NFL Threaten To Take Away Super Bowl From Atlanta Over Religious Freedom Bill

WaPo.com:

The NFL issued a stern warning Friday to the state of Georgia and the city of Atlanta, a reminder that if a “religious liberty” bill is signed into law by the governor, it could affect whether the city is chosen to host a Super Bowl. 

The bill states that, with few exceptions, the government may not “substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion even if the burden results from a law, rule, regulation, ordinance or resolution of general applicability.” It would also protect faith-based groups from penalties if, in the absence of contracts, they refuse to provide “social, educational or charitable services that violate such faith-based organization’s sincerely held religious belief.” Those groups would also be protected if they chose not to hire an employee whose religious beliefs are in contrast with the organization’s. 

The purpose of the bill, which has gone from the state legislature to the governor, is, according to one legislator, to provide a response to the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage. The NFL joined hundreds of businesses in Georgia that see it as discriminatory. 

“NFL policies emphasize tolerance and inclusiveness, and prohibit discrimination based on age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other improper standard,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Whether the laws and regulations of a state and local community are consistent with these policies would be one of many factors NFL owners may use to evaluate potential Super Bowl host sites.” 

Although the NFL rarely is vocally involved in social and political issues, it has flexed its muscles from time to time. In 1990, it moved the Super Bowl from Arizona to the Rose Bowl in California because of Arizona’s refusal to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday.

So the NFL sides with heathens who want to keep the right to sue you and put you out of business for choosing God over their debauchery. And who said America would never become a fascist country?

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