Montana House narrowly defeats ‘religious freedom’ bill on deadlocked vote

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Montana House narrowly defeats 'religious freedom' bill on deadlocked vote

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2015/03/montana-house-narrowly-defeats-religious-freedom-bill-on-deadlocked-vote/

Alison Noon | Associated Press
Sunday, March 29, 2015

Gov. Steve Bullock: "What's happening in Indiana is something that shouldn't be happening in Montana."

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Legislature turned away a proposed referendum Friday that if enacted by voters would have given people grounds to disobey any state laws that violate their religion.

After a heated floor debate that moved the bill sponsor to raise his camouflaged Bible, state representatives failed to pass House Bill 615 on a 50-50 vote. The bill resembles a recent Indiana law that allows open discrimination for the sake of "religious freedom."

Opponents said the bill language was so vague that it would have allowed any business, church or individual to openly discriminate and violate laws.

[Lady Smith]

Sweet Lord I have no patience with bigots who wave Bibles about as if they are licences to be mean to people they don't like.

[Emjay]

Thankfully Montana's legislators (half of them anyway) had more sense than the ones here...  glad it was voted down...

[Aazhie]

Aw darn, and there goes my chance to start the Church of All Drugs, All Firearms and Prostitution of Any Kind...

jk, I'm glad there are some intelligent people in Montana

[VeryGnawty]

Aw darn, and there goes my chance to start the Church of All Drugs, All Firearms and Prostitution of Any Kind...

My religion says that I should carry around my handgun at all times, and have it constantly pointed at people's heads.

I don't know why people always get upset.  These are my deeply held beliefs.

[Valwen]

As a Practicing Sith Lord It is my religious right to electrocute, strangle, and decapitate anyone who makes me  upset, in general with lots of talk about my POWER!!!

naturally to not carry every feeling of rage and hate to there utmost end would be against my religion and hence protected by this bill. :-)

[rachel89]

A miracle, and a sad statement about my the place I live (Indiana). Montana is lucky, most of our politicians (and some of our pizza parlors) have turned our state into a national disgrace. BTW, "Pence" is now a verb, it means to seriously ->-bleeped-<- up.