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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs Indiana fixing the law? or just diddling with the "perception"?
I haven't heard ANYTHING that indicates that they've done anything substantial.
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Is Indiana fixing the law? or just diddling with the "perception"? (Original Post)
annabanana
Apr 2015
OP
What could they possibly do? Pass a bill that basically says 'Pay no attention to the previous bill?
randome
Apr 2015
#1
How do you fix a law recognizing a 'religious freedom' to discriminate with a ban on discrimination?
pampango
Apr 2015
#8
Many groups have done a great job at controlling the message and perception.
NCTraveler
Apr 2015
#10
randome
(34,845 posts)1. What could they possibly do? Pass a bill that basically says 'Pay no attention to the previous bill?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it."
Tony Randall, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)[/center][/font][hr]
valerief
(53,235 posts)3. Republicans are well-known diddlers, so...
jwirr
(39,215 posts)4. They should be told to use the federal law word for word or repeal it.
spanone
(135,844 posts)5. well, the gubnor said it was all just a perception problem
Daemonaquila
(1,712 posts)6. 50/50. The whole thing needs to go. See the link.
This article is a good summary of what the changes mean.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/04/02/3642073/fix-indianas-religious-freedom-bill-not/
City Lights
(25,171 posts)7. Smells like diddling with the perception to me.
:holdsnose:
pampango
(24,692 posts)8. How do you fix a law recognizing a 'religious freedom' to discriminate with a ban on discrimination?
Makes you think that "fixing" the law is a public relations effort to deal with the fallout from the law rather than a sincere effort to improve it.
niyad
(113,343 posts)9. smoke and mirrors
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)10. Many groups have done a great job at controlling the message and perception.
It will be hard for perception to change.