Governor Pence finally did it (POL)

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Originally posted by: chafraho
My religious beliefs require that I refrain from any commerce, agreement or discourse with those shod with sandals.

Funny you should mention that, chafraho.

Way back when, like in colonial times or something, I believe it was Patrick Dorkwilly who said, “Give me liberty, or give me stinky sandals.”

Shortly after that, he died, gasping for breath. Reportedly, his last words were, “What the hell is that smell?”

Anyway, Pat had several sons, and just before he expired, he swore a curse upon mankind, to be carried out by his as yet unborn progeny, whom he prophesied would someday be called chilcoot, forkush, malibber, and marcisdave, all of whose last names would, of course, be Dorkwilly.

Patrick Dorkwilly’s curse is why LVA is what it is today.

It’s also why the REALLY far out shit that sometimes shows up here can always be traced back to a Dorkwilly or two.


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Originally posted by: clcjim
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Originally posted by: chafraho
My religious beliefs require that I refrain from any commerce, agreement or discourse with those shod with sandals.

Funny you should mention that, chafraho.

Way back when, like in colonial times or something, I believe it was Patrick Dorkwilly who said, “Give me liberty, or give me stinky sandals.”

Shortly after that, he died, gasping for breath. Reportedly, his last words were, “What the hell is that smell?”

Anyway, Pat had several sons, and just before he expired, he swore a curse upon mankind, to be carried out by his as yet unborn progeny, whom he prophesied would someday be called chilcoot, forkush, malibber, and marcisdave, all of whose last names would, of course, be Dorkwilly.

Patrick Dorkwilly’s curse is why LVA is what it is today.

It’s also why the REALLY far out shit that sometimes shows up here can always be traced back to a Dorkwilly or two.
That's okay, clcjim. Comedy is hard.

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Originally posted by: jphelan
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Originally posted by: pjstroh
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Originally posted by: weggie44
Isn't this law supposed to help Catholics not to be forced to hand out birth control pills and stuff like that? I am protestant and scratch my head at some of the stuff they do too, but I respect there views as I would want them to respect my views....do you really think this law is going to send Indiana back to the 1940's? I am for most laws that keep government out of my house and wallet and give me more freedom
Can you give the uninformed outsider a rational scenario of what you think could happen under this law?

weggie


History provides a giant list of ways businesses can discriminate against customers. Are you ignorant of it? Or is it just too uncomfortable to remember? Can you recall segregated lunch counters at Woolworths?

All of those same practices are now legal in Indiana so long as the business can rationalize it with a religious belief.


PJ - is there some religion I don't know about that promotes segregated lunch counters, or is it possible you are over-reacting?
Hey look: a cross!

mike Pence's guests of honor at his non-discriminatory-bill signing.
anti gay lobbiests including one that helped write the bill

I find it interesting how Liberals, who demand tolerance, are so intolerant of the civil rights of those those possessing views different from themselves.


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Originally posted by: pjstroh
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Originally posted by: DonDiego

Why would anyone want the Government to burden a person's exercise of religion?


Probably when religion "burdens people's civil rights".

But DonDiego is not alone in his opinion on this matter. There is a long, dark history in our country of people trying to use religion as a mask for discrimination.
When religion was used to defend racism.


What did Boiler say about the effects on business?


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Originally posted by: pjstroh
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Originally posted by: Boilerman
Liberals only place value on their beliefs, and they argue that all other beliefs must not be considered. They prove my point with their comments.




Enlighten me. What's the counter belief that the new law is good for business?

Edited to add: Angie's List cancelling 40 million dollars of expansion in Indianapolis is not a "point of view". It is a fact.


Only our president has the power to exclude congress when creating law.


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Originally posted by: weggie44
wow, Governor Pence did all this? The laws in Indiana must be way different from the ones in Good ol New Hampshire.
Here, the good people all get together and ask there representatives (both Democrats and republicans) to make a law for us. It starts out as a bill (there's a song on Saturday mornings about it on TV).....Anyway, once the bill is written and passed thru the house of representatives it goes before our state senators (again--both Democrats and Republicans), If it passes there it goes to our Governor for final approval. She's a democrat and I don't agree with all of the laws that the good people of NH come up with and she signs into law but I get the fuck over it because that's how democracies work.
Now are you sure it was just governor Pence or was their a whole lot of good people, both Democrat and republican from Indiana behind this?

just wondering weggie


Weggie, Liberals are making a mountain out of a molehill. I live in Indiana, and few will ever notice any different in their day to day lives. The few that do experience an issue will do so once or twice over a decade. I had cocktails yesterday with with a couple of gay guys, and I'm confident that they will never experience an issue in our home town. Never.

Of course those living in NY and California somehow believe that gays still sit in the back of the bus in Indiana.



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Originally posted by: weggie44
Isn't this law supposed to help Catholics not to be forced to hand out birth control pills and stuff like that? I am protestant and scratch my head at some of the stuff they do too, but I respect there views as I would want them to respect my views....do you really think this law is going to send Indiana back to the 1940's? I am for most laws that keep government out of my house and wallet and give me more freedom
Can you give the uninformed outsider a rational scenario of what you think could happen under this law?

weggie


No publicly held company, like Woolworth was, can qualify as having religious beliefs.

Poor effort PJ.............but try again.


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Originally posted by: pjstroh
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Originally posted by: weggie44
Isn't this law supposed to help Catholics not to be forced to hand out birth control pills and stuff like that? I am protestant and scratch my head at some of the stuff they do too, but I respect there views as I would want them to respect my views....do you really think this law is going to send Indiana back to the 1940's? I am for most laws that keep government out of my house and wallet and give me more freedom
Can you give the uninformed outsider a rational scenario of what you think could happen under this law?

weggie


History provides a giant list of ways businesses can discriminate against customers. Are you ignorant of it? Or is it just too uncomfortable to remember? Can you recall segregated lunch counters at Woolworths?

All of those same practices are now legal in Indiana so long as the business can rationalize it with a religious belief.


Boiler has lived in Indiana for 23 years, and not once met anyone I believe to be involved in the KKK. As one might expect, Forkie posts a photo which does not represent reality nor the truth.


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Originally posted by: forkushV
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Originally posted by: jphelan
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Originally posted by: pjstroh
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Originally posted by: weggie44
Isn't this law supposed to help Catholics not to be forced to hand out birth control pills and stuff like that? I am protestant and scratch my head at some of the stuff they do too, but I respect there views as I would want them to respect my views....do you really think this law is going to send Indiana back to the 1940's? I am for most laws that keep government out of my house and wallet and give me more freedom
Can you give the uninformed outsider a rational scenario of what you think could happen under this law?

weggie


History provides a giant list of ways businesses can discriminate against customers. Are you ignorant of it? Or is it just too uncomfortable to remember? Can you recall segregated lunch counters at Woolworths?

All of those same practices are now legal in Indiana so long as the business can rationalize it with a religious belief.


PJ - is there some religion I don't know about that promotes segregated lunch counters, or is it possible you are over-reacting?
Hey look: a cross!




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