Well OK, I think my questions have been answered. This law is not only stupid, it's dangerous. I'll boycott NC myself.
On this "you didn't tell me you was married to a black guy" story. The landlord should be sued and lose.
But just to make a small correction:
the good evangelicals in town embrace Christian standards that will not allow interracial couples
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No - they've embraced non-Christian standards. Just because people nominally Christian espouse a position, that does not make it a "Christian" position. Their idea must be judged against the standard of the Bible and of Jesus Christ. This idea does not comport at all to those authorities.
What is going so wrong with the world?
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
MajGenl.Meade wrote:On this "you didn't tell me you was married to a black guy" story. The landlord should be sued and lose.
But just to make a small correction:
the good evangelicals in town embrace Christian standards that will not allow interracial couples
.
No - they've embraced non-Christian standards.
It's Mississippi (Goddam)...it's perfectly legal under state law, as long as you say that it comes from your religion--any religion. (But yeah, the author should've at least put the word "Christian" in quotation marks.)
People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right. The only difference is, they're wrong.
— God@The Tweet of God
What doesn't matter in this discussion? What happens in other countries where there is much worse discrimination (including penalties up to death). Really just a red herring argument that is typical, left or right,that pop up in these situations. This is our country (or similar to other western countries for our friends on this board) and one where people can influence stupid legislation. These states will eventually cave in due time just like Arizona on MLK Day, and will deserve the negative impacts that result in the meantime.
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams is canceling a performance this week in Mississippi, citing the state's new law that allows religious groups and some private businesses to refuse service to gay couples.
Adams said in a statement Sunday night that he was cancelling a show Thursday at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi.
The singer says he can't "in good conscience" perform in a state where "certain people are being denied their civil rights due to their sexual orientation."
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
Wells Fargo lit up its North Carolina HQ in protest at the state’s anti-LGBT law, and to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility.
Last month the North Carolina Republicans passed a law which voids all local ordinances protecting LGBT rights, and permits businesses to discriminate against LGBT people on the grounds of religious belief.
The new law, signed into law by Republican Governor Pat McCrory, also bans transgender students in public schools from using their preferred bathroom.
McCrory’s decision has attracted a legal challenge as well as a growing boycott of the state – with New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston and New York State all cutting formal ties with the state in protest, through a travel ban.
Hundreds of companies have also voiced their opposition to the new law – but finance giant Wells Fargo found a unique way to send a message of solidarity with LGBT people.
The company lit up its HQ, the 48-storey Duke Energy Center tower, in the colours of the transgender flag for the International Day of Transgender Visibility last week.
The pink, white, and blue lighting was topped off with a giant pink triangle, which could be seen for miles across Charlotte,
The company wrote: “Lit pink, blue and white for International Transgender Day of Visibility #tdov”
The pink triangle is a universal symbol for LGBT rights and has a long history – most notably being deployed during the Holocaust to persecute gay men.
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
Porn Site Bans North Carolina Users Due To State’s Anti-LGBT Laws
There’s a new kink in North Carolina’s LGBT controversy: A popular porn website is banning all computers from “The Tar Heel State.”
XHamster.com has been refusing to serve anyone from North Carolina since 12:30 p.m. EDT, Monday.
Instead, users with a North Carolina IP address are just seeing a black screen on their computer — no porn.
The extreme measures will stay in place until North Carolina repeals House Bill 2, a law passed on March 23 that effectively prevents cities and counties in the state from passing rules that protect LGBT rights.
XHamster.com spokesman, Mike Kulich, said the website believes in equality for everyone.
“We have spent the last 50 years fighting for equality for everyone and these laws are discriminatory which XHamster.com does not tolerate,” he said in an official statement sent to The Huffington Post. “Judging by the stats of what you North Carolinians watch, we feel this punishment is a severe one. We will not standby and pump revenue into a system that promotes this type of garbage. We respect all sexualities and embrace them.”
Kulich told HuffPost that the company’s statistics show that North Carolinians are more open-minded — at least about their porn — than laws like HB2 might suggest.
“Back in March, we had 400,000 hits for the term ‘Transsexual’ from North Carolina alone,” he said. “People from that state searched ‘Gay’ 319,907 times,” he added.
Kulich said the website plans to replace the black screen currently seen by North Carolina porn buffs with a petition demanding the repeal of the law.
“Hopefully, it will get as many signatures as the ‘transsexual’ searches,” he said.
XHamster joins a growing list of entertainers and companies who are refusing to do business in North Carolina, including Bruce Springsteen, who canceled his Sunday concert at the Greensboro Coliseum to protest the law.
Canceling the concert, he said, is “the strongest means I have for raising my voice in opposition to those who continue to push us backwards instead of forwards.”
Kulich said he believes denying porn is the logical next step.
“I think that porn has the power to do what Bruce Springsteen can’t,” he said.
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
Yeah, a porn site voluntarily blacking out its screens - that's sure to make the do-gooders feel they've lost!
Hmm, maybe the same with keeping out Springsteen....
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
A single porn site saying it will no longer be available in North Carolina will have as much impact as a single grain of sand saying it will no longer stay on the beach...
A report released by the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau this week found that the local economy has already lost out on hundreds of thousands of dollars due to North Carolina’s HB2 bathroom law.
After Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signed the law on March 24 to prevent cities like Charlotte from granting bathroom rights to transgender people, companies like PayPal announced plans to move jobs out of state.
On Monday, a report from Wake County’s tourism agency said that the Raleigh area had already lost $732,000 in economic benefits, citing numerous cancellations of conferences and events, The News & Observer reported.
The Raleigh Visitors Bureau warned that the local economy could lose out on $24 million in economic benefits if the law is not repealed. According to the report, 16 other groups were considering relocating their events outside the state.
The city’s biggest loss could be a four-year contract for an undisclosed sports tournament that would have brought 51,000 people and $4.5 million in benefits to the area each year.
“We just felt that it’s not in the best interest of our membership to go someplace that’s not inclusive,” Johnstone Supply spokesperson Janet Tipton told The News & Observer.
$384 billion Deutsche Bank has just announced it "will freeze plans" to add 250 jobs to its operations in Cary, North Carolina, citing Gov. Pat McCrory's anti-LGBT law HB2. The jobs were part of a planned $9 million investment in North Carolina by Deutsche Bank's IT unit, DB Global Technology.
"The Bank’s decision is due to state-wide legislation enacted in North Carolina on March 23 that invalidated existing protections of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender fellow citizens in some municipalities and prevents municipalities from adopting such protections in the future," Deutsche Bank said in a statement, even posting it to Facebook and Twitter.
"We take our commitment to building inclusive work environments seriously," John Cryan, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank, said. "We’re proud of our operations and employees in Cary and regret that as a result of this legislation we are unwilling to include North Carolina in our US expansion plans for now. We very much hope that we can re-visit our plans to grow this location in the near future."
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
