Posted on 04/01/2015 4:10:09 AM PDT by Biggirl
Last week, Governor Mike Pence of Indiana signed into law the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Almost immediately, an uproar ensued, claiming that the law was discriminatory — that it provided a license for businesses to discriminate against gay and lesbian customers. Entirely lost in this kerfuffle has been the simple fact that the Indiana law is modeled on the 1993 federal law of the same name, and that counterparts have been adopted in 19 other states.
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For the record, I do not have an iphone, and I never will.
According to the Left, one of the worst sins a person can commit, aside from smoking a cigarette in public, is to discriminate against gays and lesbians.
On the other hand, discriminating against Christians, and abridging/denying their natural and Constitutionally-protected rights, is entirely acceptable.
Pence blew it when he tried to placate the mob. The response should have been: “It’s settled law—Move on.”
Pence is acting like he thinks the bill does nothing and serves no purpose, worst yet he says it doesn’t allow discrimination against anyone, yet he is calling for it to be fixed.
Libs are demanding total capitulation now, that Republicans in that state pass a full gay discrimination protection bill.
Sadly I think gov Brewer did less damage to marriage by caving early rather than going on TV and repeatedly disowning the whole idea of liberty, as Pence has done.
Discrimination is a GOOD thing - as in discriminating tastes, or showing good judgment.
Discrimination is pro choice.
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