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Posted on 03/30/2015 9:58:31 AM PDT by C19fan
I spent the weekend reading as much as I could about the controversy over Indiana’s new religious freedom law. What it tells us is very bad, from a conservative perspective, especially a religious conservative perspective. Let me explain.
First, the Indiana law is not substantially different from the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, nor is it substantially different from state RFRAs in place in most other states in the US. Indiana law professor Daniel O. Conkle, who supports gay rights in general and same-sex marriage in particular, also supports the Indiana law, and explains why here. Excerpts:
(Excerpt) Read more at theamericanconservative.com ...
[[Waterloo moment? ]]
No, he is already caving in to pressure from gay groups by ‘refining’ the bill
Christians will not be able to refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding.
Mooselimbs WILL be able to refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding.
I would be curious, before knee jerking ourselves, what said “refinement” actually consists of. Perhaps it only consists of denying a raft of strawmen that never were true in the first place.
Federal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Act
States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Acts
If it were up to me I’d say businesses and private organizations have the First Amendment right of Freedom of Assembly that allows them to discriminate as to who they want for customers.
Then let the market determine whether or not a Christian and heterosexual only bakery should continue to do business. Let the courts stay out of it.
One left-leaning Fed judge can stick a knife right through Indiana’s new law, in the name of tolerance.
The Number One consideration for Presidential candidates from now on is that he will be picking the judges.
And unfortunately, this will go to the courts and become a tennis ball back and forth until it goes to the "Supremes" in 2 or 3 years. I can smell it coming.
Thanks for the update about Indiana’s religious freedom law.
I don’t have problems that that law amounts to nothing more than a right to a court hearing. This is because such laws can be abused. Radical Muslims could use such laws as a license to cut people’s heads off for example.
The bottom line is that people with religious convictions need to get up to speed with the 14th Amendment in order to defend their constitutionally enumerated religious protections in court.
[[Perhaps it only consists of denying a raft of strawmen that never were true in the first place.]]
Perhaps, I hope Pence is that strong and has that kind of integrity- I don’t know them an, so I was just reacting to what looked on the surface like another cave-in- I hope you’;re right
The Number One consideration for Presidential candidates from now on is that he will be picking the judges.””
Yes, because liberal demrat judges don’t deliver justice, they deliver their own brand of tyranny and call it “the law.”
Time to move the Superbowl out of San Francisco.
Republican leaders of the Indiana legislature appeared before the media today to say they want to amend the legislation they recently passed.
Already buckling under to business pressure it appears......
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