Bryan Fischer has this bizarre idea that anti-discrimination laws impose slavery because they force someone to work for you. Of course, he’s only ever said that about anti-discrimination laws that cover gay people. Apparently it only counts for gay people.



On his radio show today, Fischer declared that “if the homosexual lobby is successful on this, then they will be forcing the state of Mississippi, against its will” to drop its ban on gay adoption, which is nothing more than tyranny and the imposition of slavery. “Ladies and gentlemen,” Fischer said, “that is just a form of tyranny. When you compel people to do things contrary to their will, contrary to their conscience, that’s slavery as well as tyranny. So you think about it, who’s bringing slavery back to the south? Who’s bringing slavery back to the Confederate States of America? It’s the homosexual lobby. When you compel people to provide services against their will, that is involuntary servitude, that is slavery. I submit to you that it is the homosexual lobby that’s single-handedly bringing slavery back to the Confederate States of America.”

Oh yes, of course. But then it’s illegal to discriminate on the basis of religion too. If you come into my business, I can’t refuse to serve you because you’re Christian. So that means Christians are reimposing slavery on us and have been for half a century, right? Oh, of course not. As usual, the Christian right is all about special pleading. Their rules apply only to them, not to others.