Urgent! Angie's List Bullies Indiana Over Religious Freedom

March 31, 2015
Urgent! Angie's List Bullies Indiana Over Religious Freedom

Angie's List, the online service that provides consumer reviews of service professionals, publicly endorsed anti-Christian bigotry by opposing an Indiana law designed to protect religious liberties and freedoms.

Last week, Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) after the state legislature overwhelmingly supported it. Twenty states now have passed the law, with Arkansas and Georgia currently considering it.

The Indiana law is identical in all fundamental respects to the 1993 federal RFRA signed into law by President Bill Clinton after it passed the U.S. House unanimously and the Senate 97-3.

Unfortunately, Angie's List has joined with thousands of homosexual activists (including lesbian Ellen DeGeneres) in opposing religious freedom for all people in Indiana.

In response Angie's List CEO Bill Oesterle announced the company is immediately putting plans "on hold" for a $40 million expansion of its headquarters in Indianapolis.

Angie's List implies support for the concept that Christian business owners should be prosecuted by law if they don't violate their deeply and sincerely held religious beliefs by bowing to homosexual activist demands, as is already happening in states without RFRA:

  • Washington: Florist Barronell Stutzman fined by the state for not providing flowers for a "gay" wedding. Now her home and personal savings are at risk.
  • New Mexico: Photographer Elaine Huguenin was ordered by the state to give a lesbian $7,000 for declining to take pictures of a lesbian wedding.
  • Oregon: Aaron and Melissa Klein were fined $150,000 by the state for refusal to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding based on religious objections.
  • Kentucky: Blaine Adamson was ordered by the city of Lexington to undergo "sensitivity training" for refusing to print T-shirts for a gay pride festival.

Angie's List is a bully, plain and simple. They have chosen to bully the city of Indianapolis, the state of Indiana and Christians everywhere by financial intimidation and threats.

TAKE ACTION

If you have an account with Angie's List, we urge you to cancel it right away in defense of religious liberty in America. Be sure to let them know why you’re leaving.

Even if you don't have an account, send an email to Angie's List CEO Bill Oesterle. Let him know that his company's support for religious discrimination is an affront to Christians.

 

Send Email

Send To: [email protected] Subject: Why does Angie's List object to religious liberty?

Dear Mr. Oesterle:

I am extremely disappointed to learn that Angie's List has chosen to practice religious discrimination. Shouldn't every American be free to work and live according to their faith without fear of punishment by the government?

Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act is exactly the same law that is already in place and working just fine in 19 other states.

And, its language is identical in all fundamental respects to the 1993 federal RFRA signed into law by President Bill Clinton after it passed the House unanimously and the Senate 97-3.

Because your company opposes laws that protect religious liberty, I will not be using Angie's List in the future.