[fwdude]

Corporate fingerprints are everywhere and it was corporate pressure that led to “Christian Conservative Republican” governors in Indiana and Arkansas backing down on religious freedom legislation to protect bakers and others from legal attack earlier this year.

And more than likely, they were bluffing. What corporation wants to turn down the business of an entire state?

The governors should have stood strong and stalwart, and the issue would have blown over in weeks, if not days.

[Nextrush]

Governor Robert Bentley (R) of Alabama told a religious publication earlier this year he could not oppose a federal district judge’s gay marriage decision in his state because it would hurt the people of his state in regards to “jobs”.

Political leaders are being intimidated and controlled by big business is the only conclusion I can draw from reading that......

The Chamber of Commerce and the Manufacturers Alliance were in the forefront of pushing removal of the Confederate flag from the grounds of the Statehouse in SC.