AND THIS HAPPENED LAST WEEK.
>> INDIANA'S GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE SURROUNDED BY NUNS,
FRANCISCAN MONKS AND ORTHODOX JEWS SIGNED
SOMETHING CALLED THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
RESTORATION ACT INTO LAW.
>> SUPPORTERS SAY IT PROTECTS A PERSON OR
BUSINESS OWNER FROM GOVERNMENT PERSECUTION WHEN
FOLLOWING THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
>> Jon: HERE, HERE!
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT PEOPLE IN INDIANA COULD NOT
PRACTICE RELIGION.
I'M EXCITED.
I THOUGHT YOU COULD PRACTICE RELIGION IN INDIANA BUT
APPARENTLY IT IS UP TO NOW BEEN ILLEGAL,
ONE OF THOSE QUIRKY LOCAL LAWS, I GUESS.
BUT WELL, GOD BLESS, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
>> CRITICS SAY IT IS A THINLY VEILED DISGUISE FOR
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GAY PEOPLE, ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING
BUSINESSES TO DENY THEM SERVICES FOR RELIGIOUS
REASONS.
>> Jon: WHAT THE [BLEEP]? (LAUGHTER)
WAIT, DENYING GAY PEOPLE FROM RELIGIOUS -- GAY
PEOPLE AREN'T ASKING YOU TO MAKE THEM A GAY PRODUCT.
THEY'RE JUST ASKING TO BUY THE PRODUCT YOU MAKE.
ALTHOUGH PERHAPS THAT EXPLAINS THE SIGNS IN SO
MANY INDIANA STOREFRONTS.
(LAUGHTER) I CAN'T IMAGINE INDIANA
WOULD GET AWAY WITH THIS TYPE OF DISCRIMINATION.
>> EVEN THE NCAA IS COMING OUT AGAINST THE MEASURE JUST
DAYS BEFORE THE STATE'S CAPITOL CITY HOSTS THE MEN'S
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> Jon: THAT'S GOT TO HURT.
WHEN ARE YOU BECOME CRITICIZED BY A COMPANY
WHOSE ENTIRE BUSINESS MODEL IS BASED ON EXPLOITATION.
YOU CAN'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST GAYS, YOU CAN PROFIT
ON THEIR LIKENESS WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
(LAUGHTER)
HERE'S HOW YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH IT.
JUST CALL THEM STUDENT GAYS.
AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE THINKING WELL WHO NEEDS THE
NCAA ANYWAY, NOT US IN INDIANA, WELL THAT IS WHEN THE
BIG GUNS CAME OUT.
>> ANGIE'S LIST C.E.O. SAYS THE COMPANY'S EXPANSION PROJECT
IN INDIANAPOLIS IS ON HOLD.
>> Jon: [BLEEP] JUST GOT REAL.
WITHOUT ANGIE'S LIST, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIND A
TRUSTWORTHY CONTRACTOR TO REMODEL YOUR HOUSE?
CRAIGSLIST IS NO GOOD.
THEY WILL JUST DRESS YOUR HOUSE UP AS A FURY AND RUB
THEMSELVES ON IT. YOU DON'T WANT THAT.
(LAUGHTER)
THAT JUST RESONATED WAY TOO HOT.
(LAUGHTER) THE POINT IS, THE BACKLASH
WAS SO INTENSE INDIANA GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE HAD NO
CHOICE BUT TO RESPOND VERY STUPIDLY.
>> DO YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE LEGAL IN THE STATE OF
INDIANA TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST GAYS OR LESBIANS?
>> GEORGE, --
>> IT'S A YES OR NO QUESTION.
>> LOOK COME ON, HOOSIERS DON'T BELIEVE IN DISCRIMINATION.
THERE ARE NO KINDER, MORE GENEROUS, MORE WELCOMING,
MORE HOSPITABLE PEOPLE IN AMERICA THAN IN THE 92
COUNTIES OF INDIANA.
>> Jon: BUT FIRST OF ALL, CAN WE STOP TALKING ABOUT
THE PEOPLE OF INDIANA LIKE THEY'RE A LOST TRIBE FROM
NOSTALGIA-STAN.
THE GOOD PEOPLE OF INDIANA, THEIR MOTTO IS
PLEASE AND THANK YOU AND THE CURRENCY OF INDIANA IS A
HOMEMADE LEMON SQUARE.
(LAUGHTER) LET'S FACE IT, PEOPLE IN
INDIANA ARE NO NICER OR [BLEEP] THAN PEOPLE ANYWHERE
ELSE.
EXCEPT PHILLY, THAT'S THE WORST.
AND D.C.
ANY -- WELL REALLY IT'S ANY NL EAST CITY.
METS RULE!
WAIT, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AGAIN?
OH, INDIANA.
ANYWAY, IT SEEMS LIKE GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE'S UNWAIVERING BELIEF
IN THE GOODNESS OF HOOSIERS DID NEEDS SOME TWEAKING.
>> MIKE PENCE APPROVING CHANGES TO A CONTROVERSIAL NEW LAW.
>> THE NEW LANGUAGE IN INDIANA SPELLS OUT THE LAW DOES
NOT AUTHORIZE A PROVIDER TO REFUSE TO OFFER OR PROVIDE
SERVICES ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY.
>> Jon: ANY MORE.
CAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
AND YOU CAUGHT US.
YOU KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT THE CHANGE IN
LANGUAGE CAME VIA A MORAL EPIPHANY BUT MY GUESS IS IT'S
MORE OF A AND I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT TOO IF IT
WEREN'T FOR YOU MEDDLING KIDS.
>> THE REASON THAT THOSE CORPORATIONS PUT THE
PRESSURE ON INDIANA AND ARKANSAS WAS BECAUSE THE
MILITANT GAY COMMUNITY PUT THE PRESSURE ON THEM.
>> Jon: SHUT UP.
SO WHEN GAYS WANT EQUALITY IT'S MILITANCY.
AND WHEN CHRISTIANS WANT TO DENY SERVICE, IT'S FREEDOM.
SEE THOSE WHO ARE DEFENDING THIS SORT OF LAW, GO VERY
FAR OUT OF THEIR WAY TO SAY HOW IT'S NOT DISCRIMINATORY
TOWARDS ANYBODY, ESPECIALLY GAY PEOPLE.
THEY'VE GOT NOTHING AGAINST GAY PEOPLE.
AND THEY USE ANALOGIES TO CLARIFY THEIR POSITION.
WHICH ANALOGIES DO, JUST NOT IN THE WAY THEY INTENDED.
>> IF YOU ARE A PRINT SHOP AND YOU ARE A GAY MAN,
SHOULD YOU BE FORCED TO PRINT GOD HATES FAGS FOR THE
WESTBOROUGH BAPTIST CHURCH?
>> IF A KKK MEMBER COMES IN AND SAYS I WANT A BIRTHDAY CAKE
MADE TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF THE KKK, SHOULD A BAKER
REGARDLESS OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, BE ABLE TO SAY,
I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT CAKE.
>> I WOULD THINK I WOULD GIVE THE SAME RIGHT TO A
JEWISH BAKER TO NOT HAVE TO PUT A SWASTIKA ON A BILL.
>> Jon: IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I'VE TAKEN THE SATs.
BUT I BELIEVE THE FORMULATION AS YOU DEFEND
YOURSELVES IS THIS.
THIS COUPLE IS TO CHRISTIAN BUSINESS AS THESE FOLKS ARE
TO EVERYONE ELSE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?
I'M NOT DISCRIMINATING, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST GAY
PEOPLE, I'M JUST SAYING, FOR SOME CHRISTIANS, CATERING AN
ELDERLY LESBIAN WEDDING IS LIKE MAKING A JEW SLOW DANCE
WITH HITLER.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
(LAUGHTER)
DO YOU SEE HOW [BLEEP] THAT IS?
BASICALLY YOU SEE PEOPLE CELEBRATING LOVE AS A HATE
GROUP.
ALTHOUGH, THERE IS GOOD NEWS.
>> IT REMAINS LEGAL IN MOST OF INDIANA TO FIRE SOMEONE
BECAUSE THEY'RE GAY.
>> Jon: YES!
SO THE LESSON HERE IS CLEAR.
YOU ARE IN INDIANA AND YOU GET FIRED FOR BEING GAY,
MAKE THOSE MOTHER [BLEEP] CATER YOUR WEDDING.