but phil jensen is still standing by the proposed law.gion should be free game for discrimination as well and that an interview where he professed his love for unpasteurized milk and drug testing welfare recipients jens says the kkk should be able to run a bakery of bigotry. he wants to dish out discrimination but if he thinks voters will dump the civil rights act for his plate of hate, he can keep on pretending. >>> welcome back. this is the story for the folks who take a shower after work. a dangerous situation is unfolding in north dakota. the state of course is booming with oil. in fact, north dakota is the second largest oil producing state in this country after the state of texas. it's an antiregulation republican led state with pretty much the mind set of you can drill it, do whatever you want with it. the state also has a massive surplus and a small oil extraction tax, which is added up over the years. north dakota state budget director estimates the general funds surplus will be at $457 million when the two-year budget cycle ends

state senator phil jensen is still defending a bill he introduced last month that would have made itegal for businesses to deny service to customers based on sexual orientation, religion, and race. according to the rapid city journal, the self-described reagan conservative says that nondiscrimination laws are necessary in a free market economy. quote, if someone was a member of the ku klux klan and they were running a little bakery, for instance, the majority of us would find it detestable that they refused to serve blacks. and guess what, in a matter of weeks or so, that business would shut down, because no one is going to patronize them. while jensen may think public shame is enough to stop discriminatory practices, a republican colleague called his bill mean, nasty, hateful, and vindictive, and the bill died in committee. >>> up next, it's been a year since that republican autopsy report found the party needs to be more tolerant of women, minorities, and gays. but it still doesn't look like the gop has learned its lesson. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> if

meet south dakota state senator, phil jensen.inesses should have the right to turn away customers based on their race or religion. jensen tells the rapid city journal, quote, if someone was a member of the ku klux klan and they were running a little bakery, for instance, the majority of us would find it detestable that they refused to serve blacks. and guess what? in a matter of weeks or so, that business would shut down because no one is going to patronize them. so how is that for rebranding? how is that rebranding going again? this is only one local state lawmaker saying this. but what about one of the gop's top candidates? remember what rand paul told my colleague rachel maddow in 2010 about modifying anti-discrimination laws. >> there's ten different titles to the civil rights act, and nine out of ten deal with public institutions and i'm absolutely in favor of. one deals with private institutions, and had i been around, i would have tried to modify that. >> so the wolworth lunch counter should have allowed to stay segregated