Indiana Governor knew what he was getting into

Following up on the last post, after the IN Governor signed similar legislation he backed off, asking his legislature to fix it. He claimed he had no idea that the law implied what it blatantly stated, discrimination against gays. This article though shows that he knew exactly what the law was designed for and signed it anyway. Therein a letter was sent to Rep. Ed DeLaney from 11 law professors expert on the topic, all but one from IN law schools. It stated:



"In our expert opinion, the clear evidence suggests otherwise and unmistakably demonstrates that the broad language of the proposed state RFRA will more likely create confusion, conflict, and a wave of litigation that will threaten the clarity of religious liberty rights in Indiana while undermining the state’s ability to enforce other compelling interests. This confusion and conflict will increasingly take the form of private actors, such as employers, landlords, small business owners, or corporations, taking the law into their own hands and acting in ways that violate generally applicable laws on the grounds that they have a religious justification for doing so. Members of the public will then be asked to bear the cost of their employer’s, their landlord’s, their local shopkeeper’s, or a police officer’s private religious beliefs."