19 states that have ‘religious freedom’ laws like Indiana’s that no one is boycotting

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41. Supremely dishonest article and OP

I'll put this simply without big block quotes of the relevant laws. Many of these states have TWO relevant provisions, as follows:

RELEVANT PROVISION 1: You cannot discriminate against a wide variety of classes of person, in business or for accommodations, etc. Among those classes are LGBT persons. The state has a compelling interest in prohibiting such discrimination.

RELEVANT PROVISION 2: For any matter where the state DOES NOT have or CANNOT show a compelling interest, the state cannot require you to act against your religious beliefs.

The two provisions work together, the first limiting the second, and the second covering any ground not covered by the first. Here's the thing: INDIANA ONLY HAS THE SECOND (some of but not all of the other states, too).

So, what is so dishonest about the article and the OP? It points at the second provision and says "A ha! They all have Relevant Provision 2!!!" Why the hate? Of course, leaving out that many have Relevant Provision 1 completely obscures that Relevant Provision 2 functions completely differently without it.