Saturday, March 28, 2015

New Legislation In Indiana

I love the fact that so many people are commenting on the two bills recently passed without even reading the bills or obviously obtaining any substantial knowledge on the subject.
First of all, the "religious freedom bill" is actually a combination of two bills that can be viewed here and here. Please just go read them immediately.
Did you see any mention of homosexuality?
Yeah, me neither! These bills are literally stating nothing new; they are restating our first amendment.
Governor Mike Pence said, " This bill isn't about discrimination, and if I thought it legalized discrimination I would have vetoed it."
40% of U.S. States have a bill similar to Indiana, as does the federal government. Why isn't there a big uproar in regards to those states? These bill are literally not saying anything new, AT ALL! It is the reiteration of a 1993 NATIONAL bill passed by Bill Clinton.
This law didn't address a particular problem, but it created problems not anticipated (rightfully, because these homosexuality issues have NOTHING to do with the bill).
Robert Katz of Indiana University stated, "The bill says that the government cannot impose any law that substantially burdens a person's religious exercise without some sort of compelling government interest." This is almost directly quoting from one of the bills, by the way. :)
One of the opposing arguments is the fact that this new law can exempt businesses from every single Indiana law. This isn't the case and there are already protections in place to protect individuals from this happening.
The only issue concerning LBGT residents is the fact that because the same sex marriage law was just recently passed, there aren't these protections in place to protect them specifically.
Dear all ignorant people,
Actually Mike Pence just wrote on a piece of paper, "hey businesses just say you don't wanna serve gay couples lol". I would so appreciate people actually forming EDUCATED opinions instead of making up what they THINK is correct.
Actually READ the bills, and then form your own opinion.
Sincerely,
Everyone who has taken time to determine what the bills are really about!!!!

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