Lockdown. In georgia, the governor will veto legislation that would have given faithbased organizations the ability to deny jobs 2k, lesbians, transgender people. Thoughts onyour religious liberty laws. If you support, dial into 202 7488000. If you oppose, 202 7488001. You can also tweet us cspanwj or go to facebook. Com cspan. Theront page of Washington Times with the governor yielding to corporate pressure and vetoing the religious liberty belle. The influence of the entertainment and business lobbies was felt when the georgia governor knucked under a title wave of pressure by the. Owing religious liberty bill it sought to protect religious wedding vendors from participating in samesex marriage ceremonies was not warranted in georgia where no such disputes have risen. [video clip] i find it ironic that some in religious community feel it is necessary for government rights andm protections. If our religious liberty is and notd upon us by god man made government, perhaps we should heed the handsoff and off the hands admonition of the First Amendment. The inclusions and omissions in can lead toes discrimination, even though it might be totally unintentional. Georgia governor talking about why he has decided to veto the religious liberty legislation. We are wondering if you support or oppose the idea of religious freedom laws. Support, 202 7488000. Opposed, 202 7488001. We will get to those calls. Act ii the Washington Times they report in North Carolina a similar culture war played out as transgender rights group filed a lawsuit to halt the bathroom bill, which they claim is discriminatory. That is amid more threats from big dismisses about a boycott of the state for not towing the line of sexual liberation. What are your thoughts . Notesshington post public support for such legislation is weak according to polls. 53 say the state should oppose a religious liberty bill and 40 were opposed. Support they would bill that allowed businesses to refuse employment based on the owners religious belief. Found2 3 ofll americans said businesses should not be able to refuse services to gays and lesbians even if doing so violates religious beliefs. The georgia measure essentially legalized discrimination by giving organizations that receive taxpayer funding ability to deny employment to gay and transgender people. You are opposed. Tell us why. Caller good morning. I would not say that i have the biggest composition, however i live y live and let biggest opposition, however i would say live and let live. While does the religious right ss over make such a fu and over at every opportunity they can find to let people live and let live. Noses. Off their live and let live. You live your life the way you want, and let other people live their lives the way they want. Host you say you are not necessarily opposed. Explain that. There are bigger and more important issues in life, in the world. There is real terrorism. We take one step toward and two steps back in this country. We are fighting social it is like divide and conquer. Were focused on social issues where they should have been shelved a long time ago and we should deal with the important Security Matters of the day. Host in new jersey, you support these laws. Good morning. Why do you support them . Caller i support the laws. I do not support them if they are confederate. Confederate state laws. Host in new jersey on our support line. Mike, in atlanta. What do you think about the decision from your governor . I think it was a good decision. I was worried. We have a lot of movies. The walking dead is filmed in georgia. I did not want to lose the opportunity to be one of the zombies. I heard one of the city getcilman is trying to enough people together to go against the veto. I do not know how that works. I want to say that im glad you are back. I missed you. You are the best. God bless. Host mike mentioned the movie industry. , the criticsg part say, of the governors decision. Times notices there was a big backlash. A contribute 6 billion to the states economy. In the last fiscal year it was 6 billion to the economy from the movie industry. The veto may not be the end of it. Of the museumsy in washington. Some georgia lawmakers hope to overturn the legislation. Minutesrters say that after the governor announced his veto of a religious liberty belle, some lawmakers called to overturn the decision. Special session or not the veto of 757 ishares the debate is not assures the debate is not over. The religious liberty fight will have a prominent place in georgia for years to come. Capital secondhe floor, he said he could not sign the bill into law. The backers say he made the wrong decision. Senator crane, a republican running for congress, said it is an example of how the Political Class is bought and paid for by lobbyists. Rather than protecting the First Amendment, the Political Class would rather sacrifice those rights to keep the money flowing. You oppose the laws. You are on the air. I am a bornagain again christian, but i disagree with these laws. That it is agree wrong, you cannot hire someone raised on their standing with god. If you look for someone that is sinless you will not have anyone. In michigan. You support them. Good morning. Caller i do support the boss. The laws. I believe our country is based on religious tolerance. If you own a private business, you are allowed to say i do not want to serve you. It is different when we are talking about employment, but i gavewith obamacare, it private religious institutions having to do things that are morally wrong. They are against them. Host that issue was brought up before the Court Last Week when the justices heard the oral arguments in one of the cases wrought by a religious group. Poor said the the mandate for contraceptives in the obamacare law violates their religious freedom. The justices hearing the case seemed divided and it could end 44 decision. Finish your thought. A quote that ronald is those attacking religion say they are doing it for openmindedness. Is it the truth they are intolerant toward religion . Host daniel, who supports the laws in michigan. And egypt air airliner was hijacked this morning in route to cairo from alexandria, egypt. Aircraftine, egyptair lands in cyprus. The hijacker trying to get to cyprus. It was not terroristrelated. It was over his exwife. Egyptairr of fish tweeting confirmation that their flight was hijacked. This was earlier this morning and 2 30 a. M. Eastern. They tweeted that negotiations resulted in the release of the passengers, except for the crew and 4 foreigners. The French News Agency says that passengers are still aboard according to the aviation minister in cyprus. Bloomberg news tweeted this morning at 5 30 that the hijacker has yet to issue to mans and negotiations continue. That is according to the egyptian Civil Aviation minister. You can follow the news from several news organizations on twitter online as there is more developments. We will let you know as we go along on the washington journal. We are asking about state religious laws. Billses are considering to protect people of faith from being forced to condone or samesexte in marriage, which became legal last year as a result of the Supreme Court decision. 23 states have enacted similar laws. You support or oppose . Joe . You oppose, caller i oppose. Republicans are extremist religions. I compare it with extremist sharia law. There iscountries, if a samesex marriage, they get killed. Up, beat them up, tie them put them in the tallest building. They kill gay people, even women. If the women have an affair, they stone them to death. Here, we do not do that, but the extremist. Re is too we need to separate religion. This is the irony. Republicans are so religious doctorsy go to kill were they have abortions. That is the irony. E said they were killing kids how about him . That is the irony. Host that is joe in florida. Utah, you are on the air. Caller i support religious laws. There are eternal religious laws that if applied and acted upon would increase the value of individual communities in this country. These laws were given to moses and called the 10 commandments. We have taken the commandment covet and wet covet. It into thou thalt it leads to killing, stealing, fathers, not honoring and mothers, not keeping the sabbath day holy. If you kept the sabbath day and and ant day for environmental rest day for the earth. This country is not one nation under god anymore. Tool tos is satans destroy people. Host this is from the National State conference of state legislatures website. Map showingether a the freedom of religious restoration act that has passed of 2015. In 1997, the Supreme Court decided federal religious restoration acts did not apply to the states. Theseates have enacted laws to echo the federal religious freedom restoration act law. That map you can see where of 2015. Ve acted as lets go to the constitution, the First Amendment, that says Congress Shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government fervor dress of grievances. The government can not substantially burden a persons ability to follow their religious beliefs unless they compelling interest in imposing that burden or do so in the least restrictive way you read what do you think . New hampshire, you are opposing. It is your turn. Caller good morning. I oppose religious laws like that. One nation under god was a not onehere and this is nation under god, there are 11 different religions here. Some people do not believe in god. If you are in business to serve. He public, you need to do that you should not be able to discriminate. If you do, when does the bigotry stop . If you are marrying people, or serving people that are getting i do notwho is to say want to marry a black person with a white person. I do not want to marry a protestant with a christian. Where does the bigotry stop . I do not like the religious laws. They are too restrictive. Manyis a country with different religions. Even some without religion. In school, you are taught evolution parody find it in all in school, you are taught evolution. Thefind it and all of books. There are a lot of beliefs in this country. Willu test pick a few you not serve, or a few that you will serve, you should not be serving at all. You are there to serve the public, not just segments of it. Support in florida. Tell us why. Caller first of all, the reason why it is important is because i do not believe in a premise that it is discrimination when it comes to gay marriage. The reality is that nothing is stopping a gay man from marrying a woman besides his own choice. That is not discrimination, just how that person feels. If the law said you are gay, you cannot marry a person, likely establish for centuries, i understand that would read discrimination. Here is no discrimination the idea of religious freedom is how a person conducts yourself. If you conduct yourself contrary to the purpose you are being hired for, that is not discrimination. This coming nation is discrimination is when you treat someone different based on something they have no control over. Even if you are born that way, you have a choice of how to conduct yourself. May get stuck in that section. Respecting religion does not mean that if it is written in religious. T is stealing, murderer, and lying are all in the bible. We have laws about it. Should we say that we are respecting religion and should take it out. , and peopleconduct need to understand this is the biggest mistake cents plessy versus ferguson. Unlike being black or female, in the comingt female, black, or white. That is something you have no control over. Who you choose for sexual activity, that is a choice. What do you make of the governors decision in georgia and the pressure from corporations. Walt disney, National Football league, intel, and others . Caller it is a money thing. The moviestice all that come out, theres always homage toof homosexual behavior. There is a lot of money. Atlanta is known for certain things. A lot of the shows promote that lifestyle. That is what hollywood likes. They passed the civil rights and hollywood was not tripping over itself to include a black person in every movie. Nowadays, it seems like everyone is tripping over themselves to promote homosexuality in one form or fashion. It is about money. The Washington Times disney which has found films like guardians of the galaxy 2 in atlanta, they would plan to take business elsewhere should any discriminatory practices be signed into law. It could also threaten an atlanta bid to host the super bowl. Other deals included apple, time warner, and salesforce. State tos not the only find itself in the grip of big business. Pat mccrory has invited the center of several bluechip corporations by signing the bill specific Public Restrooms and changing facilities must be used according to biological sex not the preferred identification. It would prevent any other local government from following suit. It would allow people who undergo sex changes and have their birth certificates changed accordingly to use the bathroom, shower, or facility of their new sex. We are asking you your thoughts on state religious laws after the governor of georgia vetoed legislation in that state. Look at the reaction from capitol hill. Have made saying we great progress to move towards a more open and inclusive society. Religious liberty legislation is a step back. Senator jeff merkley saying thank you to the governor for vetoing antilgbt discrimination bill. Diane black from tennessee said about last weeks hearing of the Supreme Court over the contraceptive mandate in the president S Health Care law saying to show my support for Little Sisters of the poor. The court must protect religious freedom. We told you yesterday a gunman was shot at the capital. From the Washington Post they identified the suspect as a minister from tennessee. The 66yearold was arrested in the district after he disrupted congress i shouting he was a prophet of god. He walked into the Visitor Center at 2 40 in the afternoon and was going through security screenings when one officer opened fire. Tourists were warned of an active shooter. The police swarmed the Capitol Grounds and put the Capital Building and the white house under lockdown, ending a peaceful day when congress was in recess and tourists were flocking to the Cherry Blossoms and the easter egg rolls. Yesterday, this is after the scene was clear and the gunman was taken into custody. [video clip] much of this information is preliminary. I want to stress that while this is preliminary, based on the initial investigation we believe this is the act of a Single Person who is frequented the Capitol Grounds before. There is no reason to believe this is anything more than a criminal acts. Isadditional information gained, i will provide as much as i can through our Public Information office. I want to ensure the visiting public that u. S. Capitol Police Officers continue to protect the capital for all who visit. We expect regular business tomorrow morning at the capitol Visitor Center. People can safely visit the u. S. Capitol and member offices. Post sayswashington it is not clear why he was at the capitol building, but he is not new to authorities. The cars he was at the capital in october, where he went into the House Chamber and if you go to cspan. Org you will find this video that we tweeted yesterday. 10 22 15, and listen closely, you can hear someone from the balcony, where visitors are allowed to watch proceedings, they can shouting bible verses. Congress. Ed the speaker gobbled down. He was escorted out of the chamber. He was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. And orderedd him him to stay away from the capital and surrounding streets. After not showing up for a hearing in november, he wrote chosenhave been called and sent unto you this day. Im not under law, therefore i will not comply with the court order nor will i surrender myself unto your office. We will hear talks on religious liberty laws. The governor of georgia be telling one of the laws yesterday. North carolina passing one last week. Massachusetts, you support them. Catherine, good morning. Caller male and female is the foundation of everything. There would be no trees, no fish , no birds, no animals. If you do not have male and female, there would be nothing. It has nothing to be with religious. It is survival. The language separates the human beings. If you check out male and female anything you would not ride in a car without male and female. It has nothing to do with religious, it has to do with common sense. Everyone has a mother and father. People have to be very careful. Take the homosexuals and put them on an island by themselves. Without a man and woman, there would be nothing in 20 years. Nothing. This is not a religious, this is a fact of life. Host minnesota. You oppose. Go ahead. Caller i just finished celebrating my easter. Oldfashionedhe way, friday, saturday, sunday, monday. I do oppose the state would regulate anything i want to say. When i closeppose the screens that the media is all the time about who is running for this counsel, people of that religion, people of that. I do not think that religion belongs into government. That the governor would tell you to do this. I oppose that very much and i believe that our Founding Fathers did a very right thing. There should be a separation between the state and religion. That is all i want to say. Human Rights Campaign claiming victory saying thanks to the you can see all the logos there. The corporations that were opposed to this Georgia State religious law. The ibm