Posted on 04/02/2015 6:01:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Governor Mike Pence has signed the state's amended Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
After hours of discussion Thursday, the Indiana House of Representatives passed a revised version of the controversial bill 66-30. The Indiana Senate approved the new version late Thursday afternoon.
"The freedom of religion for every Hoosier is enshrined in the Constitution of the United States and in the Indiana Constitution, which reads, 'No law shall, in any case whatever, control the free exercise and enjoyment of religious opinions, or interfere with the rights of conscience.' For generations, these protections have served as a bulwark of religious liberty for Hoosiers and remain a foundation of religious liberty in the State of Indiana, and that will not change," Gov. Pence said in a statement.
"Last week the Indiana General Assembly passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act raising the judicial standard that would be used when government action intrudes upon the religious liberty of Hoosiers, and I was pleased to sign it. Over the past week this law has become a subject of great misunderstanding and controversy across our state and nation. However we got here, we are where we are, and it is important that our state take action to address the concerns that have been raised and move forward," Pence added.
The revised bill does not include making the LGBT community a protected class. The move, however, lays a foundation for that debate in the Indiana State Legislature.
"What was intended as a message of inclusion of all religious beliefs was interpreted as a message of exclusion, especially for the LGBT community," said House Speaker Brian Bosma earlier Thursday. "Nothing could have been further from the truth, but it was clear that the perception had to be addressed.
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Wuss.
Small business operators are simply being bullied into servicing behavior they find repugnant. And the consequence for not complying with the bullying is not only severe, but often enforced by the state — the big-ass bully.
There’s a serious problem here, and if Pence can’t speak to it, then he shouldn’t demand the responsibility of representing liberty.
So it is useless.
RE: So it is useless.
Not entirely, it depends on the judge who tries the case.
If a judge misinterprets the intent of the law, nothing can stop him from seeing what he wants to see.
Look, we have a great constitution, one of the best in the world. Did that stop Justice Roberts from deciding that government can force us to buy healthcare?
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Galatians 3:24
How do you know that it wasn't God's will that this bill be passed, and that the legislature is in rebellion to it?
Don't put God in a box.
Pense is dense. His PC index has risen to 100 and his political career is over.
Unfortunately, the majority of "straight" people are not willing to fight the mainstreaming --- in fact the promotion and celebration --- of deviant sex.
Oh, that's not even the half of it.
They won't be happy until every person, business, church and institution that fails to affirm, celebrate, and even subsidize the, is destroyed.
and full access to corrupt the children
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