Podcasts Culture American Freethought Podcast 247 - Win Some, Lose Some vs RFRA, Part 2

247 - Win Some, Lose Some vs RFRA, Part 2

Published: Dec. 12, 2018, 5 a.m.

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Original release April 20, 2016.

Encore release December 12, 2018.

Encore release September 4, 2017.

More fallout in the aftermath of North Carolina\'s infamous law that prevents local governments from passing LGBT protections.\\xa0Bruce Springsteen and former Beatle Ringo Starr\\xa0are among the artists who have cancelled shows in the Tar Heel state.

Meanwhile, Mississippi\\xa0has passed\\xa0HB 1523, the "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act,"\\xa0which more or less allows anyone to discriminate against LGBT citizens as long as they cite sincerely held religious beliefs.\\xa0This\\xa0law is seen as so extreme that some other state governments (including New York and Washington)\\xa0and even local governments have issued (largely symbolic) bans against traveling to Mississippi for government business.\\xa0

Finally,\\xa0Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has vetoed a bill\\xa0aimed at making the Bible the official state book,\\xa0saying it\\xa0trivializes the Bible (rather than giving the more obvious reason that the law is blatantly unconstitutional).

There\'s a Supreme Court showdown\\xa0just over\\xa0the horizon.

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