tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post6093619818643341669..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-76951846673915332392015-07-04T08:00:51.507-05:002015-07-04T08:00:51.507-05:00The ACLU sides with those who prey; vs those who pray.Pete Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948800585492289789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-40711443412411823792015-07-04T05:59:12.342-05:002015-07-04T05:59:12.342-05:00You all just watch how militant the left will get to further any cause that surrounds them. I&quot;m already feeling sorry for my gay friends who just want to live a normal life, they can&#39;t say anything without retribution.<br />Same thing with my black friends, if they go against the grain, their called the house slave!<br />Were in trouble folks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-63620217259560016092015-07-03T19:08:25.610-05:002015-07-03T19:08:25.610-05:00I feel sorry for the judge who is assigned to hear this case. Marycatherine Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674049191412285346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-15986317623434578092015-07-02T23:06:14.339-05:002015-07-02T23:06:14.339-05:00I commented before fully reading the article. They wouldn&#39;t be working in church schools but attending churches with schools attached. Still I think it&#39;s unlikely to pass the RFRA test. I agree that this is all about the ACLU and trying to score political points. The ACLU has grown incredibly hostile toward religion which is ironic since just two decades ago the organization led the charge for RFRA.<br /><br />Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002127525135196475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-27886985599113856912015-07-02T22:28:34.849-05:002015-07-02T22:28:34.849-05:00Paul Harvey wrote about the ACLU.... Click this link: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Az0okaHig" rel="nofollow">The ACLU is...</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-75005877930167502492015-07-02T21:56:55.157-05:002015-07-02T21:56:55.157-05:00Mr. Welch is spot on in his response here. I have personally seen several instances like the ones explained, and these types of things will continue to happen. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-59647878003466291852015-07-02T20:57:06.790-05:002015-07-02T20:57:06.790-05:00How does this affect a Democrat city councilor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7804982495301740692015-07-02T17:42:58.816-05:002015-07-02T17:42:58.816-05:00http://www.ibj.com/articles/53889-indiana-cancels-post-rfra-contract-with-pr-firm-after-3-months<br /><br />$365,000 out of a $750,000 for no value added. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-52758199169440436192015-07-02T17:06:21.601-05:002015-07-02T17:06:21.601-05:00Gary, the last line of your 4:42 comment is the absolute truth. I should know. I am an LGBT who witnesses it in my community all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-64741199720452535962015-07-02T16:42:43.016-05:002015-07-02T16:42:43.016-05:00Several years ago, there was an attorney who had worked for one of the three big firms in Indianapolis for a long period of time. She was very good at the work she did, and she was also active in Democratic Party politics. A young, lesbian associate came along at the firm who didn&#39;t much care for her. She took something she said and twisted it around entirely to make it appear this very open-minded woman was an anti-gay bigot. The woman was summoned to a partner&#39;s office and fired on the spot without any opportunity to defend her remarks. Anyone who knew this woman knew she didn&#39;t have an angry bone in her body towards gays or lesbians. A long and distinguished career at a prestigious law firm was flushed down the toilet by a younger, totally dishonest associate of the law firm who knew how to play the discrimination card to her advantage, particularly in a legal setting. <br /><br />I once heard a conversation a district manager of a Fortune 500 company, who happened to be gay, was heaving with a group of his gay friends. He boasted about using a lesbian employee at one of the stores in his district to fabricate discrimination charges against the manager just so he would have an excuse to get rid of him. The point of his conversation was to express how delighted he was to fire the manager that day under false pretenses. His friends thought it was really funny. <br /><br />When Evan Bayh was governor, there were certain senior members of his staff who were totally homophobic and were prepared to extinguish anyone&#39;s career over their sexual orientation alone. One of those persons is a talking head who screams louder now about others supposedly discriminating against gays when this person was one of the worst offenders when in a position of authority to help make state government more hospitable to gays and lesbians. This person now yells and screams about anyone who objects to same-sex marriage or non-discrimination laws to protect gays and lesbians. <br /><br />I generally find that that the people who scream the loudest about bigotry are often the worst offenders who will use it in the most cruel of fashions to destroy other persons professional lives. Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1051622121175351802015-07-02T15:21:49.001-05:002015-07-02T15:21:49.001-05:00The ACLU&#39;s contention is that school is not in session when the affected persons are attending church services so the law unfairly burdens their right to exercise their religious freedom. The statute in question could have been more narrowly tailored to clarify that it only applied during regular school days. Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-78241100604294308602015-07-02T14:53:38.786-05:002015-07-02T14:53:38.786-05:00Anon 1:41, do you mean by &quot;unintended consequences&quot; that opponents will lie about and misrepresent legislation? That&#39;s the only thing I&#39;m seeing. The ACLU has to know that the state has a compelling interest to apply the law to prevent convicted sex offenders from working in schools.Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002127525135196475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-54346651980676893022015-07-02T14:28:58.432-05:002015-07-02T14:28:58.432-05:00If Christians don’t want to do wedding business with gays, why should gays want to do business with supporters and proponents of RFRA? I think it goes without saying that it cuts both ways. Christians sniff that they don’t approve of that lifestyle without thinking that maybe we don’t approve of their nauseating bigotry. Gay people have long memories. We remember our friends and we remember our enemies. I remember every single word Senator Pat Miller said to me when she lied about her reasons for supporting RFRA, and I’ll refresh her memory of it when it comes time to donate my money to her opponent in the next election. That’s the way that works. And there’s a lot of payback coming in Indiana to bigots who had no reservation insulting gays during that fight. We have long memories. I use my money to support my friends, not my enemies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-54202562187718696692015-07-02T13:41:04.566-05:002015-07-02T13:41:04.566-05:00This is just first class legal trolling, and probably meritorious as well. Law of unintended consequences, anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com