THE TEXAS HOUSE HAS APPROVED
LEGISLATION AND NOW ABLE GO TO
THE SENATE INVOLVING ADOPTION
AGENCIES AND HOW THEY CAN
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PARENTS WHO
ARE LOOKING TO ADOPT BASED ON
THEIR GENUINE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME MORE
DETAILS.
ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS
TRIBUNE, UNDER HOUSE BILL 3859,
WHICH ADVANCED ON A 94 TO 51
VOTE, CHILD WELFARE PROVIDERS
WOULD BE PROTECTED FROM LEGAL
RETALIATION IF THEY ASSERT THEIR
SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
WHILE CARING FOR ABUSED AND
NEGLECTED CHILDREN.
THE MEASURE
WOULD ALLOW THEM TO PLACE A
CHILD IN A RELIGION BASED
SCHOOL, THE NET REFERRALS FOR
ABORTION -RELATED
CONTRACEPTIVES, DRUGS OR
DEVICES, AND REFUSE TO CONTACT
WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT
DON'T SHARE THEIR RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS.
AT THE HEART OF THIS
LEGISLATION IS THE IDEA THAT
WHETHER YOU ARE PUBLICLY OR
PRIVATELY FUNDED, IF YOU ARE AN
ADOPTION AGENCY THAT HAS A
RELIGIOUS BELIEF, SINCERELY HELD
RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND YOU
DISAGREE WITH THE LIFESTYLE OF
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO ADOPT KIDS TO THEM.
IF
THEY ARE GAY, JEWISH, MUSLIM.
IT IS INSANE, ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THERE
ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS IN
TEXAS RIGHT NOW THAT NEED TO BE
ADOPTED.
THEY SAY LOOK, THIS IS MY
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
MY
FREEDOMS IS I GET TO
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST YOU. 1ST,
JUST BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT
FREEDOM MEANS THAT YOU WANT TO
BE ABLE TO DISCRIMINATE ON YOU
MIGHT SAY LOOK, IN A RELIGIOUS
CONTEXT THERE'S SOME LOGIC IN
THAT THAT I DISCRIMINATE BY
BEING A MET BAPTIST BECAUSE I'M
NOT A LUTHERAN OR METHODIST.
ON
THE OTHER HAND, IT DOESN'T MEAN
YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING TERRIBLE
TO ANY OTHER RELIGION.
WHAT IS
THIS ON A SPECTRUM?
IF YOU WANT
TO RUN A BAPTIST ADOPTION
SERVICE AND YOU WANT TO
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MUSLIMS,
JEWS, GAY PEOPLE.
I THINK YOU
SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO.
ITíS
AMERICA.
AND THAT
DISCRIMINATION WOULD TAKE THE
FORM OF I'M JUST GOING TO HELP
GOOD BAPTIST FAMILIES.
I DO
WANT TO HELP JEWS GET KIDS.
I
DON'T WANT TO, I'M BAPTIST.
BUT
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BUT.
YOU CAN'T USE GOVERNMENT MONEY.
THAT'S MY MONEY TO HELP YOU
DISCRIMINATE.
GO DISCRIMINATE
WITH YOUR OWN MONEY.
WHETHER
YOU DON'T LIKE THEM OR YOU ARE
INDIFFERENT TO THEM, BUT I'M NOT
HELPING THEM.
GREAT, WITH YOUR
OWN MONEY, DO WHATEVER THE HELL
YOU LIKE.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO
USE GOVERNMENT MONEY, IT'S
BACKED BY GOVERNMENT MONEY.
I
DON'T WANT YOU TO USE MY MONEY
TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYONE
BUT ALSO PEOPLE LIKE ME.
I'M GOING TO GO EVEN FURTHER
THAN THAT.
DON'T CARE HOW YOU
REFUNDED THAT YOU SHOULD NOT BE
ALLOWED TO DISCRIMINATE
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES THE
WELL-BEING OF A CHILD THAT NEEDS
TO BE ADOPTED.
YOU GUYS ARE
GONNA RUN YOUR MOUSE ABOUT HOW
WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO
HAVE ABORTIONS OR ACCESS
CONTRACEPTION'S BECAUSE YOU CARE
ABOUT THE LIVES OF THESE
CHILDREN SO MUCH AND THEN YOU
ARE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND SAY
NO, THESE KIDS NEED A HOME BUT I
DON'T LIKE THAT PERSON BECAUSE
SHE IS GAY.
I DON'T LIKE THAT
PERSON BECAUSE HE IS JEWISH.
I DON'T LIKE THAT COUPLE
BECAUSE THEY ARE MUSLIM.
THINK ABOUT HOW INCREDIBLY
DESTRUCTIVE THESE POLICIES ARE.
YOU GUYS ARE LITERALLY IN THE
BUSINESS OF DESTROYING
LIVES THAT ARE NOT IN THE
BUSINESS OF DOING GOOD.
IF YOU WANT TO USE YOUR
RELIGIOUS STATUS TO
PERSECUTE WOMEN FOR THEIR
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS OR PERSECUTE
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THEY
DON'T FIGURE PERFECT LITTLE
COOKIE-CUTTER LIFESTYLE THEN
YOU ARE A BAD PERSON.
YOU WERE DESTRUCTIVE TO THE
COUNTRY, TO THE STATE AND
YOU ARE GOING TO RUIN THE LIVES
OF THESE KIDS WHO AGAIN ARE
IN NEED OF A LOVING HOME.
DIAGNOSTIC FOR EXAMPLE SO IF
I AM IN TEXAS AND I WANT TO AND
ADOPT A KID, ME AND MY WIFE AND
THEY SAY NO, WORKING TO TAKE
YOUR MONEY IN TAXES AND THEN
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE
NOT ALLOWED TO ADOPT KIDS
BECAUSE WE JUST WANT THEM GOING
TO CHRISTIANS AND NOT TO KNOW
GOOD DIAGNOSTICS ARE ATHEISTS
LIKE YOU.
WHAT THE HELL THAT
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ME WITH MY
OWN MONEY.
THAT'S INSANITY.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH
ANNA, AND I DO, BUT IF YOU DON'T
YOU HAVE TO AGREE, SAYING TO A
JEWISH GUY IN TEXAS I'M GOING TO
TAKE YOUR MONEY AND THEN I'M
GOING TO USE IT TO DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST YOU AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE
NOT ALLOWED TO ADOPT KIDS.
WHAT?
THAT'S INSANE.
I'M SO TIRED OF THESE PEOPLE.
I'M TIRED OF HOW ILLOGICAL THEY
ARE.
INSIDE OF THEM PRETENDING
THAT THEY ARE SO SELF-RIGHTEOUS
AND GREAT WHEN IN REALITY THEY
ARE DESTRUCTIVE.
REAL QUICK, I
DO WANT TO TALK TO A VIDEO FROM
K RIS TV FROM CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS.
GOOD FRIEND OF THE SHOW
SHARE THIS WITH US.
WAS TAKE A
QUICK LOOK.
THESE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARTIE
FELT THE BURDEN OF THIS
TYPE OF LEGISLATION.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE
CALL WANTING TO ADOPT A CHILD
BECAUSE THEY WERE REFUSED THAT
ANOTHER AGENCY DUE TO BEING GAY
OR LESBIAN.
SUPPORTERS SAY THE
BILL WOULD PROTECT FAITH-BASED
AGENCIES FROM BEING SUED AND
LGBT COUPLES WOULD BE ABLE TO
WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES WHO
DON'T HAVE RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS
BUT OTHERS SAY IT IS
DISCRIMINATION.
SOMEHOW WE
DECIDE IT'S OKAY TO JUST
BLATANTLY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
PEOPLE AND NOT THE KIDS IN HOMES
WITH PARENTS WHO ARE SUITED TO
RAISE THEM.
THIS ONE OTHER PART OF THIS.
ALL THE TALK OF THE
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN HERITAGE YOU
KNOW THE ORTHODOX JEWISH
REPORTER WHO HAS TROUBLE
QUESTION AND HE TOLD HIM TO SIT
DOWN BUT HE MADE A GREAT POINT
ABOUT THIS WHEN HE WAS ONTO IT.
HE SAID I DON'T REMEMBER THE
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN HERITAGE IN THE
1930S OR 40S.
ALL OF A SUDDEN
WE'RE ALL ABOUT THE
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN HERITAGE AND HOW
MUCH THEY LOVE IS REAL.
BUT THE MINUTE YOU OPEN UP A
DOOR THAT ALLOWS THEM TO
DISCRIMINATE THEYíRE LIKE NOT THE
GAYS, NOT THE MUSLIMS, AND OF
COURSE NOT THE JEWS.
DON'T OPEN
THE DOOR.
THAT IS WHAT THIS
LEADS TO AND IF YOU ARE PROUD OF
YOUR DISCRIMINATION, KEEP IT TO
YOURSELF.
UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD GOVERNMENT
MONEY THAT WE ALL PAY TAXES FOR
BE USED SO MAKE SURE THAT THESE
LOVING FAMILIES WHO ARE LOOKING
TO ADOPT AND HELP THEM LIVE AND
PROSPER, WHICH SHOULD BE A
PRO-LIFE POSITION ARE BANNED
FROM DOING SO FROM THESE
AGENCIES BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE
WANTED THEIR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST YOU.
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE WE NEVER
HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT FREEDOM
FROM RELIGION BECAUSE RELIGION
IS NOT SUPPOSED TO DICTATE THE
LIVES OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON.
ONE SPECIFIC TYPE OF RELIGION IS
NOT SUPPOSED TO DICTATE THE
LIVES OF EVERY PERSON IN THIS
COUNTRY BUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN
IT'S ONE SPECIFIC RELIGION
DICTATING THE LIVES OF EVERY
SINGLE AMERICAN ENERGIZED ME
ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
THERE'S NO
LOGIC BEHIND IT AND A LOT OF
TIMES IT'S IRRATIONAL AND IN
THIS PARTICULAR CASE IT REALLY
GETS UNDER MY SKIN ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW MANY OF
THESE KIDS DO NEED TO FIND A
HOME, DO NEED TO FIND A LOVING
FAMILY AND THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE GOING TO THESE ADOPTION
AGENCIES IN MAKING A HUGE
SACRIFICE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
BE PARENTS.
THEY WANT TO HELP.
IN THIS BUT WASN'T EVEN
CLOSE.
IT PASSED THE HOUSE 93
TO 49.
THERE LIKE YEAH,
DISCRIMINATION, IT'S AWESOME.
LET'S DO IT.
IT'S THE TEXAS WAY.
YOU'RE RIGHT, ANNA.
IT DRIVES
ME CRAZY.
A REMINDS ME OF
SHARIA LAW.
FUNDAMENTALIST
NUMBERS MUSLIMS SAY.
NO, YOU ARE
NOT A LIZA DRAW THE PROPHET
MOHAMMED.
WHY?
I DO BELIEVE
WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
NO, MY
RULES APPLY TO EVERYBODY
HERE.
YOU ARE NOT
ALLOWED TO ADOPT THESE KIDS EVEN
IF YOU ARE USING GOVERNMENT
MONEY.
WHY, I AM NOT A
CHRISTIAN.
WHAT IF A GROUP OF
ENTREPRENEURS IN TEXAS WHO
HAPPEN TO BE MUSLIM TO START
SOME SORT OF ADOPTION AGENCY AND
THEY DECIDE WE WILL ONLY ADOPT
THESE KIDS TO MUSLIM FAMILIES
AND THAT IS IT.
WOULD YOU GUYS BE OKAY WITH
THAT?
AND THEY SAID THIS IS OUR
INTERPRETATION OF SHARIA LAW, OF
COURSE WERE GOING TO
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CHRISTIANS.
CHRISTIANS ARE TOTALLY WRONG.
THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN THE
PROPHET MOHAMMED.
THERE'S
SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM.
OF
COURSE IT WOULDN'T LET POOR
TEXAS BABIES GO TO DIRTY WRONG
CHRISTIAN FAMILIES AND BY THE
WAY, GIVE ME YOUR GOVERNMENT
MONEY.
I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT
CHRISTIANS AND THE JEWS
CAN'T GET YOUR KIDS.
A GOES BEYOND RELIGION.
IF YOU ARE IN AN INTERRACIAL
COUPLE AND THEY DON'T LIKE
THAT, THEY CAN YOU SET IT AS AN
EXCUSE AS WELL.
