I previously wrote about the intolerance of the left in their latest move to boycott Indiana for passing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Since then, more information has come to light which just makes the whole mess worse.
Let's start with the clearest picture of what the left is claiming as the reason to boycott the state of Indiana. The basic argument is that Indiana just passed a law that would allow businesses to avoid serving gays.
Let's stop here for a moment and examine this claim. Here's the truth: last month, before Indiana passed the Religious Freedom act, there was no law in the state of Indiana that prevented a business from serving gays. In fact, most states in the USA have no such laws. That means that the Religious Freedom act did not change anything regarding serving gays in state law. Now, there are federal laws that deal with businesses' ability to deny service to individuals. The new Indiana law cannot change or limit a federal statute, so again, the Religious Freedom act did not change anything regarding serving gays. In short, the basic argument of the boycott movement is completely wrong. Simply put, these folks don't know what they are talking about.
Then there are all those people tweeting about the law who have no idea of its origin. The law was originally passed by Congress in 1994. It was written by Chuck Schumer, now a senator from New York. It was passed by a Congress and signed by a president who were all Democrats (or Democrat controlled). The boycott people who blame all this on Republicans again don't know what they are talking about.
Then there are states like my own, Connecticut, which have the identical statute. Why is no one boycotting Connecticut (or Florida or Pennsylvania or Virginia for that matter?) More than half of the states in the country have this law either in identical or substantially identical form.
The truth is the boycotters are busy being outraged without understanding anything about the purpose of the law (which is to protect the free exercise of religion.) These lefties are just too busy hating to waste time looking at the facts.
Let's start with the clearest picture of what the left is claiming as the reason to boycott the state of Indiana. The basic argument is that Indiana just passed a law that would allow businesses to avoid serving gays.
Let's stop here for a moment and examine this claim. Here's the truth: last month, before Indiana passed the Religious Freedom act, there was no law in the state of Indiana that prevented a business from serving gays. In fact, most states in the USA have no such laws. That means that the Religious Freedom act did not change anything regarding serving gays in state law. Now, there are federal laws that deal with businesses' ability to deny service to individuals. The new Indiana law cannot change or limit a federal statute, so again, the Religious Freedom act did not change anything regarding serving gays. In short, the basic argument of the boycott movement is completely wrong. Simply put, these folks don't know what they are talking about.
Then there are all those people tweeting about the law who have no idea of its origin. The law was originally passed by Congress in 1994. It was written by Chuck Schumer, now a senator from New York. It was passed by a Congress and signed by a president who were all Democrats (or Democrat controlled). The boycott people who blame all this on Republicans again don't know what they are talking about.
Then there are states like my own, Connecticut, which have the identical statute. Why is no one boycotting Connecticut (or Florida or Pennsylvania or Virginia for that matter?) More than half of the states in the country have this law either in identical or substantially identical form.
The truth is the boycotters are busy being outraged without understanding anything about the purpose of the law (which is to protect the free exercise of religion.) These lefties are just too busy hating to waste time looking at the facts.
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