Despite the “fix”
passed to ensure the RFRA cannot be used to discriminate, Hoosiers
still do not enjoy statewide LGBT protections. In other words, outside
of the few municipalities with local protections, anti-LGBT
discrimination is still legal throughout most of the state. This week,
lawmakers made several attempts to begin the process of creating those
protections, but Republican leadership quashed them, claiming there wasn’t enough time to tackle such a policy change.
One amendment to an unrelated House bill was defeated 66-24 because
it wasn’t closely related enough to the original bill. Another proposal
in the Senate simply would have created of a special committee to study
the issue, but Republicans shot it down on a 40-10 party line vote,
claiming it could have been better worded. With the legislative session
winding down, there likely will not be another opportunity for
nondiscrimination protections to come up. In other words, despite weeks
of claiming that they don’t support discrimination, Indiana’s Republican
leadership just rejected all attempts to protect against it.
Here's What Happened In Indiana As Soon As The Media Stopped Paying Attention | ThinkProgress
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