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Indiana lawmakers suggest deal close on clarifying religious freedom law
Indiana’s Republican legislative leaders moved toward a possible agreement Wednesday on how to clarify the state’s new religious-objections law in hopes of quashing concerns that it could allow discrimination against gays and lesbians.
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GOP’s Ted Cruz calls religious liberty a defining issue
The Republican presidential candidate told an audience in Sioux City, Iowa, on Wednesday that a new Indiana law is awakening like-minded voters of various political stripes.
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Why businesses are speaking out against ‘religious freedom’ laws
A bevy of big-name businesses including Apple, Walmart, Gap and Levi Strauss are publicly speaking out against religious-objections legislation in states such as Indiana and Arkansas. But why?
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Arkansas governor’s son thrust into national spotlight over religious freedom bill
Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson opening opening a new conference by saying the issue has become so divisive that his own son, Seth, was among those who signed a petition asking him to veto the bill.
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Indiana family wants you to know their Christian pizzeria won’t cater a same-sex wedding
An Indiana woman whose family owns a small-town pizzeria says the state’s new “religious freedom” law supports the restaurant’s right to deny service to any same-sex couples who might ask them to cater their wedding.
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Backlash intensifies as businesses, performers, states boycott Indiana over religious freedom law
Businesses and organizations continued their boycotts by canceling events and barring travel to Indiana over a religious objections law that critics say would allow discrimination against gays and lesbians.
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Arkansas governor wants religious freedom bill recalled, won’t sign in present form
Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson announced Wednesday he will not sign a controversial religious freedom bill in its present form, and has asked the legislature to recall and revise the bill.
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Ohio leaders aim to capitalize on criticism of Indiana religious freedom law
Officials in Ohio are aiming to capitalize on backlash against a religious-objections law in neighboring Indiana that critics say could permit discrimination against gays and lesbians.
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There was a time when religious freedom laws weren’t designed to defend anti-gay discrimination
Religious freedom laws have rarely been used to defend discrimination against gays, but history may not be prologue in these cases, since gays have only recently won widespread legalization of same-sex marriage.
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Walmart urges Arkansas governor to veto anti-gay religious freedom bill
Retail giant Walmart says Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson should veto a religious-objection bill that critics say would open the door to widespread discrimination against gays and lesbians.