Now, for our entertainment, the same legislators who brought you the idiocy of RFRA will provide anti-discrimination laws to countermand it -- well, mostly. There'll have to be bigotry maintenance exceptions, you know.
Our local state representative broke ranks over RFRA, and accordingly, Ed Clere is quoted here.
State Senator Ron Grooms as yet touts the wonderfulness of RFRA, evidently as viewed from his residence on Fantasy Island, but fortunately, he is not interviewed here.
However, there is one paragraph in need of explanation.
(New Albany council person Greg) Phipps said he's happy to see New Albany's anti-discrimination ordinance working. Though the human right commission hasn't heard any cases, he said a couple of instances of alleged LGBT discrimination have been mentioned, but not acted upon.
It works, though it hasn't been used, and discrimination not brought before the HRC did't occur because there was no action.
In short, Gahanism in a nutshell: Fundamental change is imperative, so long as nothing fundamentally changes.
Southern Indiana leaders talk LGBT protections bill, by Jerod Clapp (Clark County Today)
SOUTHERN INDIANA — A bill to include LGBT people in existing anti-discrimination laws is on the slate for the State Senate's upcoming legislative session.
The draft, written by Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, comes after the state's heavily criticized passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from last spring. The new bill grants protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and trangender people.
Though some local government and business leaders see the proposal as a step in the right direction, they expressed concern over religious exemptions.
But the implications of the bill don't stop at the rights of LGBT people, but also what it could ultimately mean for the state's business environment and economy are also concerns among leaders.
When feasible, the HRC can work.
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