In the culture wars going on here in the U.S., Hoosier Christians have just won a decisive battle.
Now that Indiana Governor Mike Pence has signed the Religious Freedom Act legislation into law Christian business owners who choose to do so can legally discriminate against gay and lesbian customers.
This is not just a law allowing wedding photographers, caterers, or florists to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. All businesses have this right.
So if you’re gay living in Indiana, need a prescription filled, and happen to go to a pharmacy owned or operated by Christians who believe you have chosen a “life style” that is an abomination before God, you probably won’t get it filled.
That’s the way things were in my native Virginia when I was growing up, only the discrimination was directed at black citizens.
White business owners insisted they had the right not to offer you service if your skin color was black, and often claimed the Bible said separation of the races was ordained by God.
Same thing, just different groups.
Sponsors of the new Indiana law insist they don’t want to discriminate against anyone. They are simply protecting the religious freedom…of Christians who want to discriminate.
Before this legislation businesses could not refuse service on the basis of sexual orientation anymore than on the basis of race, but not anymore. And not just Christian businesses. Now any business can discriminate against gays and lesbians whatever its religious tradition.
But make no mistake, Christians are the ones who fought for this legislation so they deserve all the credit.
Of course, not all Christians in Indiana supported this effort. The national offices of my denomination are located in Indianapolis, and three of our top leaders sent a letter to Governor Pence asking him not to sign the bill, to no avail.
But they are liberals, you know, the kind of Christians who don’t believe in the Bible, who make everything about justice or compassion, and who support the gay life style. They even favor gay and lesbian people becoming ministers.
Real Hoosier Christians knew better. They recognized the danger the “gay agenda” is posing to America and so they joined with Christian politicians like themselves to put a stop to it in their state.
Who cares if people think the new law sanctions discrimination. If it’s a choice between “discrimination or damnation,” so be it. Somebody has to stand up for what is right.
No doubt they think they are setting an example of what it means to be a Christian.
All I can say is, what an example, what an example, indeed.
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