Freedom of religion can allow people to be exempt from vaccinations, break school dress codes or even avoid military service in the case of a draft. Soon, you may be able to add “discriminate against same-sex couples” to that list.

Thanks to a bill approved by the Kansas House Tuesday, freedom of religion may give private and government employees the right to refuse service to same-sex couples in the future.

If passed, this bill would essentially allow individual government employees to refuse State services on the basis of sexual orientation and their beliefs about same-sex marriage.

As a Christian myself, I see this bill as a violation of not only American principles, but Christian principles as well. I know the “what would Jesus do?” saying is often over-played and cliché, but I believe it is appropriate in this situation.

To me, it’s clear that Jesus would have voted against this bill for the sake of all humans, homosexual or not.

A bill that discriminates against others in the name of religion is a dark blemish to the ideals and principles of the religion it claims to defend.