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• My gay son thanks you for showing compassion, and speaking out against discrimination.

• Jesus loved people, but he never condoned, excused, minimized or accepted their sin. If sin didn’t matter or if sin did not exist, his sacrificial death was unnecessary. We should love the homosexual, but we don’t have to accept homosexuality (or adultery or murder or cheating or stealing or …). Should we avoid the homosexual baker and take our business elsewhere? What would Jesus do? Sometimes it is hard to figure out.

• Interesting article and comments. I spent the first 51 years of my life in Indiana, and now go back only occasionally. Still have many friends and family there. I may be terribly wrong, but methinks the legal action in Indiana is producing a tempest in a teapot. I don’t think anything will change either way, neither negatively nor positively. Immediate talk about losing convention business, etc., is just that–talk, and people are just not thinking things through. I still have trouble understanding why anybody thinks this is about discrimination. I don’t see it, at least not yet. I now live in an extremely diverse city. I have lost count of the many ethnic groups and racial groups represented, and I always go out of my way to respect and honor people just for being people. Well, we’ll see what happens in the near future…..

• very distorted article.I would encourage everyone to go read the bill and see what it actually says ,rather than listen to someones slanted spin on it.The only “fear” is coming from the gay and lesbian community.It’s not about discrimination,but about right and wrong.I’m not a big fan of Bill Clinton,but his signing of the federal Religious Restoration Act in 1993 which this bill is modeled after was a good thing.

• So I’ve been living in Indiana for a few years now because I go to college here. I lived in Texas my whole life and I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt, as a member of the LGBT, and a “hyper grace” Christian, that living in Texas is much worse in certain parts, than Indiana, and Texas isn’t that bad. Indiana, at least the younger people, are pretty moderate in terms of politics, or they just don’t care. I couldn’t find it online but the school newspaper got quotes from authors of the bills and they said their intent was to protect the church and other religious institutions that have hospitals from being forced to do abortions. I believe it because of my own personal experiences. Another article said from the same source (Purdue Exponent) said that the bill is based on the Religious Restoration Act from 1993, and that lawmakers are trying to either repeal the law, or those who are for the law are trying to actually amend it to protect the LGBT community. Really the issue is sensationalized because it is a political window of opportunity into American politics.

  Honestly, I grew up in the guilt ridden, hellfire preaching, “you’re a dirty sinner” bible belt. I grew up surrounded by full blown Calvinists, legalistic 2nd Baptists, and very devoted, and moderate muslim immigrants (really, nice people actually). And I was one of these people, and almost every one, discriminates against LGBT for one of 3 reasons.
  1) They are ignorant, truly. Forgive them, they don’t know what they do.
  2) They are scared of an angry hell loving God, and rather hedge their bets on that one. They don’t want to take the risk of making this God angry.
  3) They are guilty on account of the sins of their fathers, I won’t say more than that bc it’s complicated. Let’s just sat white guilt took a really nasty turn.

  It’s a complicated issue, and I am just one person, with limited experience, but I say love is always the answer. I would know, that’s what convinced me, I was a legalist and an ascetic.

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