In Defense of Indiana: The anti-RFRA backlash is a perfect storm of hysteria and legal ignorance.

National Review ^ | 03/30/2015 | Rich Lowry

[MrB]

We all know this to be true -

if there were only one Christian baker in the whole state,
that’s where the homos would go to demand their “wedding” cake be made.

[MMaschin]

According to radio talk show host Mike Gallagher, all the other states that have their own version of RFRA, also have anti-gay discrimination laws. Indiana doesn’t have that.

Are you saying it's not a 'compelling government interest' to protect an individual from discrimination?

Not having a law specifically codifying discrimination against a particular group does not mean that the state is endorsing discrimination.

This law in no way allows anyone to use religious freedom to discriminate against anyone else, because the state HAS a compelling interest in stopping such discrimination. This law simply stops the government from restrict religious freedom when it has no compelling reason.

[SeekAndFind]

“Compelling reason” <—— Ahhh there’s the rub.

Can anyone define it please?

[MMaschin]

We all know this to be true - if there were only one Christian baker in the whole state, that’s where the homos would go to demand their “wedding” cake be made.

Agreed.

Refusing to bake a wedding cake is free exercise of religion, if they refused to bake a birthday cake, that IMHO would be discrimination.

[refermech]

Just make a not so good cake and send them dead flowers. The governments attempt to coerce an all encompassing morality(or lack thereof) will fail. We have a right and a duty to discriminate between that which is in our best interests and that which isn’t.

[syriacus]

Will Muslim potters be forced to make idols if their customers want them?

[TNoldman]

Next Job for you Governor is to end the HIGH Crime rates in your home town of Indianapolis and Gary as a start.

It’s OK to kill people in Indianapolis but it’s not OK for some to keep CAKE from LGBT?

[lapsus calami]

 

 

That's what I've been thinking - this is a line in the sand by the homos. With Indiana that now makes nearly half the states with such a law and the homos evidently don't want it to go any further.