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U.S. House Democrats introduce bill ensuring religious freedom laws can’t be used to discriminate

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Masterpiece Cakeshop case involving a baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding, social conservatives have sought to justify refusing goods or services to LGBTQ individuals or organizations based on the premise that doing so infringes upon their personal beliefs opposing homosexuality or same-sex marriage.LGBTQ advocates have argued that this use of RFRA to condone discrimination against LGBTQ people or religious minorities — as in a case involving a foster care agency’s refusal to place children with same-sex couples or non-Christians — is contrary to the spirit of the original law, and have sought, through the Do No Harm Act, to clarify that RFRA is not intended to condone discrimination against certain classes of people,.

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