Thank you Charles Barkley! So true

GUEST COMMENTARY: RFRA breeds rancor, not faith freedom

State and fed should ban LGBTQ discrimination not just cities (not to mention repeal RFRA and restore the First Amendment)

The Church of Cannabis held its first service on Wednesday, further testing Indiana’s religious freedom laws in a state where recreational and medical use of the drug are prohibited. Weed advocates founded the congregation in March in an effort to get marijuana legalized through the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act, which allows defendants to use […]

Niki Kelly, Sex offenders 1st to use RFRA in lawsuit, The Journal Gazette

The First Church of Cannabis is suing the State of Indiana and Marion County citing a violation of religious rights protected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Soon after RFRA took effect, the church started holding services and claims that Indiana state laws that makes marijuana illegal puts a “substantial burden” on the church’s exercise […]

In ranking humbling moments for politicians, the night that an Indianapolis Pacers crowd jeered Gov. Mitch Daniels still is right up there. Daniels had been in office little more than a year when he showed up at Bankers Life Fieldhouse – then Conseco Fieldhouse – to join a ceremony to retire Reggie Miller’s number. The […]

Indiana mayors, both Republican and Democrat, are willing to talk about sex and gender. As much was clear at a gathering of city and town leaders this past week in Kokomo that was hosted by the non-partisan Indiana Association of Cities and Towns. Discussions covered a range of issues from tax-increment financing to rules about […]

National women’s group targets Pence for defeat

Indiana mayors, both Republican and Democrat, are willing to talk about sex and gender. As much was clear at a gathering of city and town leaders last week in Kokomo that was hosted by the non-partisan Indiana Association of Cities and Towns. Discussions covered a range of issues from tax-increment financing to rules about carrying […]

Expert guesses 10 more years until marijuana legalization in Indiana

Gov. Mike Pence has added a fifth person to his taxpayer-funded messaging team in the wake of public relations disasters associated with Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act and Just IN, his aborted state-run news service. Shelley Triol, a former Indianapolis television reporter who has been a $95,000-a-year spokeswoman for the Indiana Department of Administration, began […]

Hear hear!

Letter: Indiana law ignores real problems families face

Shop offers free LGBT pride tattoos in protest of Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Portage mayor decides not to sign resolution calling for RFRA repeal

Angie’s List, Inc.’s long-time chief executive officer William Oesterle plans to step down from his positions with the company to pursue other interests, including becoming more “civically involved” in the online consumer review company’s home state of Indiana. Oesterle co-founded the company, then known as Brownstone Publishing, LLC, with Chief Marketing Officer Angie Hicks in […]

Senate GOP Leader: RFRA Was ‘A Good Thing’ For Indiana

Letters April 17: Obama and Christianity; RFRA rebuttal

No one had a clue at the beginning of real agendas

WASHINGTON – Gov. Mike Pence’s opinions on gay rights and religious freedom haven’t changed in two decades of public life. Like many socially conservative Republicans, Pence — who often describes himself as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order” — has long argued that special anti-discrimination protections for gays run counter to […]

Wednesday on Boston Herald Radio’s “Morning Meeting,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was asked about the Indiana religious freedom law. “We have had religious liberty from the very beginning [of this country], Paul explained, which and he suggested the power of persuasion instead of “hitting people over the head with a law or lawsuits.” On the topic of […]

It’s territory we can defend and an economic fight we can win. It sounds like Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is declaring war on the Hoosier State. Voicing an intention to poach jobs from us, he said he is going to “rip the economic guts out of Indiana. “I am one of the baddest, you know, […]

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Jon Stewart got it few choice words for those defending Indiana’s anti-LGBT Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Namely, he blasted the supporters of the bill, formally known as Senate Bill 101, for their use of Nazi and Ku Klux Klan references in their hateful rhetoric. Stewart began his tirade: “It’s been awhile since I’ve taken the […]

The federal Restoration of Freedom Act was an unfortunate response to a Supreme Court decision. Back when there was more wisdom in the practice of law, meaning back when the profession had more humility, there developed a sage doctrine: Courts should resist ordering “specific performance” when a personal service contract is breached. The idea is […]

http://www.jconline.com/story/news/2015/04/02/indiana-rfra-deal-sets-limited-protections-for-lgbt/70860002/

Still permits discrimination by employers against employees

This + plus Apple + NCAA should put fear in hearts of legislators/governors in every state

Should also motivate the NFL and MLB and Coke to come forward in Atlanta, GA and do the right thing Threatened backlash is real.

NCAA should deliver a message to Arkansas– it has a huge presence in U. Arkansas Razorbacks: many of its teams recruit student athletes from across the country. It also hosts student athletes from all over, who stay in hotels that could discriminate if Arakansas “Conscience Protection Act” is signed.

University presidents speak out against RFRA

NBA, Pacers issue statement in response to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act law

RFRA poison pill: NCAA pulls out. Why would they stop w Indiana? If GA or Tx passes a RFRA, won’t take long

http://www.shelbynews.com/news/article_7b1faa70-d25f-11e4-8225-672928fc23e1.html

http://wbaa.org/post/indiana-house-passes-rfra-even-letters-opposing-it-pour?utm_referrer=http%3A//m.wbaa.org/%3Futm_referrer%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F%23mobile/85414

The lawmaker, who serves southern Elkhart, authored a similar proposal in the House.

Tax dollars for discrimination rather than quality Just say no