Indiana Senate poised to allow hiring based on religion

[rug]

Tony Cook, [e-mail]
5:22 p.m. EST February 2, 2015

The Indiana Senate is poised to allow some state contractors to discriminate in hiring based on religion.

Senate Bill 127, authored by Sen. Travis Holdman, would allow religious-affiliated organizations that receive state contracts — including hospitals, universities, and child service providers — to hire people based on their religion. The bill would also allow those organizations to require employees to follow religious tenets.

A final Senate vote on the bill is scheduled for Tuesday.

Holdman, R-Markle, said he filed the bill to help Indiana Wesleyan University obtain state workforce training grants. The Attorney General’s office last year determined that the university’s religious lifestyle mandate violated state contracting requirements against employment discrimination, he said.

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/02/02/indiana-senate-poised-allow-hiring-based-religion/22759821/

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. So much for separation of church and state. nt

[cbayer]

2. They are trying to legislate state-funded discrimination.

I hope they lose badly.

[Faux pas]

3. ...

[underpants]

4. In Indiana I think means that you see Bobby Knight as a God

[lunasun]

5. Woo Hoo ! Amen ! Tax funded discrimination yes

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