The Department of Justice should immediately arrest Governor Malloy for illicit Interstate Trade and Commerce violations.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 4:31 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > WASHINGTON -- Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy (D) will sign an executive order > on Monday barring state-funded travel to Indiana because of the state's new > law that could allow businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers for > religious reasons. > > Malloy's move would make Connecticut the first state to boycott Indiana > over its Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which Gov. Mike Pence (R) quietly > signed > <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/26/indiana-governor-mike-pence-anti-gay-bill_n_6947472.html> > into > law last week. The law allows businesses in the state to cite religious > beliefs as a legal defense. Opponents fear it offers legal protection for > businesses to refuse service to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender > people. > > A Pence spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. > > Two cities, San Francisco > <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/27/san-francisco-indiana-boycott_n_6957136.html> > and Seattle > <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/seattle-mayor-prohibits-city-employees-traveling-indiana/story?id=29979438>, > have imposed similar bans in response to the law. Businesses have also > retaliated. Angie's List is pulling a campus expansion project > <http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/03/28/719862/10126773/en/Angie-s-List-Withdraws-Campus-Expansion-Proposal-Due-to-Passage-of-Religious-Freedom-Bill.html> > in > Indianapolis, and the CEO of Salesforce, a $4 billion software corporation, > announced plans to "dramatically reduce our investment" > <http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/_4_billion_s_p_500_corporation_to_indiana_we_re_out_of_here> > in > the state because of the law. > > Twenty states have RFRA laws, but Indiana's law is substantially different > <http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/03/30/3640374/big-lie-media-tells-indianas-new-religious-freedom-law/>. > While other state RFRAs apply to disputes between a person and a > government, Indiana's law goes further and applies to disputes between > private citizens. That means, for example, a business owner could use the > law to justify discrimination against customers who might otherwise be > protected under law. > > Indiana's law also differs from the federal RFRA, which President Bill > Clinton signed into law in 1993, for the same reason. > > Last month, 30 law professors with expertise in religious freedom > <http://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/gender-sexuality/law_professors_letter_on_indiana_rfra.pdf> > explained > why the Indiana law could lead to "confusion and conflict." > > The Indiana law could result in "employers, landlords, small business > owners, or corporations, taking the law into their own hands and acting in > ways that violate generally applicable laws on the grounds that they have a > religious justification for doing so," reads their letter. "Members of the > public will then be asked to bear the cost of their employer's, their > landlord's, their local shopkeeper's, or a police officer's private > religious beliefs." > > That's in sharp contrast to states like Connecticut, which has an RFRA but > one that pertains only to religious institutions, not private > establishments. And unlike some other states, Connecticut also doesn't > permit discrimination based on sexual orientation in any private > establishment or institution. > > *UPDATE:* Malloy signed the executive order Monday afternoon. > > Before signing the order, he called the Indiana law "disturbing and > outright discriminatory," and said the National Collegiate Athletic > Association should relocate its Final Four tournament from Indiana to > another state. Those games are set to begin later this week. > > "I think that would be a wise choice for them to do if that's possible," > said Malloy. "I'll leave it up to them to make those decisions." > > The NCAA president Mark Emmert has said he is "surprised and > disappointed" > <http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/12587768/ncaa-president-mark-emmert-keeping-close-eye-indiana-legislators-new-law-allow-businesses-discriminate-gays-lesbians>by > Indiana's law, and that he is waiting for some kind of clarification to the > law, or an outright repeal, before deciding whether to keep holding > sporting events in the state. > > Malloy said his executive order allows for any of the state's current > contractual obligations with Indiana to play out, but said he doesn't plan > to enter into any new ones. > > "Somebody's got to stand up to this kind of bigotry and I'm prepared to do > it," he said. > > *This post has been updated with more information on state and federal > RFRA laws.* > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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