Like other states, Indiana has now passed a so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
This can be interpreted as a discriminatory measure to deny "access" to gay individuals, for reason of religious beliefs. The op-ed in the Wall Street Journal dated March 31, 2015 ("The New Intolerance") is particularly regrettable, coming from such a sophisticated (conservative) source. In this battle of wills which is so "dated", the argument in favor of the measure (which is ambiguous, by the way, and hence debatable) belies a hidden premise which suggests that being gay is a "choice" and not a "given". It is time for this antiquated assertion to go away.
Already the dispute figures high in this early pre-electoral mood. Every American presidential election is supposed to bring the best and the brightest to the forefront. Some less enlightened seem nevertheless always to be able to elbow their way into the ranks and wave the flag of ridicule. The Indiana bigoted governor is already a political red flag. He could be comical, if he were not that nefarious. He is now looking into ways to amend the non-amendable. Good luck!
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