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City Commissioner Stampp Corbin, and Hillcrest business owner Brett Serwalt, added their voices to the national conversation concerning Indiana’s controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Corbin suggested that the law is the beginning of an assault on LGBT rights in anticipation of a Supreme Court ruling this summer that is expected to make same-sex marriage legal throughout the United States. Serwalt said that businesses who want to discriminate should have to post a sign listing who they will not serve.
The criticism of and economic impact to Indiana continues to mount. Overnight, openly gay Apple CEO Tim Cook penned an opinion editorial blasting RFRA in the Washington Post. Cook wrote “These bills rationalize injustice by pretending to defend something many of us hold dear. They go against the very principles our nation was founded on, and they have the potential to undo decades of progress toward greater equality … The days of segregation and discrimination marked by ‘Whites Only’ signs on shop doors, water fountains and restrooms must remain deep in our past.”
Several companies have expressed concern with the law including Yahoo and Angie’s List, which has put $40 million expansion plans on hold within Indiana. The NCAA has also expressed concern about how the controversy may affect Final Four tournament games scheduled in Indiana this weekend and future events held in the state.
This morning, two Indiana state senators held a press conference to deny that discrimination was the act’s intent, and to the extent that may have been an unintended consequence, the senators said they will move swiftly to rectify the issue.
