Peach Pundit The Podcast: Sine Die Eve. Promise Scholarship. RFRA. Walkout Drama. Tariffs.
It’s the eve of Sine Die, 2025, and Scot and Buzz let you know what’s going on.
AFP’s Hilton/West editorial re: SB 28.
Topics tonight included:
- Promise Scholarship drama.
- Budget drama.
- RFRA passes.
- House Democrats walk out
- Trump imposes tariffs on everyone, including penguins.
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But, how many of the 40 states that have now enacted a form of RFRA…
…do not ALSO have statewide civil rights legislation?
ed note: for any wondering, that avatar has been the one I have used at this site for many, many years. And so it goes.
A classic avatar for sure.
You raise a good question, John. I do not know how many RFRA states also have civil rights legislation. Research for a future discussion.
Premise to question was based on some readings from a couple of years ago….and subsequently, I mis-“contexted” the question…
How many RFRA states “do not have a public accommodation law for nondisabled individuals”? Unless other changes have occurred, I believe that answer is now…4: AL, GA, MS, TX. NC has no RFRA “law” but has court decisions that apply some RFRA language.
A handful of GA minis/counties have these type of protections to some extent.
The point being…balance. The vast majority of RFRA states have already expressed their “compelling interests” by codifying public accommodation and other laws that enumerate which individuals – by their inclusion in certain protected classes – are shielded from discrimination in the commercial marketplace.
As Scot correctly pointed out, Georgia’s new RFRA does not change the fact that such protections neither existed prior nor will they exist going forward…unless they are addressed separately. Past attempts to do so have all been quickly shut down.
In short, the “majority of states” claim regarding RFRA enaction, while accurate, is misleading without that additional qulification.
Eh…
I hear you, however, if discrimination is legal, and it is in Georgia, we do not hear widespread or even rare cases of people refusing others service. There is something in play that is preventing it, which is to say society has moved on.