The 9 Things You NEED To Know About Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law

By Casey Harper

The passage of Indiana’s religious freedom law has incited uproar from the left and an equally deafening response from the right.

With the cacophonous debate on both sides of this issue, it’s hard to know what the heck is actually going on.

So here are the nine things you need to know about Indiana’s new religious freedom law.

1. The law is based on the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which says that the government “may substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion” only “in the furtherance of a compelling government interest” and using “the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling government interest.” The Indiana law is not specifically targeted at gay people and does not even mention sexuality, but gay rights advocates say the law’s language is ripe for abuse.

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