John Gonder's RFRA repeal resolution, coming to council Monday.

Yesterday afternoon, Indiana's GOP -- having excluded the legislature's Democrats from its inbred process, as though to acknowledge that the RFRA was a provocative party-derived cabal all along, which naturally it was -- sorta kinda halfway "fixed" their own mistake.

"Here's the busted vase I dropped on the floor. Dude, you can do anything with duct tape. Can I eat supper now?"

Exactly how any of this is supposed to inspire confidence in the hermetically sealed "super majority" isn't clear. In fact, Indiana remains a banana republic helmed primarily by theocratic fascists financed by the One Per Cent, for whom the past week was little more than entertainment between fracking investments.

Meanwhile, back here in the Magic Kingdom of Nawbony, where municipal Democrats deploy governing principles modeled so closely on the ones they routinely decry at the state Republican level that only a jaundiced eye can tell them apart, councilman John Gonder is sponsoring a resolution supporting RFRA's repeal and replacement, to be considered at Monday's city council meeting.

Good for him, although bear in mind that of the council persons seated Monday night, only Gonder and Greg Phipps have spoken publicly about RFRA, whether for or against (they're both against).

Around a half dozen primary candidates have offered a viewpoint, but of the four mayoral candidates, we as yet await a stance from David White (Democrat ... yeah, I know) and Kevin Zurschmiede (Republican). I strongly opposed it from the outset, and incumbent mayor Jeff Gahan (D) finally murmured a truncated, tepid "nay" after five whole days of earnest down-low bunker contemplation.

Of course, Zurschmiede functions as a councilman until he isn't one any longer, and so this resolution must be viewed, at least in part, as an effort to flush him out. The only problem with such a tactic is that it might expose three or more other Democrats who've never gotten the memo about the "democratic" component of their imagined party affiliation.

By the way, Mr. Disney: Does "inclusive" in the document below mean within the Redevelopment Commission only, or does it mean the Board of Works, too?

FUCKIFINO.

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RESOLUTION SUPPORTING REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF INDIANA SENATE BILL 568, THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT

WHEREAS: The state of Indiana has recently become embroiled in a controversy surrounding passage of Senate bill 568, known as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and

WHEREAS: The so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act seems to allow unfairness to Indiana citizens of certain sexual orientation and gender identification, and

WHEREAS: It is right and beneficial for the laws of state of Indiana, to express on moral, legal, and economic grounds, in unequivocal terms, the inclusion of all its citizens and the exclusion of none of its citizens from the fair application of the state’s laws and protections, and

WHEREAS: Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act is fatally flawed in the delivery of inclusive fairness,

NOW THEREFORE: With this resolution, the Common Council of the City of New Albany, Indiana expresses that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act should be repealed and replaced, and

FURTHER: That any replacement of this law should be carefully drafted to ensure that it protect all of Indiana’s citizens equally, without regard to sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion, ethnicity, sex, economic status, or any other characteristic which might divide our citizens rather than uniting them.

FURTHER: Upon assent by this Council, the resolution so assented to, shall be communicated to the Governor of Indiana with hopes of moving our state forward to a brighter, more inclusive future.