Michigan’s House of Representatives, despite being significantly red (Republican), is determined to join other Leftist thought-police states and create a new 21st century class of protected persons out of whole cloth. Proposed amendments to the existing Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act would essentially amount to giving LGBTQ individuals a constitutional right to bully others. As Citizens for Traditional Values explains ~
All one needs to do is look at other states that have passed similar legislation to see what will be coming to Michigan. Christian business owners in Washington, Oregon, New Mexico, New York, Colorado, and other states are facing fines, legal action, and potentially the loss of their businesses, all for simply exercising their religious freedom and rights of conscience.
I wanted my Representative, Democrat Vicki Barnett (who of course thinks that legislation forcing a large segment of Michigan’s population to violate their religious consciences is a wonderfully progressive idea), to know my position on these totalitarian proposals ~
I realize we’re no longer living in a representative republic, but please allow me this one fleeting appeal regarding the proposed expansion of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act.
The House bills under consideration by the House Commerce Committee appear to be nothing more than an attempt to force compliance with a particular belief system. This legislation would simply create a newly privileged class of citizens at the expense of others’ freedoms.
The proposed amendments wouldn’t even expand the existing rights of LGBTQ individuals. Instead they would grant a new “right” to bully others, while denying long-established religious and free speech rights to the majority.
Furthermore, the proposed legislation is totally inconsistent with the rule of law and our fundamental principle of good government. There has been no demonstrable need for these amendments beyond the furthering of a political agenda.
While I still have a tenuous right to free speech, I want to go on record as being strongly opposed to these proposed amendments.
Regards,
Designs on the Truth
