It’s Textbook ‘Discrimination’ To Force Employers To Violate Their Religious Principles, Hire The Mentally Ill

On Friday, the media lost its collective mind after Republicans killed a Democratic amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have forced the federal government to withdraw funding from any contractor “discriminating” against LGBT people. Originally, the amendment drew a 217 to 206 “aye” vote – but after Republicans whipped the chamber, the amendment failed on a 212 to 213 vote. As The Hill reported, “GOP leaders held the vote open as they pressured members to change sides.” The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), who is gay, was intended to crack down on religious contractors as well as contractors who would not hire or fired employees who were gay or transgender; it was a direct counter to another amendment that would have protected religious companies from discrimination on the basis of religion.

The media’s constant insistence that the federal government must override religious objections to homosexuality and business objection to hiring the mentally ill is beyond irritating – it’s downright fascistic. It’s far more “discriminatory” to use the power of government to violate religious freedom than it is to allow private actors to contract with those they see fit. And leveraging federal dollars to back the scientific fiction that men can become women, and punishing companies that refuse to comply with that fiction – that’s “discrimination” too.