New protection act is form of prejudice

It's called the Religious Conscience Protection Act and to justify their desire to discriminate against gay people, some of our leaders are considering this bill.

Do we want to go back to the days where we have to see racists signs like “whites only,” except now it will be “straight people only?” This is a form of prejudice. Do we really want to change our constitution to reflect this kind of bigotry? Our state's founders did not put this into our constitution because the state should protect all Iowans.

I don't want Christians to be turned away from renting an apartment because the owner is atheist. Talk about big government. Don't ask for the right to discriminate against gays and claim you need to change our state constitution when you're asked to stop.

Symon R. Sanborn

Cedar Rapids