Group claims religion is ‘promoting’ discrimination and slavery - from TRUNEWS

A liberal, gay rights group is blaming religion for slavery and racial discrimination.

The Leadership Conference Education Fund’s leader Wade Henderson said people who justify their actions based on religious liberty are just like those who are against “women’s suffrage, racial integration, interracial marriage, the acceptance of Asian immigrants, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the abolition of slavery”, as reported by The Washington Times.

Henderson and the Leadership Conference are speaking out against the Religious Freedom Restoration Act this week, as the U.S. Supreme Court gets set to hear arguments on the case, which is challenging the contraceptive mandate in The Affordable Care Act.

On Wednesday, the high court will listen to arguments from Little Sisters of the Poor, who object to an Obamacare rule that forces employers to provide abortion-inducing drugs, devices and contraception to employees – which is against the Little Sisters’ religious beliefs.  Fines could cost Little Sisters $70 million a year and could put them out of business.

Other Christian groups are also challenging the mandate.

Three anti-abortion protestors are seen outside U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

“So-called religious freedom bills like those introduced in Congress and in states nationwide, and similar arguments being used in Supreme Court cases like Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and this week’s Zubik v. Burwell, are attempting to twist these values into an ugly justification of bigotry,” Henderson said.

But the Religious Freedom Restoration Act protects the rights of Americans from unnecessary government coercion, according to Heritage Foundation. They believe the federal government is imposing a substantial burden with the mandate and has not shown a compelling justification for doing so.

The post Group claims religion is ‘promoting’ discrimination and slavery appeared first on TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles.

from TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles http://ift.tt/1pxn9dQ
via IFTTT