“What are we going to do to protect people in our town?” This was a question I asked myself about a year ago when it was clear to me that my state, or at least our state politicians, didn’t care about me or my family.
The Indiana House Judiciary Committee will consider a bill today that seeks to allow private businesses, individuals and organizations to discriminate against anyone in Indiana on religious grounds.
Sandler, a plaintiff in Lambda Legal's Indiana marriage case, is scheduled to testify today before the Indiana House Judiciary Committee at a hearing on SB101. This bill would allow private businesses, individuals and organizations to discriminate against anyone in Indiana on religious grounds.
Surrounded by family, my wife, Niki, passed away as her loved ones — across our religious backgrounds — listened to and chanted the words of a traditional Jewish passage.
Today, the Indiana Senate, with a vote of 40-10, passed a bill designed to allow private businesses, individuals and organizations to discriminate against anyone in Indiana on religious grounds.
It’s only Thursday and already so much has happened since Monday, when the Supreme Court announced that it would not take up cases from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin that struck down state bans on marriage for same-sex couples — making it possible for same-sex couples to begin marrying in those five states.