The Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana does not give anyone the right to deny services to anyone in this state. It is simply a balancing test used by our federal courts and jurisdictions across the country for more than two decades.

What I am for is protecting, with the highest standards in our courts, the religious liberty of Hoosiers.

I came from a country where religious fundamentalists, including governmental authorities, denied my freedom to have thoughts that are different from their own. As a punishment, they demanded my execution by hanging. I was forced to leave my own country. I had to pay heavily for the sole reason that I believe in human rights and freedom of expression.

We're disappointed because we believe that Florida's Religious Freedom Restoration Act would certainly support Sultaana Freeman's position that she doesn't have to remove the veil for a drivers-license photo.

Protection of religious freedom means considering the faiths and beliefs of everyone involved.

In Arkansas, we believe in religious freedom.