Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Weekly Participation - Religion and Gender

Ricardo Navarro

Option 2:

Candidate: Businesses should lose services if they discriminate on religious grounds

An Indiana Candidate named J.D. Ford is running for Senate in Indiana. However, he is an activist for gay and religious rights so he is getting slandered for his beliefs. In one of his interviews he said that companies who use public services should NOT be able to discriminate against consumers because of religious beliefs. An example used was: A Jewish sign maker should not be able to deny service to a gay individual who wants a sign for use in gay activism. Ford also faces many other issues in his candidacy. He is gay but his competition Mike Delph is straight and therefore many conservative individuals within Indiana are backing Mike based on religious beliefs. Last year Ford successfully fended off a ballot measure (made by Mike Delph) which would have permanently banned same-sex marriage within the state.

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