It looks like Indiana is gearing up to pass a religious freedom bill – otherwise known as a license to discriminate against sexual minorities. This one appears to be rather broad. It seems West Virginia wants one too. And the one proposed for Michigan hasn't gone away. Melissa McEwen wonders why do those doing the discriminating need protections?
Michael Bowers, former Attorney General for Georgia (and forever famous to gay couples for the 1986 Bowers v. Hardwick case before the Supremes that said anti-sodomy laws were just fine), did a study of the religious freedom bills in that state. Bowers concluded the bill would lead to the revival of the hooded Ku Klux Klan. Yes, in their eyes there is religious justification for racial discrimination. Perhaps this thought will stop these bills in Michigan and other states.
Here's a good summary of what is wrong with religious freedom bills.
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