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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Roger,<br><br>Let's turn what you're saying on its head: How about, if someone doesn't want to serve the public, he or she doesn't become a pharmacist? How about that person goes and digs ditches instead?<br><br>It would be interesting to see the bills and how similar they are. Which organization is drafting them? Or did people in different states happen to come up with the same bigoted, boneheaded idea at the same time?<br><br>Sunil<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:13:11 -0800<br>To: vision2020@moscow.com; thansen@moscow.com<br>From: lfalen@turbonet.com<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] And now Kansas . . .<br><br><title></title>
<div class="ecxiw_mail" dir="ltr"><div class="ecxiw_mail" dir="ltr"> I have mixed feelings about theses bills. EMT's and Emergency Room Personell should provide service to everyone no matter who they are. Like wise any government agency should provide service to everyone. A Pharmacist dispensing pills is another mater. A person could simpley go to another pharmacy. Likewise for the people who wanted a wedding cake.<BR>
As written though I would be against the Idaho, Tennessee and Kansas bills.<BR>
Roger<br><BR>
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<hr size="1">-----Original Message-----<br>From: "Tom Hansen" <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br>To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>Date: 02/13/14 16:14<br>Subject: [Vision2020] And now Kansas . . .<br><br><div><div>
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<div><span style=""><a href="http://nation.time.com/2014/02/11/kansas-bill-allowing-refusal-of-service-to-gay-couples-moves-forward/print/" target="_blank">http://nation.time.com/2014/02/11/kansas-bill-allowing-refusal-of-service-to-gay-couples-moves-forward/print/</a></span></div>
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<div style=""> <h1 class="ecxentry-title" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Kansas Bill Allowing Refusal Of Service to Gay Couples Moves Forward</h1>
<p class="ecxentry-deck" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.06em;">Bill would permit businesses and government employees to deny service on basis of religious principles</p> </div>
<div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kansas lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that would permit businesses and government employees to deny service to same-sex couples on the basis of their religious principles. The measure passed an initial vote in the house by a significant margin, 72 votes to 42 votes. In a final vote on Wednesday, the bill succeeded 72 votes to 49 votes and will now be considered by the Republican-controlled state senate.</span></div>
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<p style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">State lawmakers engaged in heated debate over <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/documents/hb2453_00_0000.pdf" target="_blank">House Bill 2453</a>, which would allow hotels, restaurants and stores in the state to refuse to serve gay couples if "it would be contrary to their sincerely held religious beliefs." The bill would also allow government clerks to refuse to sign same-sex marriage licenses without threat of a lawsuit.</span></p>
<p style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If a government employee chooses to refuse service, the bill states that the government must attempt to provide another employee to "promptly" provide that service "if it can be done without undue hardship to the employer."</span></p>
<p style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This bill is part of a <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://nation.time.com/2014/02/10/gay-marriage-kansas-colorado-wedding-cake/" target="_blank">larger trend across the U.S.</a>, pitting gay rights advocates against conservatives who say same-sex marriage is contrary to their religious beliefs. A baker in Colorado was ordered to stop discriminating against same-sex couples in December, after refusing to make a cake for a gay couple's wedding.</span></p>
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<p style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kansas House Bill 2453</span></p>
<p style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/documents/hb2453_00_0000.pdf" target="_blank">http://kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/documents/hb2453_00_0000.pdf</a></span></p>
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