Thursday, March 31, 2016

What A Tangled Web

The problem when you spin a web is you never know who you will catch!
Marcus Bachmann Denied Service in Indiana, Store Owner Assumed He Was Gay
National Report

INDIANAPOLIS – Marcus Bachmann, husband of former Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, unwittingly became the first public face of Indiana’s newly-enacted Religious Freedom Restoration Act, after being refused service at a dress boutique because the store owner assumed he was gay.

The Bachmanns were visiting the state capitol on Thursday to lend their support to embattled Gov. Mike Pence when the incident occurred. Dorothy Holtz, owner of Dotty’s Dress Den described what happened.
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Marcus reacted with shock when he realized he had fallen victim to the very measure he had come to Indiana to support. “I was gobsmacked! I never realized a law meant to protect individuals’ religious freedoms would be twisted in such a way as to discriminate! Clearly, people are mis-applying this well-intentioned law.” 
The story is more than a year old but it popped up on a Facebook news feed and it was too good to pass up in the light of North Carolina’s law.

When you pass these stupid laws you never know who will get stuck in the sticky trap.



This afternoon I head over to the UConn School of Social Work to be on a panel. Then at night I have Google Hangout meeting for the conference committee.

Busy, busy, busy!

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