<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of <i>McClatchy DC</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article89209597.html">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article89209597.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><h1 class="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 52px; margin: 10px 0px 35px; font-family: 'McClatchy Slab', Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; padding: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">GOP religious freedom bill ignites new fight over gay marriage</h1></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.5em; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-bottom: 6px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">First Amendment Defense Act would bar federal penalties for those who oppose gay marriage</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.5em; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-bottom: 6px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Proponents say it would protect religious beliefs; opponents say it allows discrimination</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; border-bottom-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So far, 171 House members have co-sponsored the bill; Donald Trump says he would sign it</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; border-bottom-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; border-bottom-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/News/McClatchyDC_080316_Labrador.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/News/McClatchyDC_080316_Labrador.jpg</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; border-bottom-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1px; height: 1px; line-height: normal; overflow: hidden;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read more here: <a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article89209597.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article89209597.html#storylink=cpy</a></span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Idaho Republican Rep. Raul Labrador, right, sponsor of the First Amendment Defense Act, testifies at a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing in Washington on Tuesday, July 12, 2016. Labrador said his bill aimed to give new legal protections for people who believe in traditional marriage, while critics say it would discriminate against gays and lesbians.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/News/McClatchyDC_080316_Frank.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/News/McClatchyDC_080316_Frank.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., testifies against the First Amendment Defense Act at a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing in Washington on Tuesday, July 12, 2016. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/News/McClatchyDC_080316_Obergefell.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/News/McClatchyDC_080316_Obergefell.jpg</a></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in last year's Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, testifies against the First Amendment Defense Act at a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing in Washington on Tuesday, July 12, 2016.</span></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------</div><div><br></div><div><b>House Bill 2802, First Amendment Defense Act</b></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2802/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22First+amendment+defense+act%22%5D%7D&resultIndex=2">https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2802/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22First+amendment+defense+act%22%5D%7D&resultIndex=2</a><br><div style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1px; height: 1px; line-height: normal; overflow: hidden;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read more here: <a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article89209597.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article89209597.html#storylink=cpy</a></span></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="credits" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1px; height: 1px; line-height: normal; overflow: hidden;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read more here: <a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article89209597.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article89209597.html#storylink=cpy</a></div></span><span class="credits" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1px; height: 1px; line-height: normal; overflow: hidden;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read more here: <a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article89209597.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article89209597.html#storylink=cpy</a></div></span></span></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares"</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></body></html>