Posted on 03/28/2015 3:29:15 PM PDT by Salman
Indiana has come under fire for a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Mike Pence (R) that would allow businesses to refuse service for religious reasons. The NCAA has voiced its concern ahead of Final Four in Indianapolis next week, there are calls to boycott the state, and Miley Cyrus has even weighed in, calling Pence a name that we can't reprint on this family Web site in an Instagram post.
But Indiana is actually soon to be just one of 20 states with a version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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Don’t give them any ideas, unless you want them to explode or go nuts!
Well I was unsure about this, but now that Mikey Cyrus has weighed in, then that settles it..... Sarcasm
Conservative states I expected but Connecticut and Rhode Island in gay friendly New England?
“miley cyrus weighed in”
that twit is about 60 pounds soaking wet...makes that comment kinda funny.
Didn’t the beloved godfather of the Democrats, Bill Clinton, sign a Freedom of Religion bill? Let’s hear some media supporter of Hillary ask her if she supports her husband’s bill.
Such laws should not be necessary. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of association, as well as religious freedom and freedom of speech.
And other states will have similar laws soon. One passed in the Michigan house a while back but hasn’t been taken up by the senate yet.
One would think that ‘free exercise of religion’ a freedom that is protected in the Constitution would be pretty clear to everybody. Unfortunately, most Americans don’t know the difference between ‘free exercise’ and ‘freedom to worship at the church of your choice.’ Most Americans don’t know free exercise means you can BE A FAITHFUL Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian, etc, 24/7/365. The GOVERNMENT cannot retaliate. In fact, no one should.
However, anti-religious bigots want the government to force their views on religious people in their workplaces. The remedy of freedom is that an Amish guy who refuses to install electricity doesn’t get as much business at night. But that’s HIS choice.
A baker who doesn’t want to decorate a homosexual coupling cake with positive comments doesn’t have to, but they won’t get much of the homosexual coupling business OR from their friends.
THAT’S FAIR.
What isn’t fair is the government FORCING anyone to violate their religion.
What are the odds her weight matches her IQ. These boycotts usually backfire spectacularly.
Pray America is waking
This will pass. It’s just a queer’s hissy fit.
Hmmmm...too bad my home State of AR doesn’t have it, but it is completely surrounded by other States that do. I noticed that Obama’s home State (IL? Kenya?) has it, too.
Pro-gay, PC interpretations of the 14th Amendment’s (14A) Equal Protections Clause (EPC) are arguably a litmus test for determining if somebody has actually read the Constitution or not. This is because Section 1 of 14A where the EPC is found also prohibits the states from making laws / policies which unreasonably abridge the constitutionally enumerated rights of citizens.
14th Amendment, Section 1:All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws [emphases added].
So since the states have never amended the Constitution to expressly protect gay marriage for example, the states are free to make laws / policies which discriminate against constitutionally unprotected gay marriage imo, as long as such laws don’t also unreasonably abridge constitutionally enumerated rights.
On the other hand, low-information, pro-gay activist states have violated the 14th Amendment imo. This is because they are unthinkingly using equality policies to protect constitutionally unprotected gay “rights” in order to bully Christian business owners for example, owners who are protected by the 1st Amendment’s religious expression provision.
Unfortunately, our U.S. Supremes don't seems to "know the difference" either!!!
They're upset because Indiana went from the "win" to the "loss" column for them.
No one is allowed to switch back.
The idea of substantive due process has allowed the courts unchecked power.
The CBS Evening News went ape on the issue tonight. The defenders of the law were allowed maybe one-fifth of the time.
Not only that, there was a federal law like this....signed by Bill Clinton.
He knows Constitutional law and can back it up with that knowledge.
He wouldn't appoint people to high places in Justice or with the courts merely because some constituency "wanted to see......" there!
If we fail to turn back to that direction and I know it will not be done over night as some people would tear this country apart demanding their "rights" but at least swiftly moving in that direction.
We need to quickly move to end lifetime appointments to courts and jerk liberal nimrods, like those who demand gay marriage is "constitutional" in many states, be moved quickly into retirement!!!
All of this must be done no matter whose ox is gored!!!
Mark Levin to Chief Justice asap!
“Freedom” means you have a choice. Unfortunately, as we have discovered in the reign of Obama, liberals and democrats want to FORCE their beliefs on everyone else, which is a form of fascism.
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