Indiana...Religious Freedom eh? *sigh*

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Poor guy.

I think we're going to get a Lumie-esque episode out of him soon.
 
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You know whats sad? Some state out there allowed Tad to practice law.
 
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Unidin_sl said:
sooooooo....who else is excited that the Big Ten Tournament may come back to Chicago?

Big Ten officials to discuss new Indiana religious objections law - ESPN
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Fuck. My. State. I've never loved it but at least we have had a growing tech community and the superbowl as well as many recent conventions, etc. has increased our presence to make us less then super shitty but now this single law is about to undo DECADES of fucking work.

Holy fucking stupid batman. I knew we were on the edge of backwardville but we didn't have to take a running swan dive into Full Retardom.


Edit: The company I work for drops several million a year into the Indiana economy from new hires to incoming clients training and more. They put them up in our most expensive hotels and pay thousands for crazy ass dinners. ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN CANCELED. They aren't even allowing any new hiring in Indiana!
 
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Fuck. My. State. I've never loved it but at least we have had a growing tech community and the superbowl as well as many recent conventions, etc. has increased our presence to make us less then super shitty but now this single law is about to undo DECADES of fucking work.

Holy fucking stupid batman. I knew we were on the edge of backwardville but we didn't have to take a running swan dive into Full Retardom.
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Blame it on the close proximity of the Creation Museum.

I do.
 
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Next time they'll just bake it and use lots of exlax in it. They won't get any gay referral business plus the befefit of laughing at them shit all day. Win/Win.
 
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hodj_sl said:
Not in for profit industry though.

Tax credits, shit like that, aren't available to for profit religiously motivated pursuits, such as Ken Ham's ark park boondoggle.

Ken Hams ark park gets tax breaks revoked for religious discrimination.

If you're doing a non profit venture that is religiously motivated, that is absolutely protected by the 1st amendment free religion/free association clauses.

If you're doing anything for a profit, and especially if you're receiving any amount of government funding or other incentives in the process, you most assuredly will not be allowed to discriminate against people.

Like Ken Ham can't run an Ark Park and not hire atheists and gays and shit to work there, if he wants to open and operate it, and if he wants to receive tax credits. The Equal Employment Opportunity laws, and the stipulations invested in the process of requesting government grants and tax incentives, etc. for building a business in a particular place, all prevent that behavior.

That's why the Boy Scouts can discriminate in who they employ, for instance, but McDonald's can't.
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Joel Osteen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

No profit there, not a single penny! Come on man, just because you dont show a "profit" on whatever tax forms you use doesnt mean there isnt money being made and people benefiting(often significantly in cases like pieces of shits like Osteen) hand over fist. Modern religion and our tax code is one of the biggest scams we have going on today.

Really this issue is just toxic, like so many others. Its championed by dumbass bigots who dislike people for quite possibly the dumbest fucking reason imaginable. In the end everyone loses because eventually the government is just gonna wind up with more authority by the rubberstamping courts to tell you what you can and cant do.
 
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Big Phoenix_sl said:
Joel Osteen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

No profit there, not a single penny! Come on man, just because you dont show a "profit" on whatever tax forms you use doesnt mean there isnt money being made and people benefiting(often significantly in cases like pieces of shits like Osteen) hand over fist. Modern religion and our tax code is one of the biggest scams we have going on today.

Really this issue is just toxic, like so many others. Its championed by dumbass bigots who dislike people for quite possibly the dumbest fucking reason imaginable. In the end everyone loses because eventually the government is just gonna wind up with more authority by the rubberstamping courts to tell you what you can and cant do.
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That's the joke, non profits just mean you have to pay all your executives after burning every penny on personal expenses disguised as business ones. Doesn't mean you can't act like Apple or Google, just that you can't keep stashing money away as liquid assets.
 
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I expect to see Joel Osteen sitting along side Kent Hovind one day, tbh.

Phoenix I don't disagree with you in broad strokes bro.
 
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Just caught up on the thread. Atheism is a religion guise!1!!

I hope Indiana gets fucking hammered for this idiocy. Like, how long are you fucking religious morons going to drag this out? YOU LOST. This issue has been settled. Stop trying to pass these stupid fucking laws, and move on with your life.
 
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Just caught up on the thread. Atheism is a religion guise!1!!

I hope Indiana gets fucking hammered for this idiocy. Like, how long are you fucking religious morons going to drag this out? YOU LOST. This issue has been settled. Stop trying to pass these stupid fucking laws, and move on with your life.
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This is basically the Maginot Line equivalent of religious defense.
 
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Sebudai_sl said:
Just caught up on the thread. Atheism is a religion guise!1!!

I hope Indiana gets fucking hammered for this idiocy. Like, how long are you fucking religious morons going to drag this out? YOU LOST. This issue has been settled. Stop trying to pass these stupid fucking laws, and move on with your life.
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Was kind of my thought too. I'd think he'd be hard pressed to stay in office when major corporations are taking their business out of Indiana.
 
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I'm going to start a religion that mandates the followes not wear shoes or shirts, then sue every business with a sign that says "No shirt, no shoes, no service" till I'm a billionaire.
 
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