Post by Dave on Jun 13, 2015 13:05:33 GMT -5
What You Need to Know About Indiana’s Controversial Religious Objections Law
Jack Linshi, March 29, 2015, Time Magazine
time.com/3762656/indiana-religious-objections-law/
"The legislation, officially termed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (SEA 101), prohibits any state law that would “substantially burden” a person’s ability to follow his or her religious beliefs. It was signed by Gov. Pence in a private ceremony on Thursday, as he explained, “to ensure religious liberty is fully protected under [Indiana] law.” Scheduled to take effect in July, the law boils down to the following clause:
A [state] governmental entity may not substantially burden a person’s [defined as an individual, business, religious institution or association] exercise of religion, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability.
While the law’s full text defines “substantially burden,” in practice the law remains vague and up to the courts’ interpretation.
Why is it considered discriminatory?
Critics argue it would theoretically allow businesses such as hotels or restaurants to deny service to gay customers due to their moral or religious convictions. When a Colorado bakery refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple and a New Mexico photographer refused to take photos of a lesbian couple’s commitment ceremony, state governments sided against the businesses. That has prompted some lawmakers, including in Indiana, to push for legal support for religious objections."
Christian bakers face government wrath for refusing to make cake for gay wedding
Todd Starnes, February 03, 2015, FoxNews.com
www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/02/03/christian-bakers-face-government-wrath-for-refusing-to-make-cake-for-gay.html
"Aaron and Melissa Klein refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple, and now they must pay for their crime.
An Oregon administrative law judge ruled on Jan. 29 that the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa did, in fact, discriminate in 2013 when they declined to provide a wedding cake for a lesbian couple because it would have violated their Christian beliefs against same-sex marriage.
The judge’s ruling paves the way for a March 10 hearing at which the Christian business owners could be ordered to pay $200,000 in fines and damages."
In America, it is completely legal to have an all Black College
In America, it is completely legal to have a Gay Bar
In America, you cannot have an all White College –or- a Heterosexual Only Bar
The Indiana Law - must an orthodox Amishman be forced to service a gay couple?
Must a fundamental Christian be forced to provide services to ‘the evil ones’
In Detroit Michigan, there is a Muslim Zone where Christians cannot go
In America, school children have stop saying the Pledge of Allegiance each day before class because it says ‘one nation under God’ - you cannot have a Christian Bible study on school grounds, but American schools teach the Koran as history
Thousands converge on Indianapolis for annual LGBT parade
By RICK CALLAHAN - Associated Press - Saturday, June 13, 2015
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/13/thousands-converge-on-indianapolis-for-annual-lgbt/
"INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Thousands of people have converged on Indianapolis for an annual parade celebrating the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender community only months after a stinging debate over Indiana’s religious objections law.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard was grand marshal of Saturday’s Cadillac Barbie IN Pride Parade. He and his wife Winnie waved from the back of a streetcar to thousands of cheering people who lined the parade route.
The Republican mayor had spoken out against Indiana’s religious objections law, which critics called discriminatory against the LGBT community."
a sign of the times
Jack Linshi, March 29, 2015, Time Magazine
time.com/3762656/indiana-religious-objections-law/
"The legislation, officially termed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (SEA 101), prohibits any state law that would “substantially burden” a person’s ability to follow his or her religious beliefs. It was signed by Gov. Pence in a private ceremony on Thursday, as he explained, “to ensure religious liberty is fully protected under [Indiana] law.” Scheduled to take effect in July, the law boils down to the following clause:
A [state] governmental entity may not substantially burden a person’s [defined as an individual, business, religious institution or association] exercise of religion, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability.
While the law’s full text defines “substantially burden,” in practice the law remains vague and up to the courts’ interpretation.
Why is it considered discriminatory?
Critics argue it would theoretically allow businesses such as hotels or restaurants to deny service to gay customers due to their moral or religious convictions. When a Colorado bakery refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple and a New Mexico photographer refused to take photos of a lesbian couple’s commitment ceremony, state governments sided against the businesses. That has prompted some lawmakers, including in Indiana, to push for legal support for religious objections."
Christian bakers face government wrath for refusing to make cake for gay wedding
Todd Starnes, February 03, 2015, FoxNews.com
www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/02/03/christian-bakers-face-government-wrath-for-refusing-to-make-cake-for-gay.html
"Aaron and Melissa Klein refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple, and now they must pay for their crime.
An Oregon administrative law judge ruled on Jan. 29 that the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa did, in fact, discriminate in 2013 when they declined to provide a wedding cake for a lesbian couple because it would have violated their Christian beliefs against same-sex marriage.
The judge’s ruling paves the way for a March 10 hearing at which the Christian business owners could be ordered to pay $200,000 in fines and damages."
In America, it is completely legal to have an all Black College
In America, it is completely legal to have a Gay Bar
In America, you cannot have an all White College –or- a Heterosexual Only Bar
The Indiana Law - must an orthodox Amishman be forced to service a gay couple?
Must a fundamental Christian be forced to provide services to ‘the evil ones’
In Detroit Michigan, there is a Muslim Zone where Christians cannot go
In America, school children have stop saying the Pledge of Allegiance each day before class because it says ‘one nation under God’ - you cannot have a Christian Bible study on school grounds, but American schools teach the Koran as history
Thousands converge on Indianapolis for annual LGBT parade
By RICK CALLAHAN - Associated Press - Saturday, June 13, 2015
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/13/thousands-converge-on-indianapolis-for-annual-lgbt/
"INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Thousands of people have converged on Indianapolis for an annual parade celebrating the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender community only months after a stinging debate over Indiana’s religious objections law.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard was grand marshal of Saturday’s Cadillac Barbie IN Pride Parade. He and his wife Winnie waved from the back of a streetcar to thousands of cheering people who lined the parade route.
The Republican mayor had spoken out against Indiana’s religious objections law, which critics called discriminatory against the LGBT community."
a sign of the times