Anti-LGBTQ demagogue Dana Loesch defense another state's horrible anti-LGBTQ "religious freedom" (aka license to discriminate) law, and this time, it's Indiana's idiotic SB101 that was recently signed into law by Indiana Governor and potential 2016 GOP Presidential candidate Mike Pence.
Just a side note: Indianapolis is where KFTK and WIBC's corporate owner Emmis Communications is based at, and The Dana Show aired on those two stations prior to going nationally syndicated with Radio America in 2014.
She has attacked Angie's List, Wilco, and others who dared to boycott Indiana over the passage of SB101.
Yes, democrats passed RFRA before anyone else. Many other states have already passed it. Chew on that. #BoycottIndiana
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 27, 2015
Are we sure #BoycottIndiana aren't just reacting very, very late to Dem's passing and Clinton's signing of RFRA in the 90s?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 27, 2015
Angie's List:
Thanks for explaining that you believe Christians should forfeit rights once entering the workplace, @AngiesList .
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 28, 2015
Wilco:
Hypocrites: @wilco playing show in Missouri May 4. Missouri also has RFRA, passed 2003. Going to cancel?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 31, 2015
Be against RFRA all you want, just don't be an inconsistent stooge. Boycott all or none.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 31, 2015
Last night on TheBlazeTV's Dana, Loesch and her panel slammed and mocked celebrities' tweets opposing Indiana SB101 and Pence.
From the 03.30.2015 edition TheBlazeTV's Dana:
More proof that Loesch is lying through her teeth about the RFRA's impacts.
Judd Legum at Think Progress LGBT on the truth about the difference between Indiana's RFRA law and the other 19 states and federal's version:
The Indiana law differs substantially from the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, signed by President Clinton in 1993, and all other state RFRAs.
There are several important differences in the Indiana bill but the most striking is Section 9. Under that section, a “person” (which under the law includes not only an individual but also any organization, partnership, LLC, corporation, company, firm, church, religious society, or other entity) whose “exercise of religion has been substantially burdened, or is likely to be substantially burdened” can use the law as “a claim or defense… regardless of whether the state or any other governmental entity is a party to the proceeding.”
Every other Religious Freedom Restoration Act applies to disputes between a person or entity and a government. Indiana’s is the only law that explicitly applies to disputes between private citizens.* This means it could be used as a cudgel by corporations to justify discrimination against individuals that might otherwise be protected under law. Indiana trial lawyer Matt Anderson, discussing this difference, writes that the Indiana law is “more broadly written than its federal and state predecessors” and opens up “the path of least resistance among its species to have a court adjudicate it in a manner that could ultimately be used to discriminate…”CREDIT: DYLAN PETROHILOS/THINKPROGRESS
This is not a trivial distinction. Arizona enacted an RFRA that applied to actions involving the government in 2012. When the state legislature tried to expand it to purely private disputes in 2014, nationwide protests erupted and Jan Brewer, Arizona’s Republican governor, vetoed the measure.
Senator (and soon-to-be likely Senate Majority/Minority Leader when Harry Reid retires at the end of the 114th Congress) Chuck Schumer (D) on the difference between Indiana and the other RFRAs:
In the uproar over the recently passed Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), defenders of the bill like...
Posted by Senator Chuck Schumer on Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Remember that the Indiana RFRA is VASTLY DIFFERENT than the other 19 states that have such laws and the federal one.
Here's what you can show your friends who say Indiana's law is just like 19 other states http://t.co/83ElNW2xeY pic.twitter.com/jbAbZ9j197
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) March 31, 2015
Don't believe the conservative @FoxNews hype. #Indiana's #RFRA is not the same as Fed. #LGBT http://t.co/gG1ZXyxkrk pic.twitter.com/d6xa5SUCG0
— Memeographs (@memeographs) March 31, 2015
The religious right is spreading lies about #RFRAs. We thought this might be helpful -- pls RT! #HateOutbreak pic.twitter.com/52uWIQCnps
— GetEQUAL (@GetEQUAL) March 29, 2015
Stop using religion to justify your discrimination. #BoycottIndiana pic.twitter.com/NKb653NFxw
— CADOF (@CADOF1) March 27, 2015
Indiana #RFRA is vastly different from the federal law and from every other state “religious freedom” law. Pence is lying, plain & simple.
— David Badash (@davidbadash) March 29, 2015
It's not just Indiana that's proposing and/or passing RFRA bills in the vein of the now-vetoed Arizona SB1062 and recently passed and signed into law Indiana SB101: Georgia, North Carolina, and Arkansas-- to name a few, are considering such bills.
More on Loesch's attacks on LGBTQ rights:
- At #CPAC2015, Loesch heinously says "gays could be stoned in the streets" if anti-LGBTQ bigotry isn't allowed
- On The Kelly File, Phony "Christian" Dana Loesch falsely smears Jessica Ehrlich as an "anti-Christian Bigot"
- On KFTK/Radio America's The Dana Show, Loesch trashed recently drafted Michael Sam and LGBTQ rights supporters
- Fake "Christian" Homophobic Extremist Dana Loesch defends odiously anti-LGBTQ Arizona SB1062
- With A&E reinstating Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson, Phony "Christian" Loesch bashes the LGBTQ community (again)
- Rabid homophobe Dana Loesch defends Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson's disgusting comments
- On FNC's Hannity, Loesch attacks California's transgender-friendly schools law [UPDATED]
- Anti-LGBTQ sourpuss Dana Loesch smears STL City Alderman Shane Cohn over LGBT Pride light displays
- Dana Loesch lies about DOMA, falsely declares it to be the "Democrats' baby" [UPDATED]
- Dana Busted: Loesch makes more anti-marriage equality talking points and distorts the truth (as usual)
- Dana Loesch falsely accuses "the left" of bullying in order to support BSA's discriminatory policies
- Mrs. Mamalogues falsely claims "religion is under attack", still lying about FRC's ties to Uganda's "Kill The Gays" Bill
- Chick-Fil-A shill Dana Loesch falsely declares they didn't support Uganda's "Kill The Gays" Bill
- CNN’s Dana Loesch Tells Christian Chick-Fil-A Boycotter And Supporter Of Gay Marriage ‘You Hate Christ’ | Back2Stonewall
- Dana Loesch: "Transgender-inclusive bathrooms are a safety issue because men are stronger than women"
- On yesterday's edition of The Dana Show, homophobe Loesch trashes Dan Savage
- Homophobic moron Dana Loesch: "The Left uses Gays as a political pawn"
- Keith Olbermann names Dana Loesch as WPTIW on Current TV's Countdown
- St Louis's leading liar misleadingly claims that the "crowd didn't boo the gay soldier"
- Dana Loesch, fresh off of comparing Gay Marriage to Bestiality, goes on AC360
- Loesch defends DADT's retainment on Joy Behar and was on AC360 last night
