http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/29/1374244/-Gov-Mike-Pence-is-a-liar
On ABC's Sunday program "This Week," Indiana Gov. Mike Pence gave a career-ending performance in which he repeatedly refused to answer whether Indiana's new "religious freedom" law, SB 101, allows discrimination against gays and lesbians (#NotReadyForPrimeTime). Pence also likened SB 101 to the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) signed into law in the '90s and those adopted by about 19 states since. Then he added:
And after last year's Hobby Lobby case, Indiana properly brought the same version that then state senator Barack Obama voted for in Illinois before our legislature. And I was proud to sign it into law last week.
Lies. All of it. Indiana's new law is substantially different than both the 90s-era RFRAs and there is no parallel to be drawn between Indiana now and the Illinois bill Barack Obama voted for 17 years ago.
First, these new RFRAs aren't even close to the same as those that have been passed by other states over the last couple decades. The new ones are RFRAs on steroids. The old RFRAs were meant to keep the government from infringing on the religious beliefs of individuals. The new ones vary, but they almost all apply to private disputes. That is new and will allow people to use their religious beliefs as a defense if they are sued for discrimination by another individual.
Here's more from a real lawyer, Jenny Pizer at Lambda Legal:
SB 101 is substantially broader than the federal law. It extends religious rights to all businesses, no matter how large and completely secular they are. In addition, the federal law can only be invoked against government action. SB 101 goes much further, inviting discrimination by allowing religious beliefs to be raised as a defense in lawsuits and administrative proceedings brought by workers, tenants and customers who have suffered discrimination in a business transaction based on someone else’s religious beliefs.
evangelical influence is not so subtle it's like "live as we say or burn in hell" or be discriminated against and attacked by bigoted and racist chants., in fact it's a kick in the head by those who routinely claim the rest of us are trampling on and blocking their right to freedom of religious belief. the brazen audacity of their arrogance is what shows them to be hypocritical blasphemers. they the republicans pass laws for them to do to the rest what they claim is being done to them so by default they are arguing against their own actions as being unconstitutional against themselves, confusing not really it's the old pot vs. kettle syndrome or more juvenile like a "I know you are but what am I"?
God does not teach anything remotely close to these peoples manifesto. it took two pages before any mention of JESUS none of God just what they stand for. reading this it sounds like the bigoted racist anti God people we have known them to be. check out the link and see what you walk away with as to the "NEW EVANGELICAL".
