Indiana's Govenor Signs 'Religious Freedom' Bill

[Gawdzilla]

Welcome to Fucking Indiana where they do this all the time!

I graduated from high school in Indiana. Ceremony ended at 10 PM, May 27th, 1969. Fourteen hours later I was on a plane out of there.

[Minimalist]

Smart.

[Joods]

Indiana business owners who object to same-sex couples will now have a legal right to deny them services after Republican Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill known as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law.

The legislation, approved by Indiana's GOP-controlled House and Senate, prevents state and local governments from "substantially burdening" a person's exercise of religion unless a compelling governmental interest can be proved.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015...iesfromnpr

How is ensuring equal treatment not a "compelling governemnt interest?"

The real question, though, is where does this stop? When do you determine an act is too immoral to be allowed in the name of religious freedom? Can an ER doctor refuse to operate on someone based on religious beliefs?

At least this will let us know who the real assholes are.

This should be declared unconstitutional. What does one sexual preference have to do with one's religious beliefs or non-beliefs? This is just another way for the lovely state of Indiana to skirt around basic human rights. Sad.

Any business that turns away ANYONE simply because of a persons sexual preference deserves to go out of business. What someone does behind closed doors is their business and it has no direct correlation to anything else other than two people sharing love for one another. This has no economical impact on a guy selling hot dogs or a woman running a bar.

I am absolutely floored by this.

[Clueless Morgan]

It'll be overturned once it's challenged. It's exactly as unconstitutional as the Jim Crow laws and won't survive long.

LGBTQ people in Indiana don't deserve this treatment and I'm sorry that they will have to endure their state government giving the go-ahead to bigotry.

[Ravenshire]

This is the next step. These assholes know that the Supreme Court is going to overturn all the bans on Same Sex Marriage in June. They are preparing by making it legal to still treat them like second class citizens.

Literally legislating discrimination. It seems so obvious to me that this is the exact same shit as 50 years ago with Jim Crow laws. How do they not see that?

I like this lady's idea:
Oklahoma Rep. Emily Virgin Suggests Businesses Post Notice Before Discriminating Against Patrons

Fucking excellent idea she has there. If I'm ever stuck the the shithole known as Oklahoma, I would at least be able to avoid doing business with the openly bigoted assholes.

[Dystopia]

A curiosity - How does the business owner know who's gay or not? will he ask every client "are you gay and hate jesus?"

[SteelCurtain]

It'll only be a matter of time before two bros eating lunch together get kicked out of Jimbo's Diner for being gay when they're just straight dudes getting brunch after a bender.

[Gawdzilla]

Meanwhile, the tiny town of Austin, Indiana, is suffering from an outbreak of HIV.

Reuse of needles has been suggested as the primary vector for the disease.

I guess god-fearing small town America has bigger problems than who slept with who last night.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Indiana business owners who object to same-sex couples will now have a legal right to deny them services after Republican Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill known as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law.

The legislation, approved by Indiana's GOP-controlled House and Senate, prevents state and local governments from "substantially burdening" a person's exercise of religion unless a compelling governmental interest can be proved.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015...iesfromnpr

How is ensuring equal treatment not a "compelling governemnt interest?"

The real question, though, is where does this stop? When do you determine an act is too immoral to be allowed in the name of religious freedom? Can an ER doctor refuse to operate on someone based on religious beliefs?

At least this will let us know who the real assholes are.

Based on the precedent set by Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a strong case could be made for this law being overturned.

[Minimalist]

A curiosity - How does the business owner know who's gay or not? will he ask every client "are you gay and hate jesus?"

Ah.... the fly in the ointment.

Not that I'd be caught dead in fucking Indiana anyway but I'm not gay and I do hate jesus and especially his fucking fucked up followers.

Now what would they do?