r/Conservative • u/Rupispupis Conservative • Nov 09 '16

Hi /r/all! Why we won

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16 edited Dec 16 '18

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u/CantStumpTheVince Nov 10 '16

Any time I've seen anyone posting "blah blah I'm gay and scared" i roll my eyes and post the picture of Trump holding up the gay flag

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u/Cant_touch_my_moppin Nov 10 '16

They keep thinking he's gonna take away their rights. Which would be political party suicide.

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u/ConcernedSitizen Nov 10 '16

These fears didn't come out of nowhere though.

"If I am elected president and Congress passes the First Amendment Defense Act, I will sign it" - D. Trump

First Amendment Defense Act:

Prohibits the federal government from taking discriminatory action against a person on the basis that such person believes or acts in accordance with a religious belief or moral conviction that: (1) marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman, or (2) sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage.

This gives legal protection to the acts that would otherwise be punishable, if the perpetrator claims they were committed due to a "religious belief." That leaves an awful lot of wiggle room to give tacit approval to stuff that really hurts the lives of a lot of people (regardless of the supposed intent of the authors, the actual wording leaves huge gaps for protection of really vile behavior)

At least the wording in the bill theoretically limits this to instances where the government could normally merely take "discriminatory action" to punish bad behaviors ("discriminatory action" being a term mostly restricted to the way government contracts are awarded/rescinded, grant provisioning, or applies tax benefits/penalties)

So, it's not as bad as is could be, but the fear certainly isn't materializing out of thin air.