Posted on 04/23/2015 7:30:35 AM PDT by markomalley
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is slamming politicians in Indiana and Arkansas for a “retreat” on so-called religious freedom legislation and says he isn’t going to be pressured by corporate America into backing off of his support for similar legislation in his home state on the issue of marriage.
“In Indiana and Arkansas, large corporations recently joined left-wing activists to bully elected officials into backing away from strong protections for religious liberty,” Mr. Jindal wrote in an opinion piece published Thursday by The New York Times. “It was disappointing to see conservative leaders so hastily retreat on legislation that would simply allow for an individual or business to claim a right to free exercise of religion in a court of law.”
“That political leaders in both states quickly cowered amid the shrieks of big business and the radical left should alarm us all,” he wrote.
Mr. Jindal, who is weighing a 2016 presidential run, said he won’t be bullied and that he plans to fight in the state’s legislative session for the “Marriage and Conscience Act.”
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The cynic in me cannot help but ask — does this mean Bobby Jindal is not running for President?
Good that he’s keeping the course, and trying to keep religious freedom intact in spite of the law of the land. If a lot more people were like him, well, let’s just say plenty of America’s enemies would be pretty scared by now.
I would love to hear Cruz and Jindal debate. The mutual agreement should bring back the gentlemanly days of the Republican party.
Why do we have to even have these laws? Doesn’t the Constitution address this?
ah, nobody in America wants that anymore. They want a show. I want to see Cruz embarrass Hillary.
BTW, anybody see that missing uranium Russia’s contribution to Hillary’s campaign bought :) i know its off topic but just threw it in there.
But i wonder if he would DARE mention that in debate
WHO WERE THE CORPORATIONS WHO FORCED PENCE TO BACK DOWN? That’s what we need to know!
That whole off limits in debate thing really bugs me. Another thing that bugs me is that character doesn't matter. We have suspected and are getting a hint at what kind of things go on when you have a self centered, Godless, money grubbing evil person as president or as sec of state.
Then there is the whole politically correct thing where you simply can't say anything bad about a black muslim, a woman, a homoor anyone who has "protected" status. It's all becoming too ugly to watch and sometimes I'd rather take my vote and just go for a Harley ride.
I agree. I am glad Carly is in the race solely because she gets to say things about Clinton that the others wont.
Repubs never touch their greatest talking points because of fear of...i don’t know who. Americans overwhelmingly hate full term abortions but they never mention it. Well, Paul did.
Apple
Wal-Mart
Marriott
NASCAR
Nike
The Gap
Levi-Strauss
PayPal
Angie's List
Salesforce
Cummins
Eli Lilly
Anthem
Roche Diagnostics
Dow AgroSciences
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I’m about as big a cynic as can be when it comes to our modern crop of GOP leaders. However, I’ve long gotten the sense that Jindal is just plainly the type that would ‘not’ be bending over and cowtowing to these kind of pressures. Plus, Louisiana historically and culturally has always had a sort of hard-nosed populist strain, in which threats from big-corporate CEO’s would more likely breed anger and opposition than compliance.
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