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“[B]igots cannot wait to play the victim. Don’t give them legitimate cause. Just as with the people sending glitter bombs to anti-choicers. Yes, it’s funny watching a bunch of people who would literally force you to give birth against your will whine because they have glitter in the carpet. But these folks are dying for any angle they can get …

The donation page for Indiana’s Memories Pizza has neared $500K after being set up by Glenn Beck’s BlazeTV following reports that the restaurant had closed temporarily in the wake of death threats against its owners. Via Market Watch: The initial goal of the Gofundme campaign was to raise $25,000, and the campaign was announced when [Blaze reporter Lawrence] O’Connor appeared …

“You may be wondering why legislators, who just last week overwhelmingly voted to protect religious liberty, would now introduce a new law that would use the government as a weapon against people who simply follow their beliefs on marriage. It isn’t because the American people are clamoring for it. In fact, a new Rasmussen survey released just yesterday finds that …

It’s almost midnight in Georgia on the last day of the legislative session and legislators are still banging away at bills about craft beer and jet fuel. But the RFRA bill is dead. Via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia’s bid for a “religious liberty” measure has been on life support for days, but leaders pulled the plug on the legislation with …

All those wingnut calls for a veto went unheeded, but as with Arkansas, this is a meager “win” for our side as there are still no real statewide LGBT protections in Indiana. On the upside, local ordinances such the robust protections in Indianapolis remain intact.

“Coca-Cola does not support any legislation that discriminates, in our home state of Georgia or anywhere else. Coca-Cola values and celebrates diversity. We believe policies that would allow a business to refuse service to an individual based upon discrimination of any kind, does not only violate our Company’s core values, but would also negatively affect our consumers, customers, suppliers, bottling …

CNN reports: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a religious freedom measure into law on Thursday after state lawmakers overhauled their proposal so that it mirrors the federal law. In the wake of intense backlash against a similar law in Indiana, first-term Republican governor had rejected the first version Arkansas lawmakers had sent to his desk, instead asking for two tweaks …

From the Indianapolis Star: The Indiana House voted 66-30 to alter the divisive “religious freedom” law to remove fears that it would allow businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians. The Indiana Senate voted 34-16 to OK changes to the “religious freedom” law. The measure now goes to Gov. Mike Pence, who has yet to say whether he’ll sign the …

Tammy Bruce is super-concerned about a pizza joint, but she regularly appears at CPAC alongside the advocates of the criminalization of homosexuality and the gay death penalty.

While FRC vice president JP Duffy and other crackpots rend their garments, our side is pointing out that Indiana’s RFRA fix isn’t nearly good enough. Via Think Progress: LGBT people in Indiana gain no new rights from the fix: In the wake of the backlash against the original Indiana RFRA law, many LGBT rights groups hope that the state would …

“Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. Like Captain Picard, the Governor of Indiana, Mike Pence, has attempted to reason with Borg and learned that there is no compromise with the Collective. ‘Resistance is futile’ said Borg drone Tim Cook, the formerly human representative of the now-Collectivist entity Apple Computers. The refrain was echoed by a chorus of other drones, …

Via the Indianapolis Star: Indiana Republicans said Thursday morning that they are presenting an addition to the controversial RFRA legislation that will make it clear no one will “be able to discriminate against anyone at any time.” Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, and House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis said at a press conference at the Statehouse that …

Ted Cruz is campaigning in Iowa where yesterday he denounced the corporate reaction to RFRA laws in Indiana and Arkansas. Via the Des Moines Register: “Religious liberty is not some fringe view,” Cruz, currently the only declared candidate for president, said to about 300 people in Sioux City, the first stop on a two-day tour. “Sadly, a whole lot of …

“The debate about gay marriage is really a debate about how the government bestows benefits and whether they should be bestowed equally. I believe they should. I also believe that people of religious conviction know that marriage is a religious institution with a spiritual foundation because only a man and a woman can create life, which is a gift that …

Posted yesterday to Target’s corporate blog: In recent days, we’ve heard from you, our guests. You’ve asked us for Target’s thoughts about what it means to have an inclusive culture. You’ve asked us if, given the current conversations taking place across our country, we were taking a stand. And while most of those have been one-on-one conversations as you have …