Divisiveness problem is with public officials

The article by Mr. Blickman—while certainly appropriate—ignores where much of the “divisiveness” truly lies [Blickman: Take action against divisiveness, Sept. 4]. We live in a state where the governor, now vice president, along with a pack from the state legislature sneaked a bill under the nose of the public that made it legal to discriminate against the LBGTQ community. With a quick side step, the Legislature covered their butts by adding amendments that negated the discriminatory effect of the bill. Now the Indiana Family Institute, Indiana Family Action and American Family Association of Indiana is attempting to get the Legislature to drop the amendments so it can go back to its discriminatory intent.

Indiana is home to 26 active hate groups out of 917 nationwide, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. That gives Indiana 3.9 groups per million, or 10th highest in the nation.

The secretary of state is currently under the public microscope for closing two of the three early-voting locations in Marion County, which has the highest percentage of African Americans in the state. But according to the secretary, it will not have any effect. Right!

Perhaps instead of worrying so much about our employees, emphasis should be placed on our elected officials and bureaucrats, the corporate boards and executives of corporations and religious institutions that invoke the name of God in defending their belief that to discriminate against those that are different in color, beliefs, sexual orientation, etc., is somehow doing his bidding.

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Steven Goss