That's the part that I don't understand. Why is this such a big deal when 20 out of 50 states already have this in place--including Kentucky? Illinois too, and Chicago has not shut down?

Because it's not a big deal. It's being blown way out of proportion.

Because this law is in opposition to a lynch pin of the liberal agenda and we all know how much noise they make when that happens.

 

Heck, if they know they are going to lose they take their toys and go home. Look at the legislative walk-outs that occurred a couple of years ago.

Because it's not a big deal. It's being blown way out of proportion.

Indy Star reports that Big Ten Conference is "studying" the new law and that the NFL is reconsidering holding draft combine in Indy.

More negative reaction, according to South Bend Voice:

 

-- Max Levchin, a co-founder of Paypal — the online payment transaction business often associated with eBay — had critical words for the new law.

 

“What is happening in Indiana is pretty unbelievable,” Levchin wrote in a Tweet. “However it’s dressed up, it’s a signal that discrimination is welcome in this state.”

 

-- GenCon, the largest gaming convention in the United States, threatened this week that it would leave Indiana if the bill becomes law. GenCon is also the single largest convention in Indianapolis. More than 56,000 attendees visited the city last year with an economic impact of more than $50 million.

 

-- Leaders of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ have also threatened to move a planned Indianapolis convention that would draw at least 6,000 attendees to the Circle City.

 

“As a Christian church, we are particularly sensitive to the values of the One we follow — one who sat at table with people from all walks of life, and loved them all. Our church is diverse in point of view, but we share a value for an open Lord’s Table,” the church’s leaders said in a letter sent to Governor Pence on Wednesday.

Indy Star reports that Big Ten Conference is "studying" the new law and that the NFL is reconsidering holding draft combine in Indy.

Just a question because I don't know the answer:

How long has it been in place in Chicago and how is it that Chicago has not been affected by this? Or maybe they have been?

That's the part that I don't understand. Why is this such a big deal when 20 out of 50 states already have this in place--including Kentucky? Illinois too, and Chicago has not shut down?

 

Because it still is discriminatory, doesn't make it right if other states have similar laws do it IMO.

Is there any difference in the Indiana version and the Kentucky version? I, like Clyde, had no idea Kentucky already had this in place.

Maybe the issue is this our government should start to be more tolerant than discriminatory. You would think this day and age these laws would start to be repealed

I don't have the article at hand, I'll have to search for it later. But there was a restaurant owner from Indiana, yesterday he said that he has told gay people to leave his restaurant that they were not welcomed and would not be served, sound familiar?

https://inadvancesheet.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/the-indiana-religious-freedom-restoration-act-an-analysis-of-its-controversy/

 

This breaks down specific areas where IN version differs from both the Federal version and some other state's version. I think it explains well why there is such controversy with Indiana's version and not others.

Sounds like plenty of folks aer already giving pause to the notion of "Indiana events".

Angie's List canceling $40 million Indy expansion and 1,000 jobs.

 

Angie's List CEO Bill Oesterle said his firm will pull out of a pending deal with the state and city to expand its headquarters on Indianapolis' Near Eastside because of his disagreement with the state's passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

 

Oesterle said he opposed the passage of the act on Thursday, intends to keep speaking out against it, and feels he can't accept state subsidies for his company's expansion given his disagreement over the act.

 

"We're going to be very vocal on this issue and I don't feel we can do that if we are taking state money," Oesterle said Saturday in an interview with The Star. "We don't want to be bound by commitments in that deal given the current atmosphere in the state (government)."

 

 

Angie's List canceling Eastside expansion over RFRA

In plain English can anyone explain how IN law is different than the federal or KY law?

Indy Star reports that Big Ten Conference is "studying" the new law and that the NFL is reconsidering holding draft combine in Indy.

And? Just more overreaction.

Should a baker or a photographer be forced to do a gay wedding if they don't want to?

 

How backwards do you have to be to severely punish those who have serious religious objections.