pffft seperation of church and state guys . remember ???????? and when "they " get caught , sputtter sputt sputt, and dont we have some of those laws already on the books ?

[Dustlawyer]

45. What would Jebus do?

Republican gerrymandering has been entrenched in the South for decades. I am sure that like Texas, there are a lot of Democrats/Progressives in MS., and the rest of the South. Having said that, the Republicans/Tea Party folks heavily outnumber liberals. I am licensed there after studying for the Bar exam for 4 days. Still, I watched several people get up during the test and quit because they found the exam too hard. These are people who went to law school there and just graduated. It's supposedly still fresh in their minds!

The poverty and poor public education has allowed the corruption to run rampant. It is much like the movie Idiocracy. They (speaking generally) have a poor understanding of the world outside of their state. With this limited world view and tons of RW propaganda, they have become something that Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida can point to and say "at least we are not Mississippi!"

Small consolation when my own state produces Loui Gohmert, Tom Delay, John "Cornholio" Cornyn, Ted Poe, and a host of other RW crazies! If we could ever register and get them to the voting booth, we have a very large minority population that historically votes Democratic. We could even overcome the severe gerrymandering to turn Texas blue. Unfortunately, the DNC will not compete here, or support the Democratic candidates that do run, so we hear only Tea Party campaign ads and never hear the views of Democrats and Progressives. Bernie's attendance numbers at his events here demonstrate that there is a large population of hungry Democrats/Progressives that are underserved by our Party

To my fellow Northern Democrats, please don't write us off, tell us we should secede or some other stupid crap. Help us drive them out of power and we all benefit! It can be done, but not without outside help.

[RKP5637]

47. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[DhhD]

95. So true.

[Paladin]

48. Thanks Mississippi, for making Texas look good by comparison.

At least for the time being.

[kentauros]

130. Honestly, I feel sorry for them.

Mississippi is the poorest state in the union, and is continually spit upon by both conservatives and liberals. Conservatives by the asinine laws they enact, like this one, and from liberals who react by turning their backs and refusing to help turn things around.

It's when things like this happen that make me question why we still even have state governments at all. I'd much rather the important things like elections, healthcare, anti-discrimination, and all of our other major liberal ideals were federally-run and regulated. Leaving those things to the states has given us situations like in Mississippi and others. Some things are just more important than leaving it up to the locals.

[Deadshot]

50. Christian Sharia Law.

I don't see how this could even stand once the courts get a hold of it.

[RKP5637]

52. It is absolutely bizarre. I wonder if the majority of the people like this, or do they just

vote in crazy politicians because of gerrymandering. They are so preoccupied over an individual's private parts, I would say there is a great deal of perversion in the legislature. It's just damn weird.

[Frustratedlady]

53. Look at those sick eyes. I truly believe that eyes are the windows to the soul...

and I wouldn't want to see his soul.

[RKP5637]

54. That, was the first thing I noticed too, the demented crazed look, like crazy with religion. n/t

[ladjf]

55. These legislative proposals are a new low even for Mississippi.

[Melurkyoulongtime]

56. Truth be told

he could use a little makeup himself. And moisturizer, lots and lots of moisturizer

[RKP5637]

59. LOL!!! n/t

[Turbineguy]

57. It's their last chance to fuck things up. Maybe.

Are republicans aware there is an election in November or do they already know the fix is in?

[Oneironaut]

61. What if a strict Muslim business owner demanded his employees wear full burkas?

Would they still uphold the law? How about if a business owner made a rule that Christians had to denounce their faith and then pray to Allah with the business owner?

Is Atheism protected? Could I then hang a poster calling the Christian church a fraud and the Bible a collection of fairy tales?

[BlueMTexpat]

63. We don't need to worry about

Daesh or any other fundamentalist group that claims it has the ONLY right religious path. We have the Xtian Taliban right here in MS.

[Nevernose]

65. Completely set aside sex and/or religion for a second

When I do that, I still see a medieval view of the world, one in which noble and peasant is still the most sacred, important relationship. These assholes just replace the words "master" and "serf" with "employer" and "employee."

It goes down to their belief that the reason they're rich is primarily because God wants them to be, and that the best way for the nobility to "help" their serfs is for the serfs to give everything they can to God's chosen and let the nobility's generosity trickle down to the peasantry.

Theses fucks still have a medieval viewpoint of religion and sex and politics and international relations and economics and everything else. This law is just one more facet of their backwards thinking.

[Rex]

68. As much as I rail against the plutocracy, I have to admit the very conglomerates I hate

will be the only entities that can save us. It is quite apparent by now that the GOP state leaders don't listen to their constituents nor do they care about just laws. So it will be up to Coke and Pepsi to pull up stakes in these states and move to more progressive states where the laws are not...shall we say...batshit insanely immoral and unconstitutional?

We have to depend on huge brands to save us now, the M$M and politicians are convinced we are all too stupid to vote them out or boycott them out of business. It will be up to other businesses to save us from this hell, protesting simply does not work anymore. Only money talks now.

[Liberal_in_LA]

72. Wow

[RKP5637]

73. I can't believe this is happening in the 21st century. What an incredibly hateful and bizarre place!

[RKP5637]

74. One of the guys in our group in CA had to go work there for 2 years. Our company

actually gave him hazardous duty pay to compensate him for putting up with the idiots in Mississippi, and the pay differential was significant, plus a contract to pull him out of there after 2 years. He said it was absolutely deplorable, the most hateful and ignorant place he had ever been.

[Socal31]

76. Mississippistan

[RKP5637]

77. Home of the Christian Taliban enforcing Christian Sharia Law.

[Depaysement]

80. I get the point but

It is still probably gender discrimination under Title VII to force women in the workplace to comply with a strict dress code.

[felix_numinous]

81. American Taliban

are in power because of a weakened left. The left kept these RW extremists in check until the neo cons and neo liberals enabled them to thrive, and they are destroying the country, thanks guys.

[RKP5637]

87. They really are, as they make the US the laughing stock of the international community! n/t

[Initech]

83. Religious freedom is complete and utter bullshit.

The sooner these anti freedom laws are declared unconstitutional the better.

[Rex]

84. Just like all other GOP talking points, 'religious freedom' really means 'human oppression'.

They LOVE deny people their rights, then turn around and pretend Christians are being prosecuted for their faith. I cannot wait for the GOP to die off...the day will be a glorious day for all of human kind. We shall erect statues over it's demise.

[RKP5637]

88. And the creatures that run for presidential hopefulls. The GOP is an utterly demented

bunch of people. The GOP should really be classified as a mental health issue IMO.

[Rex]

90. We see it on display daily, sadly too much in Trumps case.

That would lead one to also wonder why the M$M has such a mentally unhealthy relationship with their favorite presidential hopeful. As long as the M$M keeps reporting that Trump is an unstoppable monster, people will keep believing it. Even though it is a boldface lie. He is a paper tiger created by the cable industry and the political elite. And now that the GOP is exposed maggots and all, their 'guru's' like David Brooks will just ignore 35 years of systemic abuse to look for a new hook.

They've all been exposed as cheap con men looking for the next long con.

[RKP5637]

92. Yep, as we know, it's all about $$$$$$$'s. They could care less about the future of this country,

and a major problem is soooo many Americans are so gullible. Joseph Goebbels would love today's America for spreading propaganda.

[Rex]

93. He would flourish in 2016's America with an army of followers waiting for him.

I think he would take a particular interest in Donald Trump.

[RKP5637]

96. Yes, definitely, Donald Trump! n/t

[RKP5637]

86. Religious Freedom, like Family Values, is often a code word for discrimination against all types

of people. Often religion is the US is like a disease, and people are fleeing from it as so diabolical and backward. And, it's often a big $$$$$$$$'s maker for those on the take in the religious rackets in the US. I'm amazed in the 21st century there is so much of this bullshit still going on.

[Initech]

89. What the assholes need to realize is that this is a direct 1st amendment violation.

Not only is it censorship of freedom of speech and expression, it also violates that whole "Congress shall make no law establishing religion." Part of the 1st amendment. But the fundamentalists don't care about that. Bring that up in a debate and they'll scream persecution at the drop of a hat.

[yuiyoshida]

94. Governor puts into Law New Clothing for People In Mississippi

[RKP5637]

97. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[They_Live]

98. if it's going to be that kind of party

I'm going to stick my dick in the mashed potatoes.

[blackspade]

99. Idiocracy....

Fucking painful.

[RKP5637]

102. Yep, generational stupidity and now Idiocracy! n/t

[desmiller]

106. ............

Who in their right mind wants to vote for that garbage?!!!

Bryant, you fucking redneck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SheilaT]

107. And if this garbage actually becomes law,

Shall we place bets on how many women get arrested for having sex outside of marriage? And how many men? The last number will be zero, I'm sure.

[rbrnmw]

108. That is beyond fucked up!!!

this is so draconian

[AwakeAtLast]

109. So Adultery and Divorce are still A-OK?

How Christian of them, bless their hateful hearts....

[jmowreader]

110. I found it...

(6) The state government shall not take any discriminatory action against a person wholly or partially on the basis that the person establishes sex-specific standards or policies concerning employee or student dress or grooming, or concerning access to restrooms, spas, baths, showers, dressing rooms, locker rooms, or other intimate facilities or settings, based upon or in a manner consistent with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction described in Section 2 of this act.

Riddle me this, DUers...there's a fairly comprehensive hit list in the Old Testament. You're supposed to whack:
1) Anyone who "sacrifices his children to Molech"
2) Anyone who "turns to mediums and spiritists"
3) Anyone who curses his parents
4) Anyone who has sex outside of marriage
5) Anyone who screws any of his or her relatives
6) Anyone who fucks a non-human animal...no children, "non-human animal" is not a synonym for "Republican"
7) Boys who like boys and girls who like girls

It is safe to assume that any person walking the streets in the US today falls into one of those seven categories. Does this then mean that I can kill anyone in Mississippi and beat the murder rap by playing the Jesus card?

[mwooldri]

111. Unconstitutional.

While it doesn't establish a religion per-se, it does establish into law religious beliefs that are pertinent to a specific sect of a specific religion or two.

I can see this going to the federal Supreme Court and being struck down.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

117. Looks void on its face, to me but what do I know?

Besides having a law degree, and 30 hours of required courses including Constitutional Law.

[mwooldri]

119. Glad you and I agree... except you have authority on the subject.

I'm not a lawyer. I haven't studied law.

I guess it follows the principle of whether it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck.... then by golly it must be a monkey. At least to who is writing this legislation.

[Jack Rabbit]

112. Question:

If a Protestant boss in Mississippi can cite religious freedom to tell a woman who works for him to wear make up, can the woman al cite religious freedom to refuse on the grounds that she is a Mormon?

Of course, the Mississippi law is a piece of trash.

[truebrit71]

113. So in other words, the christian version of sharia law, yes?

Fucking idiots. This is blatantly unconstitutional and will be thrown out the second it is brought before a court.

[mwooldri]

120. I condemn it for being anti-Christian.

Though it could be argued is that the law is more Islamic than Christian.

It's just hateful law.

[Triana]

116. American F*cking TALIBAN.

WTF is next? Burkas?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

118. At least my grandparents got the hell out of Kosciusko after graduating from Mississippi A&M.

And moving to Texas after World War I. My grandfather's brother moved to San Antonio and became a real estate developer.

I took my grandmother to her 60th high school reunion way back in 1976 in Kosciusko. I was totally appalled. I was convinced Texas was a bastion of liberalism. I have not been back in forty years, unsurprisingly.

[redruddyred]

121. this confirms what i always suspected about this part of the country

boring personal anecdote:
years ago, while living in the deep south, i got a short haircut to scare off sexual harrassers
it worked, but then i had to deal with OMG Teh Ghey
worth it tho, femininity is a fucking prison.

[Tsiyu]

122. Family values governors and politicians can fornicate

like porn stars but the little people must control their nasty urges.

Too funny and sad at the same time. Southerners love to run their states like ISIS. Total theocratic control. Zero religious freedom.

You have to pity the stupid rubes who vote for these kinds of politicians. They honestly cast their ballots thinking these snakes "Love the Lard and Jeebus with all there hart."

What's the current wager on the date this law's sponsors are caught fucking people who are not their lawfully-wedded spouses?

[Mary Mac]

128. makeup?

Surely not. I am speech less.

[3catwoman3]

129. Nobody, but...

...NOBODY better ever try to tell me to wear makeup.

[jonks2746]

131. These laws are just getting ridiculous

Just unbelievable.

[KamaAina]

133. What if the boss is a woman?

Can she force her male employees to wear makeup?