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Damon Linker writes that opposing gay marriage isn't really the same as being racist only to have the state legislators in Kansas prove him wrong:

Kansas’ Anti-Gay Segregation Bill Is an Abomination
Feb. 13 2014 8:30 AM
By Mark Joseph Stern
SLATE Magazine

In addition to barring all anti-discrimination lawsuits against private employers, the new law permits government employees to deny service to gays in the name of “religious liberty.” This is nothing new, but the sweep of Kansas’ statute is breathtaking. Any government employee is given explicit permission to discriminate against gay couples—not just county clerks and DMV employees, but literally anyone who works for the state of Kansas. If a gay couple calls the police, an officer may refuse to help them if interacting with a gay couple violates his religious principles. State hospitals can turn away gay couples at the door and deny them treatment with impunity. Gay couples can be banned from public parks, public pools, anything that operates under the aegis of the Kansas state government.