Bill Could Allow Organizations Hiring Discrimination Based on Religion
Another GOP legislator sets their home state up for a ridiculously expensive court case that they will eventually lose. This bill is clearly unconstitutional and furthermore just plain wrong. Since the legislator can’t separate his religion from his lawmaking I have to call into question his suitability for office.
“Since the state contracts with hundreds of religious institutions that provide millions of dollars of important public services, it was important to make this change,” Holdman said in a statement. “Otherwise, Indiana may jeopardize many of these agreements and the services they provide for Hoosiers. This legislative action merely restores the state contract practice in Indiana that has been going on for decades.”
Maggie Garrett, legislative director for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said she has a big problem with this bill.
“It’s one thing when churches and religious organizations use their own private money and discriminate and hire on basis of religion,” Garrett said. “It’s another thing when it’s taxpayer-funded discrimination, which is exactly what this bill would allow.”
Garrett said for her, religious freedom doesn’t mean religious organizations get profit from taxpayer dollars and use that money to discriminate hiring.
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