article_snippet: The definition of 'person' includes religious institutions, businesses and associations. '
article_snippet: What we had hoped for with the bill was a message of inclusion, inclusion of all religious beliefs,' Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma said. '
article_snippet: The federally mandated Affordable Care Act, he said, 'renewed concerns about government infringement on deeply held religious beliefs' compelling the Republican-controlled Indiana legislature to introduce enhanced protections for persons of faith. '
article_snippet: Faith and religion are important values to millions of Indiana residents,' he said. '
article_snippet: With the passage of this legislation, Indiana will continue to be a place that respects the beliefs of every person in the Hoosier State's.'
article_snippet: the government also allows all businesses to assert religious beliefs regardless of whether religious beliefs are actually religious organizations.