The bad news is that there are still bastions of abysmal ignorance in states like Indiana, governed by homophobic evangelical bigots like Governor Mike Pence, who pass laws designed to discriminate disguised as an innocent attempt to protect religious freedom. The good news is it didn't work. The entire country saw this law for what it was: a nasty little ruse to avoid commerce with anyone who didn't share the concept of a narrow-minded and vengeful god with a cadre of haters. Fortunately true believers in religious freedom of all faiths spoke up in protest: famous celebrities like Stephen King, Ashton Kutcher, Ellen DeGeneres, Debra Messing, George Takei, and major companies like Apple, WalMart, Yelp, Angie's List and many more. It seems to me that this is proof-positive that the good-hearted of America, including many in Indiana, are going to ultimately win over the petty, pious, unpatriotic, living-in-the-past puritans who poison society. Hopefully all the other states who have similar laws or are plotting to introduce them like Arkansas will take notice of the kind of unwarranted and unprofitable hatred that the majority of Americans will no longer tolerate.
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