In promoting his upcoming film
Barbershop: The Next Cut, rapper Ice Cube was asked about
Georgia's controversial “religious freedom” bill, which critics
say would allow businesses to discriminate against the LGBT
community.
Last week, lawmakers approved House
Bill 757 after replacing direct references to same-sex marriages with
allowing religious groups to deny services “that violate such
faith-based organization's sincerely held religious beliefs.”
(Related: Georgia
lawmakers okay anti-gay bill.)
While Governor Nathan Deal, a
Republican, has criticized the measure, he has yet to say whether
he'll veto it.
Speaking with Atlanta
CBS affiliate WGCL-TV, Ice Cube was asked to weigh in on the
bill.
“You know, I think any kind of
discrimination in America, or anywhere in the world, is just an old,
antiquated practice,” he answered. “It's really all about
inclusion in this new world. And I just think they're on the wrong
side of history.”