Post by Logan on Jan 27, 2016 20:30:46 GMT -6
An Indiana Senate committee on Wednesday shut down SB 66, a proposed bill that would have repealed last year’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act and permitted greater allowances for anti-LGBT discrimination all in the name of so-called “religious freedom.”
IndyStar reports:
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IndyStar reports:
Scores of opponents and supporters had shown up at the 9 a.m. hearing to testify on Senate Bill 66, which would have increased protections for religious freedom, freedom of speech, freedom to assemble and the right to bear arms.
“These rights belong to each and every one of us,” the proposal’s author, Sen. Mike Young, R-Indianapolis, said, “and I’m trying to protect every one of those rights for everyone in this room.”
But after allowing Young to explain the bill, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Brent Steele, R-Bedford, declined to hear testimony, discuss or vote on the bill because he said it had been “mischaracterized.”
“Sen. Young’s logic is correct, and his legal analysis is correct, and I believe his motive is laudable,” Steele said. “The timing is incorrect. Probably next year would be a chance to have a legal discussion on this, on protecting our constitutional rights.”
“These rights belong to each and every one of us,” the proposal’s author, Sen. Mike Young, R-Indianapolis, said, “and I’m trying to protect every one of those rights for everyone in this room.”
But after allowing Young to explain the bill, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Brent Steele, R-Bedford, declined to hear testimony, discuss or vote on the bill because he said it had been “mischaracterized.”
“Sen. Young’s logic is correct, and his legal analysis is correct, and I believe his motive is laudable,” Steele said. “The timing is incorrect. Probably next year would be a chance to have a legal discussion on this, on protecting our constitutional rights.”
Read more: www.towleroad.com/2016/01/300617/