LGBT News Just in: Indiana GOP submits a "fix" to RFRA

There is also specific protections for transgender people. Just wanted to add that, since it wasn't in the original post and you never know. But I really posted because I want to join in on the GIF fun!

Here's to the three homophobic assholes:

 

My response to the homophobes who wrote the previous bill:



Also, I love that they covered ALL their bases, not just LGBT people.

 

Nice. Religious people get to practice their religions without problems, and we do not get discriminated. I would settle for this compromise.

 

I support this. Hopefully, this bill includes gender identity as well.

 

This is a good step up.

 

More "projection" than at a 26 screen Cineplex.

 

I swear these people think more about gay sex than I do.

 

Big caveat in all this -

It's a step in the right direction, but it's not a solution by any means.

 

One of my homophobic co workers is livid with the republicans in indiana over this for in her words, "caving to the corporations that love ------- and hate Christians."
She is of the opinion that the Governor should've said that protecting peoples religious rights were more important than business interests, that "God's word is not for sale." She also said that Indiana's law was exactly the same as the federal law, I told her no it isn't, the language is different and told her what the difference is. She said what's the point of passing the law if you have to sell to ------? She then started with, "Rush said" and Sean Hannity said" blah blah. This is the level of ignorance I hear on occasion.

 

Yes it does! We're now looking to the 2016 elections. Hoping we can break the Republican supermajority and get the LGBT community added to state civil rights laws. The funny thing is no one would think that possible before RFRA, now even the GOP House Speaker is admitting that fight is inevitable in 2016. The Indiana GOP really shot themselves in the foot here.

 

??? How??? Is this a hammer to destroy religious freedom? There are some things I'd like to change with it, particularly institutions like churches being allowed to turn away gays. But here, the main difference is taxes.

Every moderate Republican I have seen supports this amendment, because it still allows for smaller government.

 

I hope everyone that called us "bullies," "fascists," and worse for our aggressive actions toward Indiana take a good hard long look at this victory. Look at what we won: not only did they "fix" their RFRA, we have created a strong firewall to help slow the progression of this form of bigotry.

Look at how many governors say they won't sign similar legislation now, at least not with comprehensive protections in the law for us.

Although discrimination is still legal in Indiana, the areas where protections exist on a local level can remain unchallenged thanks to the changes made to the RFRA. Just as important, this is a major defeat for our enemies, and it proves that even in a conservative state like Indiana, we can defeat them on their "religious freedom" bullshit.

 

You know what is point of these laws anyway. It is not like they are gonna ask every person that walks in if they are gay and kick them out. I say let them have their stupid religious freedom law cause the joke is on them. I probably wouldn't want to spend my money there anyway.

 

I think BellefromHell really nailed just how insulting and ridiculous it is to compare lgbt people to fascists, considering what the nazis did. And no, "liberal fascism" isn't actuslly a thing.

http://emptyclosets.com/forum/2572384-post14.html

 

The more I think about this though the more it makes sense for people to have their businesses where it caters to a certain crowd. Let gay friendly businesses promote acceptance and let anti gay friendly businesses promote their conservative ideals. Would it really matter if business catered to a certain group of people and refused to serve anyone else. Cause honestly I would be glad to not be allowed in some businesses. God knows how that money is being spent and I actually would not want to spend my money at a place owned by bigots. It is their problem if they lose customers and that is that.

Sean Hannity and Fox News been obsessed with pointing out this hypocrisy that big companies sell their items to anti women anti gay countries but when it happens in America they get all offended. For once and it is not often I agree with Fox News on that analogy. I don't care what excuse it is for them sell items to countries that stone gays to death it is flat out hypocritical and selfish. We live in America the land of the free and you may not like bigotry but I certainly accept that people have a right to their opinion no matter how fucked up is it is. Let them have their religious freedom.

 

Indeed. Nothing disgusts me more than seeing American Christians crying about persecution. For centuries we have endured horrors unimaginable at the hands of Christian bigots: thrown into prisons, locked in mental institutions, chemically and physically castrated, lobotomized, tortured with electroshock, thrown into Nazi Concentration Camps (and when all the other prisoners were set free--we were the only ones placed back in jails), hanged, shot, and burned alive by governments, and have been the victims of medical experimentation all the while being social outcasts living in fear and terror. We have even endured plague while Christians sat around, gleefully cheering and praying for all the "sodomites" to die of AIDS--I know that for a fact, because I saw that first hand. We fought for generations to get what little rights we have today, and even now we still are not free and equal. Even what little freedom we have is highly localized to certain areas around the United States, and it gets worse if we leave the country.

Here we are, with what little bit of freedom and equality we have won, fighting against the people who have tormented us for generations who in turn try and make themselves out to be victims. They ignore the history of what we have endured, what we have suffered at their hands, wonder why we're angry, and call us bullies, fascists, and worse when we stand up for ourselves.

...and why are we bullies and fascists? Because we won't let them continue discriminating against us. Or, rather, I should say other straight people won't allow them to continue discriminating against us. We are too small of a minority and too spread out to hold a strong enough impact on our own, it is only with the support of our straight allies that so much of what we have achieved has been possible.

So, it is disgusting to me, with this history that hangs over us to see these Christians crawl up onto a cross. Get the fuck down, Christians. Give the cross back to Jesus. You are not a martyr.