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April 23, 2015

Louisiana Governor Jindal: Firms Won't Deter "Religious Freedom" Bill 
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has vowed to fight for the passage of a
law that critics say would allow discrimination against LGBT people by
preventing the state from punishing companies based on their religious
views of marriage. In an op-ed in The New York Times, Governor Jindal,
who is expected to seek the Republican presidential nomination,
condemned Indiana and Arkansas for caving to protests from businesses
and softening their own so-called religious freedom measures. IBM has
already opposed Louisiana's "Marriage and Conscience Act." Jindal wrote
companies are "free to voice their opinions, but they will not deter
me."

 

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