Top Indiana GOP Lawmakers Throw Gov. Mike Pence Under The Bus

[KamaAina]

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/watch_top_indiana_gop_lawmakers_throw_gov_mike_pence_under_the_bus

Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma (image, top) and Senate President Pro Tem David Long hosted a press conference this morning to try to control some of the damage done by Governor Mike Pence Sunday on ABC News' "This Week," and by their anti-gay "religious freedom" bill the governor signed last week.

Pence of course gave a cringe-worthy interview Sunday, refusing to answer six or eight questions about discrimination, but going so far as to say preventing discrimination against LGBT people was not on his "agenda."

Republicans Bosma and Long, both of whom have worked for years to keep LGBT people as second class citizens, falsely characterized Indiana's RFRA as being one of many laws in 30 states that are all extremely similar to the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act. In fact, the Indiana law is nothing like the federal law – it is the most wide-sweeping law of its kind – and very dissimilar to many state RFRAs.

The two GOP lawmakers are refusing Democratic state lawmakers' calls to pass an LGBT non-discrimination law, but – in closely-parsed statements – acknowledged they were considering passing another bill that would clarify that their RFRA was not created with the intent to discriminate.

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1. We didn't INTEND for it to allow for discrimination, but if it does we're not gonna stop it.

Brilliant guys. Just brilliant.

Also, you're full of shit (Bosma and Long).