There’s nothing like discrimination – true or imagined – to keep our airwaves humming. Earlier in the week, Indiana and then Arkansas were media fodder for laws that were proposed to protect religious freedom. Yes, I know the other side of the argument, that these ‘religious freedom’ protections were veiled attempts to discriminate against the LGBT community. Both states raced to revise their original laws, although the laws' backers deny any discriminatory intent or effect. It was likely that these governors feared an economic riposte from large companies who have expressed concern and disapproval over the perceived discriminatory effects of religious freedom laws. I wonder how many of these companies do business with or remain silent about countries that use child labor, discriminate against women, have no freedom of speech or make homosexuality a crime. Realize that the original RFRA proposals do not guarantee an outcome in any dispute, a point that I believe is
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