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The first business of Indiana is publicly stating their beliefs coincide with Governor Mike Pence's beliefs as well. He being the one who recently signed into law the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a bill designed to actively promote the discrimination of members of the LGBT community.
And of course, this restaurant supports this bill because, you know... god. They wear their religion on their sleeves and the bible tells them so. It didn't take them long to rush to the local media to show exactly how much their religious beliefs mean to them. Me thinks they don't understand how this legitimized discrimination will hurt them in the long run.
Their bigotry and ignorance is glaringly obvious, just watch the video as she can't even understand how their actions and this new law function in reality. Given how she blatantly says she will refuse service based on their religious beliefs, one can see she doesn't understand what the word means.
But that's OK, I guess. When they have to put up the "Going Out Of Business Sale" sign, maybe then they'll understand.
This bill may have been pushed through with the intention and restatement of what they already have a right to and hold dear, but ultimately what it will accomplish is to give those who support this bill the legal right to discriminate against a class of people who make them feel icky. That's it. They'll for sure tell you it's only about upholding their religious beliefs, but marginalizing others because you don't agree with their lifestyle is discrimination. Period.
But we're just supposed to throw out the fact that words have meanings.
dis·crim·i·na·tion
dəˌskriməˈnāSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1.the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex."victims of racial discrimination"
synonyms: prejudice, bias, bigotry, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, unfairness,inequity, favoritism, one-sidedness, partisanship
Wake up people... one religion is not more important than the other and if you think it is, you don't understand the basic tenets of our constitution. You have a right to freely practice your religion, but you do not have a right to impose your religion on others. Denying service to someone because of your religious beliefs IS imposing your beliefs on them.
All this new law wants to accomplish is to legitimize discrimination. Propping up religious beliefs as the reason for it is just wrong. Sharia Law, American-style baby! This is what it looks like.
We've come so far with all the states who have legalized gay marriage. To see Indiana pass this law, and do so gleefully, means we are going backwards. Sadly, there are others now trying to follow suit.
It just makes me sick to my stomach that we as a nation can't seem to get on the right page of history.
***Interesting Facebook page of Memories Pizza and be sure to check out the website. The backlash has begun.
****UPDATE: It got ugly quicker than I expected - Memories Pizza is closed for now... maybe permanently.
*****UPDATE 4/2/15: The GoFundMe page for the owners of Memories Pizza has received donations in excess of $200,000 in support of them sticking to their principles and upholding their faith.
What Susi said!! On the flip side, it's fun watching companies and organizations pull out of Indiana in response - where were these jokers the day the covered this in basic high school civics class? How can they be in government if they don't even know how the frickin' Constitution works??
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Thank you, David! And I, too, ask myself that same question every time a bible-thumping politician opens his/her mouth. We are governed by people who are ignorant of the law of the land, but more importantly, just plain ignorant!
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