This has got to be confusing the fuck out of Republicans
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/politics/walmart-religious-freedom-bill/(CNN)As goes Walmart, so goes the nation?
Everyone from Apple CEO Tim Cook to the head of the NCAA slammed religious freedom laws being considered in several states this week, warning that they would open the door to discrimination against gay and lesbian customers.
But it was the opposition from Walmart, the ubiquitous retailer that dots the American landscape, that perhaps resonated most deeply, providing the latest evidence of growing support for gay rights in the heartland.
Walmart's staunch criticism of a religious freedom law in its home state of Arkansas came after the company said in February it would boost pay for about 500,000 workers well above the federal minimum wage. Taken together, the company is emerging as a bellwether for shifting public opinion on hot-button political issues that divide conservatives and liberals.
And some prominent Republicans are urging the party to take notice.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2015/03/31/nascar-comes-out-against-indiana-religious-freedom-law/NASCAR followed the lead of the NBA, WNBA, NCAA and others and voiced its concerns about Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act on Tuesday. The controversial law protects business owners who want to decline services to gays, lesbians and others on the basis of sexual orientation.
“NASCAR is disappointed by the recent legislation passed in Indiana,” NASCAR Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer Brett Jewkes said in a statement. “We will not embrace nor participate in exclusion or intolerance. We are committed to diversity and inclusion within our sport and therefore will continue to welcome all competitors and fans at our events in the state of Indiana and anywhere else we race.”
