The Southern Baptist manual, Protecting Your Ministry From Sexual Orientation Gender Identity Lawsuits, shows employers how to protect themselves from any civil rights lawsuit brought by a fired employee, by pretending that all your employees are ministers.
As soon as someone can get us a copy of this gem, Biteme Inc. plans to have all our maintenance staff teach the Gospel, middle managers will lead Muslim prayers five times a day, the cafeteria staff will indoctrinate diners in the ways of Pastafarianism, the financial staff (they’re already all Jewish) will lead daily davening, C-suite execs will become our catechists, and the marketing department will go abroad in saffron robes with their Buddhist begging bowls.
Just to be clear — the Bitemaster is a big supporter of religion. But assholes, even religious ones, can Bite Me.
Source: Christian Denomination Plans To Avoid Civil Rights Laws By Pretending Receptionists Are ‘Ministers’ | ThinkProgress
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have a right to marry, some state officials are looking into opting out of issuing marriage licenses entirely. Republican Mississippi state Rep. Andy Gipson, the chairman of the state house judiciary committee, told the Clarion-Ledger that the state is looking into eliminating state marriage licenses. “One of the options that other states have looked at is removing the state marriage license requirement,” he said. “We will be researching what options there are. I personally can see pros and cons to that. I don’t know if it would be better to have no marriage certificate sponsored by the state or not. But it’s an option out there to be considered.”
