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Evelyn Johnston if businesses pull out, it does not help the job situation in Indiana, and people with jobs buy real estate, and yes I believe it is a step backward,
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Eric Kodner
La Pointe, WI
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Noah Seidenberg
Evanston, IL
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Eric Kodner
Minnetonka, MN
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Are we going backwards? How primitive?
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Eric Kodner
Minnetonka, MN
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Eric Kodner
La Pointe, WI
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Christina Botteri
I am not a legal expert, but I do believe that the NBA which represents a lot of diversity from many countries and many religions have a strong legal team that must have dissected every word of this law. As I write this the Governor of Indiana is waffling by trying to explain himself. So I am leaning towards the opinions of this team of legal wizards. I maybe wrong, and this also based on a gut feeling.
I appreciated you thoughtful and in depth answer and the links to the articles. That is the beauty of this social platform. We are all entitled to our views and the exchange of them, makes us wiser and smarter.
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Noah Seidenberg
Evanston, IL
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Christina Botteri
Roseville, CA
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Yes, I think it does. Very stupid in my opinion and will most likely cost the hard working people and businesses in Indiana a lot of money in lost business as some large corporations will probably leave.
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Eric Kodner
Minnetonka, MN
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Eric Kodner
La Pointe, WI
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It is a disgusting and bigoted law and I hope boycotts are successful.
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Eric Kodner
La Pointe, WI
5,772,587
Carla Muss-Jacobs, Principal Broker/Owner you made an excellent point here, thank you for your comment. A
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Eric Kodner
La Pointe, WI
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I thought there was a separation of church and state? If someone is a business, they are licensed by the state. Then their church beliefs should be separate, no?!?
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Eric Kodner
La Pointe, WI
5,772,587
Eric Kodner thanks for making that clarification. I rely on the research and opinions of those who is in my opinion have done their homework and are not being paid to express an opinion that is favorable for the one who is paying. I was delighted to read Tim Cook's opinion piece published in the Washington Post. He feeels that theyse law are "discriminatory, and seek to legitimize injustice under the veil of religious liberty."
Thanks for the clarification on the Clinton Law also, it is a lot different. A
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Eric Kodner
La Pointe, WI
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Huge. Step. Backwards. Religion is not static. One denomination may believe totally different than another. Some don't dance, some don't drink. Some smoke weed (yep, it's a religion). I think it's a veil to discriminate.
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Eric Kodner
La Pointe, WI
5,772,587
Michael Jacobs yes these are very interesting times, I am very happy that Tim Cook spoke about this, assuring everyone is welcome to great service at Apple, and that Angie's list is putting its expansion into Indiana on hold. So much destruction has happened under the banner of religion, led by all religions without exception. That was in ancient times so we thought...A
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Alexandra and Ron --- I'll just say -- these are interesting times...very interesting...
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Noah Seidenberg
Evanston, IL
5,772,587
Russ Ravary ~ Metro Detroit Realtor call (248) 310-6239 I hope so. A
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Eric Kodner
La Pointe, WI
5,772,587
Eric Kodner I was offered a scholarship at Indiana for my Masters, so glad I declined and went to USC instead. I did not even visit the school, and it was supposedly the #1 in my field, and opted for #3 USC, and I really wanted to be in California. A
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Eric Kodner
La Pointe, WI
582,106
I attended Indiana University in the 1970s and I remember a Ku Klux Klan rally which took place not far from the IU campus in Bloomington. There was also a lynching of a black student not far from Martinsville the year before I attended IU.
This piece of "legislation" is thinly-disguised bigotry.
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Eric Kodner
Minnetonka, MN
87,383
The twenty states with Religious Freedom laws on the books are: Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia (read the specifics at the Nat'l State Leg. Conf)
... Not to mention the Religious Restoration Act Bill Clinton signed into law in the 1993. (Interesting to note this is before the rise of the Republicans to re-take the House after 40yrs)
I would encourage people who care about his issue to resist the urge to wallow in the top-line rhetoric, and instead take a moment to ask how it is the people of Indiana believe they needed to join the Feds and 19 other states the pass a Religious Freedom law.
Daniel Conkle wrote this thoughtful analysis of the law for the Indy Star. The first paragraph reads:
I am a supporter of gay rights, including same-sex marriage. But as an informed legal scholar, I also support the proposed Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). How can this be?
Continue here: http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/readers/2015/03/07/indiana-needs-religious-freedom-legislation/24477303/
After reading the full text and rationale for it, I support the Indiana legislature's decision to pass their own Religious Freedom law.
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Christina Botteri
Roseville, CA
582,106
It appears one of the individuals responding to your question has chosen to try to mislead readers.
Every other state's "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" applies to disputes between a person or entity and government. Indiana's new law is the only state law of its kind that explicitly applies to disputes between private citizens, meaning that it can be used as a weapon by corporations and small businesses to justify discrimination against people who might otherwise be protected by law.
The Indiana law differs substantially from the federal law passed by President Clinton in 1993. This is another instance of a commenter attempting to mislead those who read your question.
It's a shame that supporters of the new Indiana law can't just tell the truth about the intent of the Indiana law and its impact on society. The law could also embolden people in Indiana to discriminate in housing. NAR needs to take an unequivocal stance against Indiana's actions.
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I think they are making a stand like Arizona did against MLK's holiday. They will change once it effects business.
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I am in Indiana and I think it gives business owners the ability to refuse to deal with people based on their preferences. Not Real Estate Agents, just small business owners. I think it is a step backwards.