Well, It's Kentucky, After All
Spidergoat said:
Why do you get to discriminate just because you joined a group that believes it's OK? Who gets to decide if your beliefs are "religious" or "sincere"?
In the U.S.? Well, apparently the Kentucky legislature wants that role.
Internationally? Well, there's always the Czech government.
There are a couple of responses people can offer to this stupidity.
First, individuals who don't live in Kentucky can just stay the hell out, and make sure their consumer dollars don't go to any entity within the Bluegrass State.
Also, businesses can pretty much do the same.
True, though, 'tis easy enough to say I would never open shop in any number of states—e.g., Florida, Louisiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, the Carolinas, &c.—but I'm also aware that I might feel differently if I ever had the money to make that decision. (Similarly, though, there are places in my beloved Washington state where I don't like supporting the local economy; indeed, the day I can afford to move the hell out of Snohomish County, I will.)
As to the rest, this will eventually be taken apart in federal court, else one day someone will do something completely stupid in order to make the point. While a guy putting a sieve on his head in Austria or the Czech Republic doesn't kill anyone or cause physical harm, someone will eventually figure out how to do something drastic in Kentucky, like refuse life-saving surgery because he doesn't like the patient's tattoo.
And that turnabout, while just in a mechanical sense, would be a tragic injustice when viewed in human terms. You know, the difference between theory and practice.
