Indiana Gov. Mike Pence — facing a major backlash from a new law that would allow businesses in the state to cite religious objections to refuse to serve gay people — says he supports an effort to "clarify the intent" of the legislation while acknowledging surprise over the hostility it has sparked.
As we reported on Saturday, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act — approved by the Republican-dominated Indiana legislature and signed by Pence on Thursday — immediately touched off a vociferous online campaign against the law, as well as a protest on Saturday in front of the Statehouse.
Indiana's RFRA, which goes into effect in July, has also caused some high-profile businesses, such as Angie's List, to rethink expansion plans in the Hoosier state, potentially costing the economy tens of millions of dollars in and thousands of jobs.
Although the law is similar to a federal one and those in 19 other states, sexual orientation is not a protected class in Indiana, leaving the door open for discrimination, critics say.
In an interview on Saturday with The Indianapolis Star, Pence, a Republican who served in Congress for a decade before becoming governor, said: "I just can't account for the hostility that's been directed at our state.
"I've been taken aback by the mischaracterizations from outside the state of Indiana about what is in this bill," he said, reiterating his support for the legislation.
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If you own a business , can't you refuse anyone , after all , it is YOUR business.
ReplyDelete"I've been taken aback by the mischaracterizations from outside the state of Indiana about what is in this bill," he said..
ReplyDeleteI'm not surprised. Liberals will lie at the drop of a hat, especially when they have no argument in truth.
The really stunning thing in America today is how the entire ideology of the left is based on lies and misrepresentation and deceit. There used to be at least a little shame and conscience about lying, but that seems to be completely gone now.
An excellent case-in-point is our dear president. A pathological liar, surrounded by a cadre of like-minded individuals.
What a disgrace.
Indiana is becoming the battleground for religious freedom.
ReplyDeleteWe've fought it out with the militant atheists over a small cross representing a grave on a memorial statue in Union County and a Nativity scene in Brookville, and now the left is trying to intimidate us over a declaration of our religious freedoms just like the one Bill Clinton signed.
Well, here's the deal.
You don't come out here telling us what to do. We have copies of the founding documents of our country, including the First Amendment, and we can read. We have read them, and we know what they say.
The gay mafia is NOT going to intimidate us.
And we are VERY thankful to have a Governor with a full set of anatomy who will stand with us.
No, 5:10 am, you cannot refuse service to anyone. That's discrimination and it's against the law.
ReplyDeleteThis is liberal propaganda to smear Pence's name prior to his possible run for president in 2016. Read the legislation passed by Clinton and 20+ other states which are basically the same as passed in IN. Schumer of NY is even in on the smearing and won't answer the press about how IN's new law is different than the RFRA bill he sponsored in 1993. This is not allowing discrimination against gays or anyone else. It simply allows someone (business or individual) to file for a religious exemption, such as the recent Hobby Lobby case which went before the Supreme Court.
ReplyDelete"..No, 5:10 am, you cannot refuse service to anyone. That's discrimination and it's against the law."
ReplyDeleteAgainst what law, 9:33?
9:33 You mean to tell me if some jackass comes into MY business and raises Hell I can't refuse service to them? Wake up commie, this is still a free (maybe not much longer thanks to people like you) country.
ReplyDeleteYou have the right to refuse service to anyone. No shirt no service. Same thing goes for the so called gay and what ever you want to call the scumbags. Get out go back in the closet. Or better yet go to another country.
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