If you didn’t know any better, judging by the universal conniption fit it provoked, you’d think the bill must have mandated that all homosexuals be drowned in the sea or deported to Mozambique. If that were the case, I’d understand why it worked dozens of billion dollar companies into such a fantastic tizzy. But, contrary to reports, that’s not what the bill was designed to do. Not exactly, anyway...In reality, the bill that the left called “horrific” and “heinous,” would have primarily accomplished the following:...-Protect a pastor from being forced to perform a gay wedding against his will....-Protect religious organizations from being forced to host gay weddings against their will....-Protect religious organizations from being forced to hire someone who opposes their fundamental tenets, beliefs, and goals....There you go. That’s all, folks. That was the whole bill, or at least the relevant portion. And it was narrower than that, in fact, because it provided loopholes and escape hatches where a court could still potentially punish an organization for “discriminating,” even if they fell into one of the above categories.
