Posted on 03/31/2015 9:45:53 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
(CNN)—Gov. Mike Pence pledged Tuesday to "fix" Indiana's controversial religious freedom law to clarify that it does not allow discrimination against gays and lesbians.
But he insisted the problem isn't the law itself but how it's being perceived, saying a fix is needed only because of "frankly, the smear that's been leveled against this law." And he said the fix won't involve statewide anti-discrimination protections for LGBT Hoosiers.
The first-term Republican governor sought to tamp down the backlash Indiana has faced since he signed the law -- which its in-state supporters had claimed would allow businesses to turn away LGBT customers -- last week. He said he's asking state lawmakers to send him a followup measure before this week's end to ensure that's not the case.
"It would be helpful to move legislation this week that makes it clear that this law does not give businesses a right to deny services to anyone," Pence said in a press conference in Indianapolis on Tuesday.
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At least manure has uses, he’s lower than sh*t
Worthless coward.
Leave Heaven out of this, Pence. You don’t deserve it.
Because that is what they will do 9 times out of 10.
I’ll wait for any actual bill language before I comment.
No need for that press conference. Sad to hear that quaking in the voice. Now would be the time to dig in and stand firm.
That is utter nonsense that businesses cannot refuse service to anyone. (That can be interpreted as bars not having the right to refuse service to visibly-intoxicated people, among other, more dire interpretations.)
Oh BS. Of course he did. He just didn’t expect to cower.
Paper tigers.
Amazing how loud 2-3% of the population (backed by an assortment of marxists and anarchists in academia) can be when given access to that great big MSM megaphone.
Were we expecting you to cave in?
Hell, yeah. And you didn’t disappoint us.
They are not caving. This is who they are.
Chicken sh@$
What was the purpose of this bill anyway?
Listening to Pence he makes it sound like there was none.
If Pence ever apologizes or tries to undo what he did, I will lose all respect for him.
You're not going to join the Free Republic Patellar Reflex Contingency?
The language of the new bill doesn’t matter. By admitting they need to clarify the law, they admit the law is about discrimination. And this type of caving every time some hypersensitive whiner claims offense is exactly why so many people are led to believe Republicans are intollerant.
Which, I assume, would include gay couples wanting a photographer or a wedding cake. So why not just repeal the law?
Do you deserve heaven? (Yes, this is a gotcha question, I am tagging it as such right up front.)
About to write the same thing...you nailed it Yogafist...this is how the left wins
“The GOP should change it’s Symbol to a Caveman.
Because that is what they will do 9 times out of 10. “
Methinks you are a wee bit of an optimist.
See tagline(from Nov. 10th)
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