Headline: Des Moines Register, 4/2/2024
"Thirty years ago, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed almost unanimously at the federal level," Reynolds said in a statement. "Since then, religious rights have increasingly come under attack. Today, Iowa enacts a law to protect these unalienable rights — just as twenty-six other states have done — upholding the ideals that are the very foundation of our country."
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Courtney Reyes, executive director of the LGBTQ rights group One Iowa Action, said in a statement that the law will allow broad religious exemptions to otherwise generally applicable laws.\
"There’s no denying it: this bill is aimed at discriminating against LGBTQ+ Iowans, single parents, people needing reproductive health care services and many more," she said in a statement.
2024
House passes evangelical bigotry bill that promotes discrimination based on crackpot 'religious' beliefs. (3/1/2024)
2023
What's the matter with Iowa? Kimmi the Clowns censorship binge. (10/26/2023)
Transphobia run amok. (9/13)
Bluenoses are in charge. (7/12)
2022
Old man in Iowa promotes religious bigotry. (11/17/2022)
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