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

[Applebutter Hill]

Buddy, Thanks for posting. FYI, I was able to use the Facebook share link,
but the Twitter link resulted in a page-not-found link, so I had to do that
one manually.
Donna & Hunter

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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 People-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 faith.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:

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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: 814-860-3194
Mobile: 814-431-0962
Email: buddy at brannan.name





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