Indiana Republican leaders are set to announce a deal Thursday morning that alters Indiana's controversial "religious freedom" law to ensure it does not discriminate against gay and lesbian customers of Indiana businesses.
The proposal — which grants new protections for LGBT customers, employees and tenants — is set for a 9 a.m. rollout at the Statehouse and a 9:30 a.m. committee hearing. It closely mirrors a draft plan that was circulated early Wednesday morning and could potentially quell concerns that have made Indiana the focus of national derision for one very intense week.
Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, and House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, spent 90 minutes meeting late Wednesday evening discussing the deal with top staff and Gov. Mike Pence's chief of staff, Jim Atterholt.
"We feel there is a strong consensus," Long said Wednesday night, following the meeting. "We feel good about it. We did a lot of hard work to bring the groups together to find the comfort level everyone feels does the job of truly saying this does not discriminate against anyone."
Atterholt, a former state lawmaker himself, did not say whether Pence would sign the compromise measure. As he walked from the meeting, Atterholt said that Pence still needed to review the plan.
Well, Mr. Pence has to review it. What a brave, brave man.
The fact
that someone in a pizza shop in Walkerton Indiana doesn't approve of gay
marriage is national story. The death threats by leftist are a totally sane
reaction.
Massive drought in California? Is
the water from the Colorado river is being diverted to LA & San Diego
instead of the central valley? Who cares? It's not like the vast majority of
our country's fresh produce comes from California's central valley.
Iran's getting nukes? Is nuclear
proliferation really such a big deal? I know let's call a Persian family in
Tehran ask them what they think & if they don't agree with us we'll send
them death threats.
The American middle
class has had no income growth in 45 years. What can we do? I know, we'll talk
about gay weddings so they'll be distracted while this country's elite hollow
out the economy. There may be 50% unemployment among millenials, but at least
they can sodomize whoever they want. Isn't that what America's really all
about?
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