Indiana Governer signs bill allowing businesses to reject gay customers.

[Zappykins]

The outrage is about gay people - right now, but more disturbing is the law says religion trumps law on very flimsy grounds.

So you could just not serve anyone cause you felt like it - which doesn't sound bad unless you think about it.

How about an Emergency Room Doctor not treating you because 'gamers are against his/her religion?'

Or a Taxi cab kick you out because they only allow 'The Right Console Gamers' gamers in their cab? And they leave you in a really bad part of town.

It was really stupid of Gov. Perce to sign the law. It had already cost them over 1,000 job with SalesForce in hours. Plus they are going to lose GamesCom (largest gaming convention - brings 50 million in revenue to the state per year), all business with San Francisco and probably the NCAA, and a few others I can't think of off the op of my head.

It was just a display to say 'we don't want to be forced to like gay marriage!' And nobody expect anyone to be forced to do that. Recently a Reverend refused to marry a bride because he didn't like her dress. And yes, he has the right to do that.

The problem is that it's basically a Christan version of Sharia Law - and the US was founded on the separation of Church and State, and this law, with the Hobby Lobby ruling say Church > State.

You are always free not to serve people, as long as the grounds for doing so do not fall under the grounds of a protected minority. So you could say, "I'm not going to serve that gamer because he is not wearing pants.' But you couldn't say, "I will not serve him because he Black/White/Gay/Muslim/Christian/Jew, etc."

Plus, its going to get tied up in the courts and cost Indiana another bunch of money.

Bonus point:  I'm going to move there and decide that Taxes are against my Religion, and that everybody I say hi to, owes me $100 or they are violating my religion.