Showing posts with label Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

"Mike Pence’s New Fan Club: Wiccans."

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Just when I think religion can't ever be for me ... Mike Pence’s New Fan Club: Wiccans , by David Freedlander ( The Daily Beast ) ...
Sunday, November 22, 2015

Selected "Southern Indiana leaders talk LGBT protections bill."

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Indiana is a lamentably lop-sided one-party state, but earlier this year when Governor Mike Pence's GOP triumphantly embraced the Reli...
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Sunday, October 11, 2015

"It’s time for Pence to lead ... full civil rights protections based on sexual orientation."

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Inelegantly written, but hey -- it's a business publication. And no, I have NOT forgotten the role of Ron Grooms in this debacle. ...
Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Good local travel piece: "A river beckons in Southern Indiana."

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It's a solid article with local shout-outs. I suggest that State Senator Ron Grooms focus on the preface, in which it is explained tha...
Monday, August 10, 2015

ON THE AVENUES SPECIAL EDITION: When it comes to the RCI, can the RDA opt out of the RFRA?

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ON THE AVENUES SPECIAL EDITION:  When it comes to the RCI, can the RDA opt out of the RFRA? A weekly web column by Roger A. Baylor. Ba...
Sunday, June 28, 2015

Sunday reading: Real Indiana and wedges splintering.

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A confession: When I land at a newspaper website demanding the answers to stupid questions before being permitted to read the content, I ALW...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Ayatollah Coffey ruckus redux: Did Mayor Gahan and Chairman Dickey read this article?

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Let's focus on just this one passage in Hayden's timely piece. It was the premise that inclusiveness makes business sense for c...
Saturday, April 11, 2015

Nash: "I do not agree that it is important that a public meeting must start with a prayer."

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Reading Nash's column reminds one of the fundamental ongoing problem: A council with no leadership. Sitting supinely while Dan Coffe...
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Friday, April 10, 2015

What they're saying: Transparency, with McCourt, Vaughn and Keeler -- and White on solutions to poverty.

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As the weeks go past in route to May's primary election, we're providing periodic candidate statements of substance, mostly unreto...
Wednesday, April 08, 2015

The clothespin on Ron Grooms' nose is not removing RFRA's stench.

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Governor Mike Pence "looked awful doing (RFRA)," but as the editorial board of Lafayette's newspaper reminds us, "But ...
Monday, April 06, 2015

RFRA and localism: Can New Albany's human rights laws trump the state's?

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At this evening's meeting, councilman John Gonder has a human rights resolution on tap:  RFRA resolution: Gonder rushes in where Gaha...
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Sunday, April 05, 2015

What they're saying: Noah McCourt clarifies his RFRA viewpoint, supports police and public safety.

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As the weeks go past in route to May's primary election, I'm providing periodic candidate statements of substance, mostly unretouc...

RFRA resolution: Gonder rushes in where Gahan fears to tread.

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Borrowed from someone. Who'll show up for this vote?  NAC previewed the resolution on Friday. John Gonder's RFRA repeal res...
Friday, April 03, 2015

What they're saying: A correction. Shirley Baird is in opposition to RFRA.

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Thanks to the Bookseller for offering this correction. At-large council incumbent Shirley Baird (Democrat) expressed opposition to RFRA at...

What they're saying: David White on Speck and the RFRA.

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As the weeks go past in route to May's primary election, I'm providing periodic candidate statements of substance, mostly unretouc...

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

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Yesterday afternoon, Indiana's GOP -- having excluded the legislature's Democrats from its inbred process, as though to acknowledge ...
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Thursday, April 02, 2015

ON THE AVENUES: On brewing economic development.

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ON THE AVENUES:  On brewing economic development. A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor . Yesterday the board of directors of the Brewe...

News and Tribune's principled editorial view of RFRA: "Stop the madness and repeal it."

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News and Tribune columnist Amanda Beam also  offered her consideration of RFRA , which was followed by an editorial authored by the Jeffers...
Wednesday, April 01, 2015

This week's beer column: "Our bedfellows are becoming stranger with each passing legislative session."

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To be perfectly honest, given the juncture of RFRA and the NCAA Final Four, the prospect of an April Fool's Day spent in the state cap...

Amazingly, on RFRA, the farcical pharmacist Ron Grooms has voted against Indiana's best business and economic interests.

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When old white guys live in cultural bubbles, this is what happens. Hoosier business boosters battle boycott from 'religious freed...