bipolaraziraphale:

hey can we talk about the bill in indiana that was just passed

it’s the religious freedom restoration act (RFRA), and as of today, march 26th, it was signed by governor mike pence. this act allows businesses to deny service to anyone strictly based on the business’ religious views

this means that any business of any kind could deny anyone service if they deemed it against the company’s/management’s/employee’s religion

this new law has the potential and very real possibility of discriminating against groups like:

1. the lgbtqiap+ community. this has been a specific focus in the arguments against this bill, and there have even been several groups and members of the lgbt+ community outwardly protesting against this bill
2. people of color
3. muslim + jewish people (specifically people in these two religions that outwardly express their religion, like hijabis)
4. pretty much anyone who is not a cis-presenting straight christian white-passing person, since this state is teetering on the edge of the bible belt

george takei has written commentary on this, and gen con (the only big convention held annually in indianapolis, and a giant profit for the state in general) is threatening to relocate. other than that, though, ive seen slim to none about this bill on the internet

please reblog this and spread the word. this could be incredibly harmful to the lgbt+ community and all other minorities in the state of indiana