This is insane. Let me get this straight: I could be excused for attacking someone because of my religious convictions? This would seem to exonerate anyone who claims religious motivation, like, say, the 9/11 hijackers. Right? 

From kohenari:

On Wednesday, legislators in Michigan’s Senate passed a bill “which not only neglects to protect students based on sexual orientation or gender identity, but creates a special exception for bullies who have a ‘sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.’”

The rebuke entered into the record by Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer is worth taking a couple of minutes to watch.

(via Think Progress; HT: Gavin Craig).

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   THE FUCK?!?! So outraged. That sassy lady is tops though.

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   One of my sincerely-held moral convictions is pretty well summed up by the Golden Rule. The exception rammed into this...

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    She rocks for that. It’s just sad that she has to do that, though. We live in a sick world.

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    holy shit are you fucking serious? ridic. but seriously her speech is good, watch it and reblog if you’re as outraged as...

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    That’s really sad :[ This is why I identify as a moderate…I don’t want to be associated with the far right, or far left.

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    I’m pretty sure the people who bullied me back in the day could have come up with a “moral conviction” without trying...

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