Curt Smith: Conservatives are real winners of RFRA battle

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4 thoughts on “Curt Smith: Conservatives are real winners of RFRA battle

  1. “There was not a single instance anywhere of a credible allegation of religiously motivated discrimination before or after RFRA passed 60 months ago.” Hey Curt, how dumb do you think people are? The reason for “no such developments. None. Zero. Zip. Nada.” is precisely because the fix makes it illegal to discriminate against LGBT people by citing RFRA. And yet your “Family” group is pushing legislation to drop the fix. You continue your streak of ignorant and ugly bigotry.

  2. “Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.”
    – 1 Samuel 2:3

    With everything going on in the world, let’s give bandwidth to Curt to gloat over factless information. Did anyone hear of Roncolli?

    The fact of the matter is that there were no winners. many, and I would argue the major majority of Hoosiers were against RFRA – not just outside voices. We lost talent, it hurt our economy – and continues to. We get passed up for big opportunities and are still the butt of jokes worldwide.

    I would love to hear what the Indiana Family Institue is doing to help lift up the state and economy during the covid outbreak, outside of sharing Indystar articles on what other organizations are doing on social media.

    If RFRA is a non-issue to Curt, then why sue the “fix”? Why spend time lobbying against the amendment?

    Curt’s organization is a poor example of Christianity and look forward to the day that we can truly recover from the massive damage this man has done to our state.

  3. Wow. Ok, IBJ…were you (IBJ) intentional with posting this ludicrous assessment of the most embarrassing events in our state’s history? Did an editor actually read this content prior to authorizing? Is his organization a massive financial backer? Will his next topic to be addressed as a success for conservatives be Pence’s delayed response to needle exchange which prompted an HIV outbreak? This article reads like Hoosier Hospitality is based upon tolerance and passive aggression, which is what the Midwest is known for. Ugh. Step it up.

  4. The Indianapolis Star is hardly liberal media, but that said;The Lighthouse Christian Academy in Bloomington deny LGBTQ plus families despite receiving public tax dollars through vouchers. Now that is two rebuttals to your notion.

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