Kansas House Passes Bill Allowing Service Refusal To Gay Couples
The Kansas House has approved a bill aimed at keeping individuals, groups and businesses from being compelled to help with same-sex weddings.
The House's 72-49 vote Wednesday sends the measure to the Senate.
Supporters describe it as a religious freedom measure.
Opponents contend it will encourage discrimination against gays and lesbians.
The bill would bar government sanctions when individuals, groups and businesses cite religious beliefs in refusing to recognize a marriage or civil union, or to provide goods, services, accommodations or employment benefits to a couple. Anti-discrimination lawsuits also would be barred. Individual workers and government employees also would get some protections.
The measure is a response to the possibility that the federal courts could invalidate the state constitution's ban on same-sex marriages. –Kansas City
Clarence Thomas: Society is Overly Sensitive About Race
Americans today are too sensitive about race, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told a gathering of college students in Florida on Tuesday.
Speaking at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thomas, the second black justice to serve on the court, lamented what he considers a society that is more “conscious” of racial differences than it was when he grew up in segregated Georgia in the days before — and during — the civil rights era.
“My sadness is that we are probably today more race and difference-conscious than I was in the 1960s when I went to school. To my knowledge, I was the first black kid in Savannah, Georgia, to go to a white school. Rarely did the issue of race come up,” Thomas said during a chapel service hosted by the nondenominational Christian university. “Now, name a day it doesn’t come up. Differences in race, differences in sex, somebody doesn’t look at you right, somebody says something. Everybody is sensitive. If I had been as sensitive as that in the 1960s, I’d still be in Savannah. Every person in this room has endured a slight. Every person. Somebody has said something that has hurt their feelings or did something to them — left them out. –Vision To America
71% Favor Immigrants Who Work Hard to Pursue American Dream
Most voters continuously oppose illegal immigration but admit that, when done legally, immigration is good for America. This explains why a majority have a favorable opinion of immigrants who come to this country to work hard, support their family and pursue the American Dream.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 71% of Likely U.S. Voters have a favorable opinion of immigrants who work hard to pursue the American Dream, down just slightly from 76% in May. Just 12% have an unfavorable opinion of such immigrants, but 17% are undecided.—Rasmussen Report
Sochi 2014: Olympic Committee Distributes 100K Condoms To Athletes
As the Winter Olympic Games get underway in Sochi, Russia, the International Olympic Committee has begun its usual practice of dispersing 100,000 condoms to competitors staying in Olympic Village.
A representative for the International Olympic Committee confirmed to TMZ that its group would be distributing 100,000 condoms to the 2,800 athletes staying in Olympic Village over a period of 16 days. "The distribution of condoms in the village is part of the IOC's involvement in the HIV and AIDS prevention," an unnamed representative for the IOC told TMZ.
Organizers for this year's winter games have dispersed the nearly 3,000 competitors from 88 countries into three housing areas that make up Olympic Village. The IOC's distribution of condoms is not unfamiliar to the Olympic Games. At the 2012 London Olympic Games, women's soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo told ESPN that "there's a lot of sex going on" at the games, adding that some players have sex "right out in the open" at Olympic Village, including "on the grass, between buildings, people are getting down and dirty." The IOC distributed 150,000 condoms at the 2012 Olympics.
Eleven-time medal winner Ryan Lochte, who swims for the U.S. team, added to ESPN in 2012 that he estimates "70 percent to 75 percent of Olympians" participate in sexual acts while staying at Olympic Village.
Other athletes have discussed the intensive party atmosphere competitors participate in when their matches are over. Olympic Village can be a particularly hot spot to revel in the celebration because unlimited free alcohol is supplied at the village entertainment centers.
The IOC has released other guidelines for remaining safe at this year's Olympic Games. Some guidelines include "wear seat belts, wash your hands well and often … drink alcohol in moderation and use latex condoms if you have sex."
According to Yahoo! Sports, this year's condoms aren't being handed out to athletes as they enter Olympic Village, but rather are available at local medical tents and reception desks.
Some comments on the Yahoo! Sports article show many are disgusted with the IOC's condom distribution and argue that the Olympic Games should be reserved for athletic competitions, not sexual promiscuity.
"Nasty. I'm sure all their parents are so proud," commented one user, while another wrote, "Is this the Olympics or a love fest? Parents must be so proud of their offspring."
The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics kicked off Thursday in Russia and the games' opening ceremony will air Friday night in the U.S. –Christian Post
The Kansas House has approved a bill aimed at keeping individuals, groups and businesses from being compelled to help with same-sex weddings.
The House's 72-49 vote Wednesday sends the measure to the Senate.
Supporters describe it as a religious freedom measure.
Opponents contend it will encourage discrimination against gays and lesbians.
The bill would bar government sanctions when individuals, groups and businesses cite religious beliefs in refusing to recognize a marriage or civil union, or to provide goods, services, accommodations or employment benefits to a couple. Anti-discrimination lawsuits also would be barred. Individual workers and government employees also would get some protections.
The measure is a response to the possibility that the federal courts could invalidate the state constitution's ban on same-sex marriages. –Kansas City
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Clarence Thomas: Society is Overly Sensitive About Race
Americans today are too sensitive about race, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told a gathering of college students in Florida on Tuesday.
Speaking at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thomas, the second black justice to serve on the court, lamented what he considers a society that is more “conscious” of racial differences than it was when he grew up in segregated Georgia in the days before — and during — the civil rights era.
“My sadness is that we are probably today more race and difference-conscious than I was in the 1960s when I went to school. To my knowledge, I was the first black kid in Savannah, Georgia, to go to a white school. Rarely did the issue of race come up,” Thomas said during a chapel service hosted by the nondenominational Christian university. “Now, name a day it doesn’t come up. Differences in race, differences in sex, somebody doesn’t look at you right, somebody says something. Everybody is sensitive. If I had been as sensitive as that in the 1960s, I’d still be in Savannah. Every person in this room has endured a slight. Every person. Somebody has said something that has hurt their feelings or did something to them — left them out. –Vision To America
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71% Favor Immigrants Who Work Hard to Pursue American Dream
Most voters continuously oppose illegal immigration but admit that, when done legally, immigration is good for America. This explains why a majority have a favorable opinion of immigrants who come to this country to work hard, support their family and pursue the American Dream.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 71% of Likely U.S. Voters have a favorable opinion of immigrants who work hard to pursue the American Dream, down just slightly from 76% in May. Just 12% have an unfavorable opinion of such immigrants, but 17% are undecided.—Rasmussen Report
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Sochi 2014: Olympic Committee Distributes 100K Condoms To Athletes
As the Winter Olympic Games get underway in Sochi, Russia, the International Olympic Committee has begun its usual practice of dispersing 100,000 condoms to competitors staying in Olympic Village.
A representative for the International Olympic Committee confirmed to TMZ that its group would be distributing 100,000 condoms to the 2,800 athletes staying in Olympic Village over a period of 16 days. "The distribution of condoms in the village is part of the IOC's involvement in the HIV and AIDS prevention," an unnamed representative for the IOC told TMZ.
Organizers for this year's winter games have dispersed the nearly 3,000 competitors from 88 countries into three housing areas that make up Olympic Village. The IOC's distribution of condoms is not unfamiliar to the Olympic Games. At the 2012 London Olympic Games, women's soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo told ESPN that "there's a lot of sex going on" at the games, adding that some players have sex "right out in the open" at Olympic Village, including "on the grass, between buildings, people are getting down and dirty." The IOC distributed 150,000 condoms at the 2012 Olympics.
Eleven-time medal winner Ryan Lochte, who swims for the U.S. team, added to ESPN in 2012 that he estimates "70 percent to 75 percent of Olympians" participate in sexual acts while staying at Olympic Village.
Other athletes have discussed the intensive party atmosphere competitors participate in when their matches are over. Olympic Village can be a particularly hot spot to revel in the celebration because unlimited free alcohol is supplied at the village entertainment centers.
The IOC has released other guidelines for remaining safe at this year's Olympic Games. Some guidelines include "wear seat belts, wash your hands well and often … drink alcohol in moderation and use latex condoms if you have sex."
According to Yahoo! Sports, this year's condoms aren't being handed out to athletes as they enter Olympic Village, but rather are available at local medical tents and reception desks.
Some comments on the Yahoo! Sports article show many are disgusted with the IOC's condom distribution and argue that the Olympic Games should be reserved for athletic competitions, not sexual promiscuity.
"Nasty. I'm sure all their parents are so proud," commented one user, while another wrote, "Is this the Olympics or a love fest? Parents must be so proud of their offspring."
The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics kicked off Thursday in Russia and the games' opening ceremony will air Friday night in the U.S. –Christian Post
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