Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy embarrasses himself with Indiana RFRA tantrum

[WestVirginiaRebel]

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The frenzied outpouring of disproportionate outrage from the left over Indiana’s state-level version of the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act can be best described as a tantrum.

 

A number of firms including Apple and Angie’s List Inc. have announced that they will respond to the legislation that critics insist is designed to discriminate against gays and lesbians by reviewing their commitments to do business in the state. A cornucopia of liberal groups are organizing a boycott of all things Hoosier. And, on Monday, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy revealed that he will prohibit all state-sponsored travel to this heretical member of the Union. He joins the mayor of Seattle, who also blocked city-funded travel to Indiana in protest over this perfectly banal law.

 

This reaction is nothing short of an embarrassment for the left and a repudiation of the values that the Democratic Party espoused as recently as the 1990s, when President Bill Clinton signed a national version of this act into law.

 

The hypocrisy exhibited by the left in this display of childish pique over Indiana’s RFRA bill is impossible to ignore.

 

“[W]hile Indiana is being criticized, the NCAA didn’t say it was concerned over how athletes and employees would be affected by Kentucky’s RFRA when games were played there last week, there aren’t any plans to boycott states like Illinois or Connecticut, and Miley Cyrus has yet to post a photo of President Clinton or any of the 19 other governors who have also signed RFRAs,” The Washington Post’s Hunter Schwarz wrote. “Indiana might be treated as if it’s the only state with a bill like this, but it’s not.”

 

“This law, like other RFRAs, merely requires that state laws meet a demanding, but hardly insurmountable, test before infringing upon the religious practice or conscience of religious believers,” observed The Washington Post’s Volokh Conspiracy blogger Jonathan Adler. “If the law imposes a substantial burden on religious belief, the law must yield unless the law serves a compelling state interest and is the least burdensome way to advance that interest.”

 

Malloy’s absurd response to the Indiana law is, no doubt, an effort to distract his liberal constituents from the fact that Connecticut’s RFRA law – yes, they have one, too – goes farther than the act signed last week by Gov. Mike Pence.

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The freakout continues...

[Chickadee]

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Malloy’s absurd response to the Indiana law is, no doubt, an effort to distract his liberal constituents from the fact that Connecticut’s RFRA law – yes, they have one, too – goes farther than the act signed last week by Gov. Mike Pence.

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The freakout continues...

 

Amazingly idiotic.

[Cyber_Liberty]

We know it's idiotic. The Dems know it's idiotic. But, they're not playing these games for them or for us, they're playing to the idiotic LIVs, and if Pence doesn't stand his ground as he did yesterday, then they'll win the point. I saw an article earlier where the GOP in the IN House are thinking of passing softer language, thus conceding the point and losing the war. Just as Governor Brewer did here in AZ. Just threw the ball into the sidelines because she believed the press.

 

Our new Governor isn't any better, it seems. He won by standing against Common Core, then promptly stacked the State School Board with CC supporters.

[Chickadee]

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March 30th - Hillary Clinton: “Sad this new Indiana law can happen in America today.” Granny’s too senile to remember hubby signing the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act.” “Articulate” Miley Cyrus tweeted that Gov. Mike Pence is an “a**hole.” Broadway’s Audra McDonald suggests, “MAYBE...we need to stick to singing in states that don't legislate hate?” Star Trek’s George Takei wants a boycott. And Charles Barkley says the NCAA should pull the Final Four out of Indianapolis. So below are 19 more states (with religious freedom laws) where Audra won’t sing, that George wants boycotted and where “Sir” Charles demands the banning of sporting events. These are: AL, AZ, CT, FL, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, NM, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX & VA. 12 other states are considering a similar law. Iowahawk has the tweet of the day: “Don't let a nuclear-armed Iran distract us from America's #1 threat - Indiana bakeries” Exactly … O’s bending over backwards to appease an Iranian regime that hangs gays in public and throws them off rooftops. It’s lib hypocrisy that should be boycotted. P