A Flip Flop or Just Nimble?
(The Guardian) - Anti-discrimination activists and gay rights groups welcomed a lightning evolution by Jeb Bush, this week on a controversial law passed in Indiana last week that opponents said would have made it easier for businesses to discriminate against LGBT employees and customers.
On Monday, Bush praised the law as signed by Indiana’s governor, Mike Pence. On Wednesday, the former Florida governor and likely 2016 presidential candidate drew back sharply in his approbation, conceding only that the law would “be in the right place” by the end of the week, after an anticipated fix by the Indiana legislature.
Bush’s original remarks were made on the Hugh Hewitt radio show, whose core audience comprises the kind of hard-right conservatives who tend to vote in primary elections. “I think if you, if they actually got briefed on the law that they wouldn’t be blasting this law,” Bush said. “I think Governor Pence has done the right thing.”
Bush’s second remarks were made in Palo Alto, California, at a Silicon Valley fundraiser.
Bush was asked about his defense of the law at a fundraiser at the East Palo Alto Four Seasons on Wednesday night, reported the New York Times, which obtained an audio recording.
“By the end of the week, I think Indiana will be in the right place, which is to say that we need in a big, diverse country like America, we need to have space for people to act on their conscience, that it is a constitutional right that religious freedom is a core value of our country,“ the Times quoted Bush as telling the California crowd.
But “we shouldn’t discriminate based on sexual orientation”, Bush said.
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