Frauds.
The ADL, like the NAACP, is nothing more than an hack advocate group for Democrat party politics and machinations.
“You wanna know why I’m a big fan of the Indiana law, even though they’re going to change it, and the 19 other laws across this country and the Federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, ‘cause that’s the name of it?” questioned Levin. “Because it’s about civil liberties. It’s about civil rights. It’s about tolerance, not the opposite.”
“You’re being fed so much disinformation, so much propaganda by the media, by left-wing kooks, who dress up as journalists, or just plain, stupid people, who pretend to be journalists,” said Levin. “They don’t even understand, or if they do they’re diabolical, what they’re saying.”
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“Here’s the simple truth,” stated Levin. “These statutes, including Indiana’s statute, which they are now going to change to some extent, all they do is give standing to an individual, depending on the statute, maybe a small business, a bakery what-have-you, maybe a company – depending on how the statutes written – gives them standing to go into federal court to challenge, to challenge, a service or product that is being demanded from them that may interfere with their religious beliefs or to prevent interference with their religious beliefs.”
“It’s not specific to gays,” said Levin. “It’s not specific to anyone or anything.”
ADL slams controversial US religious freedom bills
Both Arkansas and Indiana both passed bills that would keep the government from forcing business owners to act against their strongly held religious beliefs.
The Anti-Defamation League weighed in on controversial US bills aimed at protecting religious liberty that critics worry will allow businesses to discriminate against homosexuals.
The national Jewish organization on Thursday called on the 17 US states that have Religious Freedom Restoration Acts to amend the language of the law to “ensure they cannot be used to discriminate or harm others.”
Both Arkansas and Indiana just passed such bills, which will keep the government from forcing business owners to act against their strongly held religious beliefs, according to supporters.
The Indiana bill stipulates that “a governmental entity may substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion only if the governmental entity demonstrates that application of the burden to the person: (1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.”
“ADL is an ardent advocate for religious freedom, but America’s protections for free exercise of religion were never intended to be a sword to harm or discriminate against others,” said ADL chief Abraham Foxman, echoing concerns that the law would allow businesses to discriminate against serving LGBT people because of religious objections to their lifestyle.
“Although such bills appear to primarily target the LGBT community, businesses could use them to deny service based on religion, gender, or ethnicity. Last year, at least eight such measures were filed in state legislatures. All but Mississippi’s failed when an Arizona bill – similar to the new Indiana law – was vetoed under intense pressure from civil rights groups and major business interests. So far this year, 14 state bills have been filed,” he said in a joint statement with ADL national chair Barry Curtiss-Lusher.
