motherjones:

politicalprof:

Ah, that moment when crime is legalized if it is understood to rest on religious bias. The Framers must be crying …

kohenari:

On Wednesday, legislators in Michigan’s Senate passed a bill “which not only neglects to protect students based on sexual orientation or gender identity, but creates a special exception for bullies who have a ‘sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.’”

The rebuke entered into the record by Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer is worth taking a couple of minutes to watch.

(via Think Progress; HT: Gavin Craig).

OK, Michigan Republicans, here’s our question: What if the bully’s religious justification is SHARIA? What do you do then? After your brains are done exploding, we mean.