<blockquote>Macheers insists this isn't about discrimination. To make his point, he's pulling straight from the far-right attention-getting playbook by slapping a thin coat of religious veneer on his bill. He calls it the Religious Liberties Protection Act.

Seriously, this is how he defended the bill on the House floor yesterday, according to the <a href="http://How%20else%20to%20explain%20the%20legislation%20he%20drafted%20that%20would%20legalize%20segregation%20based%20on%20sexuality?%20Think%20about%20what%20Macheers%27%20bill%20would%20do%20if%20it%20gets%20signed%20into%20law.%20%20Businesses%20could%20tell%20gay%20couples%20to%20get%20lost%20if%20an%20employee%20or%20owner%20believes%20homosexuality%20to%20be%20a%20religious%20sin.%20Government%20employees%20could%20also%20refuse%20service%20to%20gay%20couples.%20Employers%20could%20deny%20benefits%20to%20gay%20couples%20or%20get%20rid%20of%20the%20employees%20altogether%20without%20recrimination.%20And%20if%20a%20person%20so%20discriminated%20against%20filed%20a%20lawsuit%20against%20the%20discriminating%20entity%20and%20then%20lost%20the%20case,%20that%20person%20could%20get%20stuck%20not%20only%20with%20their%20own%20attorney%27s%20bill%20but%20also%20with%20that%20of%20the%20person%20or%20company%20sued." target="_blank">Wichita Eagle</a>: "Discrimination is horrible. It's hurtful ... It has no place in civilized society, and that's precisely why we're moving this bill. There have been times throughout history where people have been persecuted for their religious beliefs because they were unpopular. This bill provides a shield of protection for that."</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.pitch.com/FastPitch/archives/2014/02/13/meet-charles-macheers-the-man-behind-the-pro-discrimination-bill-in-kansas">Meet Charles Macheers, the man behind the pro-discrimination bill in Kansas | The Fast Pitch | The Pitch</a>.