Posted on 03/30/2015 7:28:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican lawmakers in the Indiana House and Senate have said for months that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act enjoys large support among their constituents. Now, facing a political crisis unlike the state has ever seen before, the question must be asked: Why haven't those supporters spoken up?
Since Thursday, when Gov. Mike Pence signed the bill into law in a closed-door ceremony, the list of critics of Indiana's RFRA has expanded across the state and from coast to coast.
With the possible exception of Pence, who appeared on "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday defending the law, few people are as exasperated by the apparent silence of RFRA's supporters than Curt Smith, president of the Indiana Family Institute – self-described as one of RFRA's main architects.
"I consider it our biggest problem," Smith said. "These votes in the General Assembly are not polls, but when 83 percent of the Senate, and 63 percent of the House votes for a measure, you can have some confidence that it has broad support in Indiana."
Only five Republican lawmakers voted against the religious freedom law. No Democrats voted for it....
(Excerpt) Read more at theindychannel.com ...
Not entirely silent. Here’s from a law professor at Indiana U
And here’s a hot article from Brietbart
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/03/30/whats-next-for-the-same-sex-marriage-advocates/
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