Gov. Mike Pence to sign ‘religious freedom’ bill Thursday (in private!)

[AwakeAtLast]

Gov. Mike Pence to sign ‘religious freedom’ bill Thursday

Gov. Mike Pence plans to sign controversial "religious freedom" legislation in a private ceremony Thursday.

Spokeswoman Kara Brooks said a specific time has not been set. The ceremony will be closed to the press and the public, she said.

The measure could allow business owners to refuse services to same-sex couples and has set off a firestorm of controversy.

Pence has been under intense pressure from opponents since the Republican-controlled Indiana General Assembly approved the measure on Tuesday.

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/25/gov-mike-pence-sign-religious-freedom-bill-thursday/70448858/


-Why a "private" ceremony? Now he's afraid to face the public as he signs this awful bill? Hide your face like a coward!
I am sooo angry about this bill. I cannot believe the state I live in is stooping to this level. The REPUBLICAN Indianapolis mayor is publicly denouncing this bill. This bill makes me want to open a store and openly sell only to non-Christians (and I identify as Christian). If I could pack up and move, I would.

It's almost like Pence is trying to outdo Cruz. Oh, wait a minute. He is, because he wants to run for President, too. Aarrgghh! I need some Advil.

[Fred Sanders]

1. Republican Presidential primaries beginning in tea party Iowa and NH are ruining the nation.

[AwakeAtLast]

2. Any bets on where Pence announces?

I can't think of an equally abhorrent place to Liberty U.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Could not give a fuck when the next Christofascist pretends to run in the pretend primaries.

[AwakeAtLast]

4. Ok, have a nice day.

[Botany]

5. Can we now go back to "whites only" lunch counters?

BTW any business that wants to discriminate against "the gays" better not have anybody
associated w/that business drive on highways, get water from a public source, get treated
for cancer using drugs tested by the FDA, or get info about the weather from one of our
weather satellites.

[AwakeAtLast]

6. Evidently

Listening to the supporters of this bill on the local news makes me want to

[B Calm]

7. Religious Freedom, what a strange name!

Right to Work is another. . .

[AwakeAtLast]

9. What is chilling

is that 'religion' was used to defend slavery, segregation, etc.

Now they are using it to discriminate against a different group. May as well be all groups.

What I don't get is that they are so worried about being able to choose who they can serve in their business. I guess the don't like making money. I really don't get it.

Guess that's why I'm a liberal.

[spanone]

8. grew up in indiana, like my adopted state of tennessee, it's become a cesspool of religious bullshit

[AwakeAtLast]

11. Many people living in Indiana have ancestors from Tennessee

When GM needed workers. I knew and worked with a lot of them. All of GM is gone in this area now, and the good jobs with it, but you know - unions are bad.

[bullwinkle428]

10. Make no mistake about it - this is "BACK-DOOR JIM CROW". This needs to be

shouted from the rooftops.

[AwakeAtLast]

12. I'm trying to shout

But the fact that Pence is signing in private without disclosing time and place is keeping us from going to a protest. Coward.

I'm on Spring Break, I have the time - don't know where or when.

[LeftinOH]

13. The business owners who want to exercise their religous

"beliefs" should be able to do so, as long as they put a sign on their window, and on their website/facebook page, etc. which clearly states which kinds of people they will not serve.

Then the market will sort itself out.