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(11,733 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2015, 03:08 PM Mar 2015

Thousands in Indy protest RFRA law [View all]

Source: Indianapolis Star

Thousands gathered in Downtown Indianapolis on Saturday to protest the passage this week of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The protesters chanted and held signs as they marched from Monument Circle to the Indiana Statehouse to express their displeasure at Gov. Mike Pence's signing of the religious freedom legislation on Thursday.

"No hate in our state," "Our State! Who's State?" and "Fix the bill" were some of the chants being heard in the background at the We Are Indiana rally,

An unidentified State Police trooper estimated that as many as 3,000 were in attendance at the height of the rally,

Read more: http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/03/28/hundreds-in-indy-protest-rfra-law/70594058/

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Thousands in Indy protest RFRA law [View all] Newsjock Mar 2015 OP

K&R, and the Greatest Page for you. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #1

I wanted to go so badly! AwakeAtLast Mar 2015 #2

Mike Pence is an Indiana Hoser WillTwain Mar 2015 #3

Correction: Loser TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #4

That works WillTwain Mar 2015 #6

Buy one, get the other..........Free! TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #9

K&R gademocrat7 Mar 2015 #5

Christian Nuts Do Not Give A Shit. It Is Their Way Or The Highway. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2015 #7

They don't believe the states should be united. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #14

And when they start losing business bvf Mar 2015 #33

K & R Thespian2 Mar 2015 #8

He's getting an earfull on his Facebook page right now! Snarkoleptic Mar 2015 #10

i will take a peek thanks riversedge Mar 2015 #25

make them pay captainarizona Mar 2015 #11

I've read the law. Its implications go far, far beyond LGBT rights shrike Mar 2015 #12

I'll give it 24 hours after July 1st until "Whites Only" signs pop up in bars. Chipper Chat Mar 2015 #13

You are right workinclasszero Mar 2015 #24

Well, they have their own time zone... eggplant Mar 2015 #15

Look at the definitions of "excercise of religion" and "demonstrates", incredibly broad. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #17

People are already pushing the limits caraher Mar 2015 #23

Now we need someone to file papers for the "First Church of Woman's Right to Choose" n/t Stonepounder Mar 2015 #34

good one! <nt> caraher Mar 2015 #35

Can the courts in Indiana dictate which religious beliefs are valid and Zorra Mar 2015 #36

The standard is "sincerely held" caraher Mar 2015 #37

Whose religion? Marthe48 Mar 2015 #16

Divine law? What on earth is that? ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2015 #18

No matter what our personal belief is, Marthe48 Mar 2015 #29

These people are not actual Christians workinclasszero Mar 2015 #28

Boom...there it is! PassingFair Mar 2015 #32

Any college team sent to this bigoted place should send advance scouts to see if they are turned jtuck004 Mar 2015 #19

I hope its costs the state billions maindawg Mar 2015 #20

Hey Mike Pence, look at 'em all. photo..... riversedge Mar 2015 #21

Petition-->NCAA, Move the Big 10 Football Championship out of Indianapolis... riversedge Mar 2015 #22

I just signed and added: Chipper Chat Mar 2015 #30

Right on! Aldo Leopold Mar 2015 #26

RFRA could have some merit... Bozvotros Mar 2015 #27

This is great! Mahalo Newsjock! Go Indiana! FO Gov Dense. Cha Mar 2015 #31