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    The goal of this assignment was to examine Indiana's controversial Religious Freedom Act. This assignment challenged me because we were supposed to examine the law itself. By actually reading the law you see that it does not explicitly speak about homosexuality.

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    The goal of this assignment was to examine Indiana's controversial Religious Freedom Act. This assignment challenged me because we were supposed to examine the law itself. By actually reading the law you see that it does not explicitly speak about homosexuality.

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    Mlaforlit 2

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    The goal of this assignment was to examine Indiana's controversial Religious Freedom Act. This assignment challenged me because we were supposed to examine the law itself. By actually reading the law you see that it does not explicitly speak about homosexuality.

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    TheworkthatIhaveselectedisfromthefollowingcourse

    :APEcon
    GradeLevel
    :12
    Explaintheactivity/assignmentintwothreesentences
    :Thegoalofthisassignmentwasto
    examineIndianascontroversialReligiousFreedomAct.Afterwelookattheactfromall
    perspectives,weweretowritearesponseandexpressouropinionsofthematter.

    Iselectedthisitembecauseitisstillrelevantasoftoday(April2015)andwasona
    subjectthatIwaspassionateabout.Thisassignmentchallengedmebecauseweweresupposedto
    actuallyexaminethelawitself,notjustregurgitatetheopinionsofsomeonewithalargeplatform
    forcommunicationorgraspingfordetailsofsomethingyoureadonsocialmedia.Byactually
    readingthelawitselfyouseethatitdoesnotexplicitlyspeakabouthomosexualityoranyother
    groupthathasbeendiscriminatedagainst.FromthisassignmentIlearnedthedetailsofthelaw
    itselfinsteadofjustwhatIvehearpeopletalkingabout.Fromreadingtheactuallegislature,I
    wasabletoseethatthehamartiawiththislawisthevaguenatureofitandthatitcouldbe
    interpretedinsomanydifferentways.IhonestlybelievethatIcompletedthisassignmenttothe
    bestofmyabilitybecauseIdidmyresearchandtriedtolookatthematterfromevery
    perspectiveinsteadofgettingcaughtupinthepassionandemotionofthedebateasmanypeople
    have.ItriedtoremainneutralwhenreadingthelawandIbelievethatisthebestthingthatyou
    candowhenexaminingsomethinglikealaw.


    DarwiSandleben
    Mrs.Myers
    APEcon
    9April2015

    IndianasReligiousFreedomAct

    Recently,IndianapassedtheReligiousFreedomAct.Thisactspurposeistoprotect
    theindividualsreligiousfreedomwhichseemslikeagoodideatheoretically,buttherearesome
    majorflaws.Therehasbeensuchanintensebacklashthatnotevenaweekaftertheactwas
    passed,theystartedrewritingit.Indianaisnotthefirststatetogetalawlikethis,butitisthe
    firstonetocausesuchanuproar.
    Becausethelawwaswritteninsuchavaguefashion,ithasalmostbeenleftupto
    interpretationand,aswithanything,peoplewillturnthingsintowhatevertheywantthemtobe.
    Withthisreligiousfreedomact,individualshavebeensayingthathomosexualityisagainsttheir
    religion,andthustheirbusinessshouldnotbesubjectedtothem.Thisinterpretationofthelaw
    hasthebeentherootofmostofthebacklash,asmembersandalliesoftheLGBTQcommunity
    areappalledbytherefusalofservicetoqueerfolk.
    Somequeerindividualsareangryabouttheactwhileothersseeitinamorepositive
    light.Becausetheantigayestablishmentsarebroadcastingtheirrefusaltoservehomosexuals,
    queerfolkandalliesknowwhichestablishmentstoavoid.Afterall,whywouldtheywanttogive

    theirserviceandmoneytohomophobes?Inthelongrun,Ithinkthiswillonlyhurtthe
    aforementionedestablishmentsfinanciallybecausenoqueerindividual,ally,orjustgenerally
    decentpersonwouldwanttogivetheirmoneytoahomophobicbigot.
    Manyoftheindividualswhoareoutragedbythislawhavedecidedtopintheblameon
    GovernorMikePencewhohelpedpassthelaw.AlthoughIdonotagreewithMikePences
    personalbeliefsorsupporthimasagovernor,Idonotfeelthathisistoblameforpeoples
    responsetothelaw.Ibelievethatthefaultlieswithinourbigotedcommunityratherthanone
    specificperson,althoughformanythatisamoredifficultconcepttograsp.Peopletendtowant
    onepersontotakeouttheirangeron,wheninrealityitsthehomophobicshopownerstoblame
    forinterpretingthelawinsuchahatefulway.Ifwecancometotermswiththefactthatsociety
    istoblameratherthanoneindividual,wecanstarthealingtheproblemfromtheinsideand
    hopefullyeliminatehomophobiaandotherformatsofdiscriminationforfuturegenerations.
    Ibelievethatthelawitselfisanissue,althoughitisnotinherentlydiscriminatory.Iam
    gladthatIndianaofficialscanseethewaysinwhichthelawisproblematicandareworking
    towardsmendingthoseissues.Hopefullytherevisedversionofthislawwillbemorespecific
    andwillnotmakeitsoeasyforpeopletouseitasjustificationtodiscriminateagainstpeopleof
    allkinds.

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