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To: i-node who wrote (868538)	6/27/2015 3:11:52 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579088

"Jindal .... looks weak instead. The governor had singled out the bill as a top legislative priority, yet the Republican-dominated Legislature didn’t lift a finger to help him get it passed. The House Civil Law Committee vote to return it to the calendar was a decisive 10-2 bipartisan drubbing. He also looks mean-spirited and cynical. By claiming the legal expectation that florists and caterers serve everyone amounts to “discrimination” and “bullying” — in other words, by insisting that government tolerate intolerance — Jindal has appropriated the language used to describe those who are too often truly, cruelly victimized. Has he ever once spoken up for them? Not that I’ve heard. He looks hypocritical. The governor regularly bashes President Barack Obama for bypassing Congress and issuing executive orders. Now he’s seeking to create a new protected class, even though he earlier refused to extend Blanco’s executive order forbidding discrimination or harassment by state government on the basis of sexual orientation, among other things. Jindal said at the time that discrimination was already prohibited under state and federal law and that he didn’t want to create additional special categories. And he looks downright disdainful of his state, like someone who doesn’t care one lick that his actions could cause financial harm and paint Louisiana as a hostile environment. Already, a major tech group planning a meeting here and several lawmakers from New York state have raised concerns over traveling to Louisiana. Tourism and economic development officials, and big businesses such as IBM and Dow Chemical, had sought to head off the legislation for the same reason. “This action seems determined to destroy our business climate,” a visibly angry state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson said on the Senate floor afterward. Yes, Peterson chairs the state Democratic Party, but as the committee vote showed, frustration crosses partisan lines. And so does the question with which she punctuated her speech."