The mainstream media has launched an all-out blitz over a
new law that protects the fundamental freedom of Indiana citizens from
unnecessary and unreasonable government coercion.
The media’s gross mischaracterizations of the Indiana
Religious Freedom Restoration Act ignore the truth: Religious Freedom
Restoration Acts prevent government discrimination against religious free
exercise and simply provide a way to balance religious liberty with compelling
government interests…..To Read More…..
Does the Indiana
Religious Freedom Restoration Act allow business owners to put their beliefs
above the rights of their employees or customers? No, the Indiana Religious
Freedom Restoration Act protects the rights of all citizens. This law treats
all American citizens equally. It ensures that people of all faiths have the
right to live out their beliefs at home, in worship and at work, without
unnecessary government coercion. The Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act
simply says that if the government is going to substantially burden religious
exercise it must prove it is doing so for a compelling governmental interest
and in the least restrictive way possible…..To Read More….
Apple CEO Tim Cook has taken to The Washington Post to tell the nation that, in the words of the headline, “Pro-discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws are dangerous. Notice the scare quotes around “religious freedom.” But the reality is that the only person in favor of discrimination in this debate is Tim Cook.
It is Tim Cook who favors laws that discriminate against people of faith who simply ask to be left alone by government to run their businesses and their schools and their charities in accordance with their reasonable belief that marriage is the union of a man and a woman.
It is Tim Cook who would have the government discriminate against these citizens, have the government coerce them into helping to celebrate a same-sex wedding and penalize them if they try to lead their lives in accordance with their faith….What’s most amazing in the debate over Indiana is the level of hypocrisy. Businesses are saying they’ll boycott Indiana over this religious liberty law. So they want the freedom to run their businesses in accordance with their beliefs—so they’ll boycott a state that tries to protect that freedom for all citizens? Do they not see that the baker, photographer and florist are simply asking for the same liberty?......To Read More….
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Are the Media Providing Fair Coverage of Religious Freedom?
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