Indiana passes Religious Freedom Bill

A way that violates your religious beliefs?
There's a religion that forbids you to do business with sinners?
Are these businesses going to also turn away hetero couples living in sin? People of other religions? People who take the Lord's name in vain? (As in "Why the Hell can't I shop here?")

Well. Good luck to them. I'll just have to take my business elsewhere, and I hope everyone else does, too.

This law is a blatant violation of the spirit of the first amendment.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

No law respecting.
The definition of respecting is "with reference or regard to."

What this means is, if any law is created, that is in reference to religion, in any form whatsoever, it is null and void, because it is disallowed under the united states constitution.

However, the loophole he used, is quite simple. State governments are not, the united states congress, which is what is referenced in the wording of that amendment, which is really, really shitty.

The first amendment really needs to be reworded to something like "The United States Government shall make no law based primarily on the doctrines of any establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."