Atlanta Could Lose the Super Bowl because of Anti-Gay Bill

[My Everything]

 

Earlier this week, Georgia’s Senate passed House Bill 757, a so-called “Religious Liberty†bill. The bill allows faith-based organizations or individuals to refuse service to gay couples on religious grounds, and allows for such organizations to refuse to hire or retain employees whose “religious beliefs or practices or lack of either are not in accord with the faith-based organization’s sincerely held religious belief.†The bill’s supporters are hoping Georgia joins the dozens of states who are sanctioning LGBT discrimination by dressing it up in religious garb.

 

Atlanta is on the short list for a Super Bowl in 2019 and 2020, and recent history suggests that an opulent new stadium makes it the front-runner. But on Friday, the NFL sent Atlanta Journal-Constitution writer Jeff Schultz a clear statement on how the law would impact Atlanta’s standing in the eyes of the selection committee:

 

“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 said. “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.â€

 

The NFL and NCAA care a lot more about the vast numbers of Americans who realize that it’s 2016 and gay people aren’t scary demons than the fears of provincial politicians and their constituencies. As the calendar changes and the past fades, more and more Americans are seeing “refusal to serve based on religious grounds†for what it is: discrimination, plain and simple.

 

Put simply: imagine someone refusing, on religious grounds, to serve certain people based on the color of their skin. (Or suppose a Muslim-based or atheist-based business decided to refuse to serve Christians.) The response would be thermonuclear.

 

Anger crossbred with fear is the most potent fuel in American politics today. If Atlanta ends up watching as Tampa or New Orleans hosts the Super Bowl in 2019 and Phoenix or Dallas hosts the Final Four in 2020, there’ll be plenty of anger to go around. The advocates of Georgia’s Religious Liberty bill will point to the usual targets: the media, progressive groups, those not-from-around-here sports leagues … everyone but the ones who really deserve the blame.

 

The City Too Busy To Hate would lose out to The State Hanging On To Hate.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/atlanta-could-lose-super-bowl-due-to--religious-liberty--bill-202848784.html

 

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[atlkpopfan]

I don't see the problem with the bill.  It makes sense to me actually for a church to be strict regarding the personal lives of their employees and attendee's.  Well.... actually it makes more sense on the employee side vs. the member side depending on your religion (Christians for example I thought were supposed to have their doors open to everyone while other church's may not have that same tagline). 

 

If I were gay though,  I wouldn't want to work somewhere that teaches that what I am is wrong and is a sin.  What's the point of that?  Why not just work somewhere else? That's just trying to force your views onto someone's religion.  I view it the same way as I do a pastor who is preaching about being faithful and honest, yet he cheats on his wife and steals.  You have to lead by example.

 

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I only agree if this happens inside of the church.  If this is a company outside of the church who just happens to have leadership who are of a certain faith, then I think it's wrong for them to turn someone away from employment because they are homosexual.  Their work at that point has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with whatever the job entails. 

[h0neanias]

The NFL and NCAA care a lot more about the vast numbers of Americans who realize that it’s 2016 and gay people aren’t scary demons than the fears of provincial politicians and their constituencies. As the calendar changes and the past fades, more and more Americans are seeing “refusal to serve based on religious grounds†for what it is: discrimination, plain and simple.

 

'Nuff said.

[unemployedblackman]

I really hate the NFL or if you're from New England we like to call them the NYJL or the NEW YORK JETS LEAGUE(ex NY jets executives working for the NFL and they really hate the patriots) for their bias hate/false accusations like most recently deflate gate towards the Patriots. But anyways sadly I have to agree with them on this one. Gays have my full support.

[Aya Sama]

I'm against the bill and I'm against the Super Bowl being in Atlanta.

 

For being a part of a country that was allegedly founded on religious tolerance, GA stays being intolerant.

 

As for the Super Bowl, it would be a nightmare getting to work during SB weekend so I'd rather they not come here at all.

[Thot7]

Atlanta is such a wonderful city that I forget it's stuck in the middle of such an awful state. Living in the bible belt is just weird. 

[*lesigh*]

Atlanta is such a wonderful city that I forget it's stuck in the middle of such an awful state. Living in the bible belt is just weird.

 

Same with Miami and the rest of Florida. Everywhere outside of Miami Dade Country, the Republicans won and guess who the Republicans voted for in my state? Donald Trump.

 

I mean I knew Florida outside of the Deep South was racist but I didn't think it was this bad. These elections are really showing everyone's true colors.

[night vale.]

 

I'm against the bill and I'm against the Super Bowl being in Atlanta.

 

For being a part of a country that was allegedly founded on religious tolerance, GA stays being intolerant.

 

As for the Super Bowl, it would be a nightmare getting to work during SB weekend so I'd rather they not come here at all.

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