Dear Governor Mike Pence,
On behalf of the LGBT community that your Religious Freedom Restoration Act was meant to disenfranchise, I would like to say "thank you".
Not for your "fix" of the act, which really amounts to little more than media appeasement, and only happened when you saw how much money was getting ready to up and leave your state, but for reminding us that despite how far LGBT acceptance has come there are still folks in the 21st century who still choose to use their "religion" as an excuse for their bigotry.
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Despite your hemming and hawing, and your dear-in-the-headlights answer on This Week w/G-Step, we in the LGBT community were well aware of the law's original intent. To allow faux-Christian business owners to discriminate against Gays on the sole basis of "my Bible tells me so." We also know that these laws are the last gasp of a quickly diminishing population who hope to stand against the tide of marriage equality that is sweeping the country. And now that we have been put on notice that you people still exist, we are likewise putting you on notice. We will be watching.
We'll be watching Indiana, Arkansas, Texas, and any other state hoping to sneak through similar legislation intended to disenfranchise the LGBT or any other minority community. Even more importantly, corporate America will also be watching. The same corporate America to which your party has pledged fealty and loyalty since 2000. They may not have a conscience, but they have a bottom line. They know Gays spend money, and statistically have more of it to spend. They're not going to risk losing that cash-flow catering to people whose entire understanding of the Bible hinges on one Old Testament passage.
Thanks to your law, Mr. Pence, and your epic fail in handling it, you have put other states hoping to "defend religious freedom" by discriminating against the LGBT community under a very uncomfortable microscope. Make no mistake, we are that microscope. And the Pandora's shit-storm of consequences your state STILL faces will surely befall those states if they even think that their bigotry will not see the light of day. WE WILL BE WATCHING!
Sincerely,
The LGBT Community.