Saturday, November 16, 2013

IN the NEWS - ENDA

"One of the most dangerous and discriminatory pieces of legislation in modern times — the ironically tagged “Employment Non-Discrimination Act,” or ENDA — passed the U.S. Senate on Thursday by a vote of 64-32. Ten Republicans disgracefully joined liberal Democrats in this effort to ultimately outlaw the Judeo-Christian sexual ethic.
According to its leftist proponents, ENDA would merely insulate people who choose to engage in homosexual conduct (sexual orientation) or those who suffer from gender confusion (gender identity) against employment intolerance. In truth, however, this legislation effectively would codify the very thing it purports to combat: workplace discrimination.
Writing in the Huffington Post, popular homosexual radio personality Michelangelo Signorile confessed that, of any potential ENDA legislation that might reach President Obama’s desk for his pledged signature, “none should include any religious exemptions” whatsoever.
Passed in senate, but not likely to pass in the house,
but if it did-U know he would sign it....
If Signorile and other “LGBT” activists get their way, this would mean that churches, mosques, synagogues, religious schools, Bible bookstores, as well as any and every other business in America with 15 or more employees, would be forced, under penalty of law, to abandon the biblical and traditional-values viewpoint on human sexuality, and hire (and otherwise not offend) those who openly flaunt expressly sinful and demonstrably self-destructive sexual behaviors.
Though in its current form ENDA contains an extremely weak religious exemption that might — and I mean might — partially protect some churches and religious organizations (until they’re sued by “gay” activists), this so-called exemption would leave most others – such as the aforementioned Bible bookstores and many Christian schools and para-church organizations — entirely unprotected.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., on the other hand, wasn’t even considerate enough to feign concern for the First Amendment. He promised homosexual pressure groups that Democrats would remove all protections for Christians and other people of faith on the flip side — after ENDA passed.
They’ve stopped pretending, folks. This is about criminalizing Christianity.
Still, there is a little good news. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said that, for now at least, he opposes the law and will block it because it is both unnecessary and will result in “frivolous lawsuits.” He agrees with constitutional think tanks like the Heritage Foundation that have conclusively demonstrated the threat ENDA poses to First Amendment freedoms." TheBlaze
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God:
for it is not subject to the law of God,
 neither indeed can be.
Romans 8:7
 
In opposition to the Senate bill....
"U.S. Sen. Dan Coats broke the silence among critics of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA,
The lawmaker worries the measure, if approved, would harm the religious liberties of employers, those, essentially, who disapprove of same-sex relationships on religious grounds:
"The religious beliefs “of faith-based childcare providers and small business owners would be disregarded under this legislation. Faith-based daycare providers could be forced to hire individuals with views contrary to the faith-incorporated values of these daycare providers. Do we want to support policies that discriminate against an employer’s religious beliefs and require employers to hire individuals who contradict their very most deeply held religious beliefs?”
Coats also worries the measure would give rise to ENDA-inspired complaints from those who think their workplace rights are violated, “opening the door to the silencing of employees who express their deeply held beliefs.”  TheElkhartTruth