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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Yup. Pretty well sums it up.
Why don’t you start calling on God yourself and show the Christians how to do it if you are so much better.
You might find you have a little more respect after you do.
“Even if somebody conservative like Cruz wins the next election it matters not. “
It isn’t the candidate alone that wins, its the team.
Well, zip-a-dee-frickin-doo-dah.
Good for you, Waldo.
Why do we always cave on these issues of principle like religious liberty? Why do the force of tyrannical Godless immorality always win? I am getting sick of people that do not fight. America is doomed.
When was the last time you asked God into your life even when it was not some emergency?
You might find you have answered the question.
What has happened in Indiana and Arkansas is that the militant homosexuals have assured that there will never be another law passed in America protecting or recognizing the freedom of religion. What’s more, it has set the stage for an increasing assault on religious freedom.
“Someone left my gay wedding cake in the rain...”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLz5fSWq_jY&feature=youtu.be
I thought they changed the name of the law to, “Homosexuals Rule!”
It WOULD have been better to never have passed it to begin with. This amendment has made things worse.
The Lord wants us to take a lesson from it, that when we will not grasp Him, we get little power.
We can NOT, NOT, NOT win a battle like this in the flesh.
How much prayer was going on with a mind that this was an attempt to crash the devil’s gang?
“Why do we always cave on these issues of principle like religious liberty? Why do the force of tyrannical Godless immorality always win? I am getting sick of people that do not fight. America is doomed.”
Because money talks and his original position was going to cost the state a lot more than most people were willing to pay.
“It WOULD have been better to never have passed it to begin with. This amendment has made things worse.”
The amendment has had the unintended effect of making gays a protected class. 180 from it’s original intent.
He should be compelled to resign, or conservatives should support his Democrat re-election challenger. No mercy for traitors.
Maybe if CHRISTIANS decided TO BOYCOTT Indiana Mr. Pence would get the message!!!!!
Even us normal people don't expect that level.
*Queers: "We are the 2.3%". 07/15/2014 192kb.pdf
“Maybe if CHRISTIANS decided TO BOYCOTT Indiana Mr. Pence would get the message!!!!!?
Maybe, but it’s going to be hard to outso what NASCAR and the NFL and the NCAA and that gamers convention bring in.
JMHO but the demographics have changed and that’s going to change the the entire social landscape.
Again JMHO but the culture war is lost.
In this case it fast-talked... nobody even had time to hear what conservatives, who take a while to consider things through, had to say. And even if all this boycott yack from liberals was mostly bluff and they’d still go anywhere, even Timbuktu, for the sake of a pleasure event.
A lump of money from strangers was allowed to say more than the continued presence of citizens of the Constellation State.
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