article_snippet.sent: These concerns are based on speculation of what might happen, said Blackman.
article_snippet.sent: Those who try to defend Those who try to defend their discriminatory actions in court discriminatory actions in court tend to lose, Blackman said.
article_snippet.sent: Context, timing and intent have changed the way these laws are viewed.
article_snippet.sent: Blackman said the history of the state religious freedom laws shows that the state religious freedom laws have not turned into conduits for discrimination.
article_snippet.sent: the state religious freedom laws might mean more people will defend more people using the state religious freedom laws, but most will likely lose, Blackman said.
article_snippet.sent: The moral outrage over this reflects how uninformed people are on the history of RFRA," Blackman said.
article_snippet.sent: According to Blackman, the interpretations of the Indiana law are not uniform.
article_snippet.sent: One way to look at it, Blackman said, is that Indiana simply clarified and codified something that is hazy in the federal courts.