[nagdu] Guide dog users, get ready for it...

[Marsha Drenth]

Friendly reminder to all, unless this news article pertains to guide dogs, then the article does not belong on the list. there will be no discussion about religion, unless it pertains to our guide dogs. Let's stay on topic, okay?
thank you, 

Marsha drenth, NAGDU List Moderator  
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> On Mar 27, 2015, at 11:21 AM, S L Johnson via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>    Hello:
> 
> I live in Indiana and I am not worried.  This law was to protect business 
> owners from having to serve customers or do anything that goes against their 
> religious beliefs.  For example, a bakery not wanting to bake cakes for a 
> same-sex marriage.  In this     country we should still be able to exercise 
> our religious freedom.  My access with a guide dog isn't going to offend 
> anyone's religious beliefs.  If it does, then I'll deal with it.
> 
> Sandra and Eva
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Buddy Brannan via nagdu
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 7:19 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] Guide dog users, get ready for it...
> 
> At least if you live in Indiana. While this doesn't address us in specific, 
> be ready for denial of service on religious grounds. Yes, it's probable that 
> a challenge to our rights wouldn't stand up (federal law probably wins), but 
> that doesn't mean it *couldn't* happen.
> 
> ...And then they came for me.
> 
> http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/indiana-gov-mike-pence-signs-gay-discrimination-bill
> 
> Indiana Just Made It Easier to Discriminate Against Gay Peopleâ?"And Just 
> About Anyone Else
> 
> 
> Over loud objections from Indiana business leaders, GOP Gov. Mike Pence 
> signed a bill into law Thursday that protects business owners who refuse 
> service to gay and lesbian customers on religious grounds. Organizers of 
> mass events in Indianapolis, including the NCAA's Final Four, immediately 
> decried the law as discriminatory, and suggested that the bill might cause 
> the state to lose out on future business.
> 
> The law allows Indianans who are sued for discrimination to cite their 
> religious beliefs as a defense. It applies to a broad range of situations. 
> An employer who refused to hire Jewish employees could cite his religious 
> beliefs as a defense against discrimination lawsuits. So could a landlord 
> who refused to rent to Muslims, or a business that refused to serve 
> atheists.
> 
> At a news conference that followed the private signing, Pence explaining he 
> signed the bill "because I support the freedom of religion for every Hoosier 
> of every faithâ?¦Today, many people of faith feel their religious liberty is 
> under attack by government action." He cited the University of Notre Dame's 
> fight to prevent its employees from accessing birth control as an example.
> 
> Pence may have signed the bill as a way to better position himself for a run 
> in the 2016 GOP presidential primaries. Last year, facing opposition from 
> Democrats and state business leaders, and intense media scrutiny, Pence and 
> conservative Republicans abandoned a bill that would have banned same-sex 
> marriage in Indiana. But the bill Pence signed Thursday drew much less 
> organized opposition and press.
> 
> Pence disputed the idea that this latest bill allowed discrimination. "If I 
> thought it legalized discrimination in any way in Indiana, I would have 
> vetoed it," he said.
> 
> Lawmakers have introduced billspermitting businesses to discriminate against 
> LGBT individuals in almost two dozen states this year. They are part of a 
> wave of anti-LGBT bills that has crested as the Supreme Court prepares to 
> rule on whether same-sex marriage should be legal throughout the county. The 
> decision will likely come down in June.
> 
> After Pence signed the bill, Jason Collins, the first openly gay NBA player 
> before he retired last year, sounded off on Twitter:
> 
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: 814-860-3194
> Mobile: 814-431-0962
> Email: buddy at brannan.name
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