Lawmakers in Texas are pushing legislation that they say is about protecting the religious beliefs of individuals and businesses. Critics allege the measure is part of a nationwide effort to use religion as a weapon to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
from a 148-page document that Tackett refers to as “the playbook.” A side-by-side comparison of the bills provided by Equality Texas shows striking similarities to Project Blitz’s “Marriage Tolerance Act.”
“If it's not amended, the real-world consequences are fairly broad,” Quinn told NBC News, adding that “people can be turned away from businesses, people can be fired, or people can be denied a home” because of the employer or landlord’s religious views. “It gives a platform to those who would try to inflame opposition to LGBTQ people,” she said. “It’s a kind of a dog whistle understood by anti-LGBTQ activists to be a vehicle for them to promote not real religious liberty but a twisted rhetoric that says that it's OK to discriminate against LGBTQ folks.”The “Save Chick-fil-A” bills are among 14 measures based on Project Blitz’s model legislation that have been put forward in the Texas Legislature this year, according to Tackett.
This tally includes the majority of “anti-LGBTQ religious exemption bills filed in Texas this year,” Smoot added.
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