how boring must indiana be to think of this as fun

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/30/indiana-marijuana-church_n_6970028.html

well, SCOTUS recently affirmed the right of a Muslim in prison to grow a beard.

½ inch beard!

I imagine not every employee at the offended businesses feel this way, what about the person working at a cake shop that doesn't discriminate? Must they bow to the religious authority of their employers? Isn't that a little insane?

I hate all this talk about cake. Cake sucks.

like, gay and straights should form this anti-cake alliance

gods gonna smite you

in favor of pies?

in favor of rhubarb pies?

Must they bow to the religious authority of their employers? Isn't that a little insane?

― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, March 31, 2015 3:38 AM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

technically speaking that was what United States v Lee's ruling was specifically prohibiting, though SCOTUS's latest interpretation of RFRA further muddies those waters

tarts >> pies >> cakes

This is especially baffling cos the one or two times I went to church the only thing I remember is they made a big deal about giving out free bread and how it was such a cool thing Jesus did. How is that different from serving cake? What is wrong with people? They spend literally every weekend re-enacting the time their savior GAVE THEM FOOD.

unless you believe in transubstantiation

xp need more tarts in my life tbh. think I've only had a tart at a buffet.

xp how have the businesses and governor sided with money? by inciting a boycott?

― Team Foxcatcherwatcher (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, March 30, 2015 9:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This and the Hobby Lobby case are both examples of the disturbing trend of bestowing religious qualities on corporations. It is telling that the governor signed this bill in a private ceremony closed off from press and the public. This bill is meant to serve private interests over those of the public.

It is a very dangerous trend to ascribe religious rights to corporations imo. For one thing it is anti-democracy; Christians overwhelmingly dominate in politics, and corporations have a much greater sphere of influence over politics than the average individual citizen. And both are well-accustomed to using self-victimization to consolidate power.

well-put

http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/nascar-joins-the-ranks-against-indianas-new-anti-lgbt-law

If NASCAR has turned against Indiana this shit is over

Cake sucks.

jesus, and you like karaoke

my name is Alfred

@BryanJFischer
Indiana will soon find it is impossible to satisfy the homosexual lobby. They will immediately be back for more. And more.

hott

another Chuck Tingle tingler!

always back for more cake

NASCAR and Ron Swanson.

Arkansas is next. Woo!

I love Indiana with all my heart, and I want to live there once I get the money. I think Indiana can change, which is more than you can say about a lot of other states can say. Progressives in Indiana think it can change, too. But change requires actual commitment and work, not just blaming people while sitting on your ass. Quality of life is still much superior to life in Illinois, where you can witness corrupt Democrats who are truly clueless about class, environmental and poverty issues. In Indiana we have a good base to work with. I'd rather commit to turning Midwest states blue than bitch and whine while accomplishing nothing.

ftw

Pence's backpedal begins...now

I'm not going to throw any stones from this glass house I'm in, but you're killin' me IML.

I like indiana when I go home now. it's nice to see so much sky in every direction while playing lawn darts in an actual grass yard.

#JustIndianaThings

kinda hated Chicago when last there because we waited 2 hours to skate along some sort of ice ribbon in a park.

so IML otm I guess

land of rhubarb unbridled

^^ your memoir title

posthumous memoir title. i will be killed by a lawn dart.

http://i.imgur.com/uq88ZrR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nQZwyC7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Pax9SxU.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/u01wNU3l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/cAOlElg.jpg

making a quilt of those images to wrap my son in so that he'll understand

Here's what I remember most from my time in Indiana:

http://i.imgur.com/CrUc0Fc.jpg

follow your arrow, man

I don't get it, so many lights and I only get to obey one?

guy from Girls that's in new Star Wars knew which signal was his
http://www.visitmishawaka.com/INFO/clientImages/MHSphoto.gif

Ed Kilgore's worth a read.

A pizzeria in Walkerton becomes the first.

A small-town pizza shop is saying they agree with Governor Pence and the signing of the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The O'Connor family, who owns Memories Pizza, says they have a right to believe in their religion and protect those ideals.

“If a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding, we would have to say no,” says Crystal O'Connor of Memories Pizza.

She and her family are standing firm in their beliefs.

The O'Connor's have owned Memories Pizza in Walkerton for 9 years.

It's a small-town business, with small-town ideals.

“We are a Christian establishment,” says O'Connor.

The O'Connor family prides themselves in owning a business that reflects their religious beliefs.

“We're not discriminating against anyone, that's just our belief and anyone has the right to believe in anything,” says O'Connor.

So, when Governor Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law, the family was not disappointed.

“We definitely agree with the bill,” says O'Connor.

Refusing to serve a gay couple isn't discrimination, see.

Ok. So I had heard of Kentuckiana, but there's a Michiana too?

Welcome to Indiana: Sharing the Border With a Few Other States and Practicing Religious Freedom Since 2015

Terry and Maureen McFadden, Michiana's only brother and sister news team

the o'connor's

anyone has the right to believe in anything,” says O'Connor.

...

“That lifestyle is something they choose. I choose to be heterosexual. They choose to be homosexual. Why should I be beat over the head to go along with something they choose?” says Kevin O'Connor.

"Choose." Also, selling someone (everyone) a fucking pizza is not being beat over the head.

Man must be an awesome God you serve if you have to do things like refuse processed cheese to gay couples to avoid pissing him off.