Indiana's New "Religious Freedom" Bill Is Disturbingly Anti-LGBT
Religious freedom means you can believe in whatever the hell you want. You can worship God, gods, L. Ron Hubbard, Spider-Man, a flying spaghetti monster, a coffee mug, whatever. It's the American way.
What it does not mean is that you can use your belief system as a fallback to make your bigotry legal.
On Thursday, Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a "religious freedom" bill into law. Supporters claim that the bill is designed to keep the government from forcing business owners from acting against their strongly-held beliefs. Translation: they can refuse service to gay people. In a statement, Freedom Indiana campaign manager Katie Blair said the following:
"This is a sad day for Indiana. Over the past month, Hoosiers who want our state to be open to everyone filled the halls at the Statehouse. We wrote letters and delivered them in person. We called until they stopped answering the phones. We made it clear that this law will only be used to harm other Hoosiers, and that's not the Indiana way."
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