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Proud Liberal Dem

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1. The efforts to stop this Amendment here in Indiana
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 10:34 AM
Nov 2013

is rather impressive for our state. I assumed that it would likely sail through our teabagger/fundie supermajority-controlled Statehouse (it passed during the last session after years of being blocked by Democrats) but there are a lot of organizations and businesses "coming out" (pun intended) against it. Maybe they- and even some "old guard" Republicans seem to be finally coming to the realization that the long-discussed but never really addressed "brain drain" is really happening and that bigoted anti-LGBTQ policies are not making Indiana a very hospitable place for its Hoosier LGBTQ citizens and driving them off to more friendly states after High School (or College). Indiana is actually coming to the table quite "late" with its same-sex marriage ban and it's possible that, even in deep red Indiana, anti-gay sentiment just isn't as strong or pervasive as it used to be.

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