WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopefuls are lining up in defense of Indiana’s controversial “religious freedom” law, which critics warn will open the door to legal discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals by businesses in the state.
“I think Gov. [Mike] Pence has done the right thing,” former Florida governor and likely 2016 contender Jeb Bush said in a Monday interview. “I think once the facts are established, people aren’t going to see this as discriminatory at all.”
As a reason why such laws are necessary, Bush pointed to the case of a Washington state florist who was fined for refusing to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding.
“There are many cases where people acting on their conscience have been cascaded by the government,” Bush told radio host Hugh Hewitt. “This law simply says the government has to have a level of burden to be able to establish there has been some kind of discrimination. We’re going to need this. This is really an important value in our country, where you can respect and be tolerant of people’s lifestyles but allow for people of faith to exercise theirs.”
Religion teaches you to be tolerant of all. Substantial burden is just what GOD ordered. You cant use religious beliefs as a club benefit for defense of bad behavior. it would kill Christianity and cause substantial burden on those who sheperd the lonely, because they would have to overcome the additional poor attitudes, from bad experiences that come with this law. It would also be tantamount to establishing christianity into our system which is against the separation of church and state clause. all men are treated equally no matter their faith, in the american system. And if they are not, then they have religion to help them through it. But the system protects the individual from demonstrable harm, not "substantial burden". There may be a burden, but that is why people are religious, to help them with substantial burden.
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