Things that make you LoL! (part 2)

[Jackinthegreen]

PETA is dumb.  I'm all for not treating animals cruelly (don't torture them, encourage free-roaming over factory slaughterhouses), but they keep picking these fictional non-issues as though they don't have any bigger fish to fry.  And portraying half-naked women covered in vegetables in ads isn't enough to turn people vegetarian.

Also, PETA are hypocrites because they euthanize a lot of animals in their care.

You had me at "PETA is dumb".

PETA is a PITA.

[bhu]

And yet somehow they get hot women to get naked...

[Kuroimaken]

And yet somehow they get hot women to get naked...

I blame freak plant pheromones.

[altpersona]

this could have gone into any one of several threads but the first thing i did was lol, so here it is.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WSAZ) -- A new law that would allow people to ignore laws that conflict with their religious beliefs has passed in the Kentucky House and Senate.

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The bill, which is supported by religious groups, states that the "government shall not burden a person's freedom of religion" and that the burden must be "substantial." It further protects a person's right to act or refuse to act on religious grounds.

Civil rights groups are asking Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear to veto the bill, saying it could be used to hide behind religion and discriminate against others. For example, a landlord could refuse to rent to someone who is gay or a racial minority, even though that's prohibited under fair housing laws.

Another instance in which this law would apply involves religious organizations upset with the federal healthcare mandate. Under that mandate, organizations are required to provide insured contraceptives to female employees, which they say goes against their beliefs.

Same-sex marriage and workplace discrimination, among other things, could also fall under the umbrella of this law.

This type of law has come into play in the past, when members of the Amish community got into trouble for refusing to put reflective orange triangles on their buggies. They said it violated their religious beliefs.

Locally, few people had heard of the bill passing in the Legislature, but most said they agreed with the principle of the law.

"People ignore laws all the time, and it may not necessarily be right or wrong," Sabrina Riley, a church ministry assistant in Ashland, said. "If you feel that it goes against what you believe, then yes, I do believe that you can ignore it."

Most people, though, said they could understand how the law could have negative consequences.

"Hopefully it'll be used for the right, but in the way the world is going, it probably won't be," Phil Osborne, a musician and Christian, said. "It'll be used for the negative, instead of for the positive."

http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Religious-Freedom-Bill-Passes-Kentucky-House-and-Senate-196565901.html

i think we are about to invalidate our entire catalog of laws.

[Kuroimaken]

Give it long enough and that will go for Brazil too, I think...

[bhu]

Wait till the first muslim or other than christian uses the law to protect themselves and it will vanish.

[FireInTheSky]

My religious beliefs require me to kill a human every day...

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Not really, I swear...

[ariasderros]

Wait till the first muslim or other than christian uses the law to protect themselves and it will vanish.

This.
Even certain subsets of christianity, such as mormon polygamy.

[JohnnyMayHymn]

My religious beliefs don't allow me to pay taxes, pay interest on debt, or pay employees with money.  They must be compensated in barley.

Who wants to start a business with me in KY?

[ariasderros]

My religious beliefs don't allow me to pay taxes, pay interest on debt, or pay employees with money.  They must be compensated in barley.

Who wants to start a business with me in KY?

If you are willing to expand your payment options from Barley, to derivatives thereof, especially those that also include Hops, I doubt you'd want for employees.

[altpersona]

i know people who basically already work for beverages 

[SorO_Lost]

I finally caught up on this thread.
From page 1. >.<

Also

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Who knew right?

[Sinfire Titan]

"People ignore laws all the time, and it may not necessarily be right or wrong," Sabrina Riley, a church ministry assistant in Ashland, said. "If you feel that it goes against what you believe, then yes, I do believe that you can ignore it."

And those people are called "Criminals".

@Johnny: Can I negotiate for sesame seeds instead?

[Amechra]

I have seen the light! It is all clear now!

And the best part? At least one person over there is going to take him seriously.

[FireInTheSky]

I have seen the light! It is all clear now!

And the best part? At least one person over there is going to take him seriously.

 

[dman11235]

Wait till the first muslim or other than christian uses the law to protect themselves and it will vanish.

This.
Even certain subsets of christianity, such as mormon polygamy.

Here's another one: marijuana.  The Rastafari Movement considers it a sacred plant and smoking it is a part of their religious rituals.  If enacted, KY will have allowed marijuana usage.

[ariasderros]

Wait till the first muslim or other than christian uses the law to protect themselves and it will vanish.

This.
Even certain subsets of christianity, such as mormon polygamy.

Here's another one: marijuana.  The Rastafari Movement considers it a sacred plant and smoking it is a part of their religious rituals.  If enacted, KY will have allowed marijuana usage.

Not just Rasta

[bhu]

There are also religions that require murder or allow rape/cannibalism.  I think I shall have to convert, move to Kentucky, and become a troll...

[altpersona]

the wording of the bill leaves room for some laws to be enforced, but the gov has to show clear and compelling gov interest.

murder should pretty much be easy for the gov to prove a compelling interest, but it should be hard to prove that interest in misdemeanors.

[bhu]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misdemeanor_murder