"The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights strongly supports Governor Beshear's veto of House Bill 279. The commission now strongly urges the General Assembly not to override the Governor's wise veto. "House Bill 279, referred to as 'the Religious Freedom bill,' as written, will not serve the cause of protecting religious freedom. Rather, it will threaten the religious freedom of all, by giving special protections to those few who may claim that their otherwise unlawful discriminatory actions are justified by a 'sincerely held religious belief.' In effect, House Bill 279 makes individual persons a law unto themselves, providing a convenient justification for infringing on the civil rights of others in violation of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act. This is not the intention of religious freedom."