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

[Aleeha Dudley]

Muslims are offended by dogs, as are some Hindu. So, to say that
religion will not affect you with your dog, is, quite frankly,
preposterous.

On 3/27/15, Marsha Drenth via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
> email: marsha.drenth at gmail.com
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> such, I may have used dictation and had made attempts to mitigate errors.
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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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