BREAKING: IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS FAIL TO MEET DEADLINE FOR THIRD TIME THIS MONTH. But screw that. Letâ€™s talk about Indiana.

In the wake of the announcement regarding Indiana governor Mike Pence signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), the media went into full overdrive in order to paint the law as discriminatory and hateful. Needless to say, they succeeded. The flurry of protests and online outrage that arose from the mainstream mediaâ€™s announcements have been highlighted by the same media that pushed the story in the first place. Go figure.

BREAKING: MARXIST TERRORISTS KILL TURKISH PROSECUTOR DURING POLICE RAID. Seriously though, back to Indiana.

The narrative that the law promoted and allowed discriminatory behavior, specifically against the gay community, was quickly squelched by more than a few outlets. Attorney Gabriel Malor of The Federalist wrote a very comprehensive and easy to understand breakdown of RFRA that could have cleared up any confusion pertaining to the law about any discriminatory practices it may allow.

The idea behind the law is that, as Malor describes, it is a shield and not a sword. Essentially, itâ€™s there to protect religious persons from having to do anything that might force that person to act against their religion without impeding on the rights of others. The best example is saying that a Muslim baker cannot refuse to serve a customer for being gay, but can refuse to bake a cake that would be used in a gay wedding ceremony.

BREAKING: CALIFORNIA FACES DROUGHT EMERGENCY. Yeah no one cares. Can we focus on whatâ€™s really important, please?

Anyway. As I was saying, the backlash has been more than severe. Hundreds of protesters showed up at the Indiana Statehouse to voice their displeasure about the lawâ€™s passage. Governors from other states such as Inslee of Washington and Cuomo of New York have issued travel bans to Indiana. Business like Angieâ€™s List have announced they would forgo expansion into Indianapolis. Celebrities such as Miley Cyrus and the band Wilco put in their two cents.

The backlash didnâ€™t just stay with government protests, sadly, as a family owned pizzeria by the name of Memories Pizza had their online profiles mobbed by hundreds of people posting messages that range from argumentative to hateful and offensive. This, despite the family stating that they would still serve homosexuals, but not craft pizza for their ceremonies.

BREAKING: US DEPT OF LABOR ECONOMIST CALLS REPUBLICANS NAZIS. DELETES TWEET. CLAIMS SHE WAS HACKED. DELETES THAT TWEET. THEN DELETES HER ENTIRE TWITTER ACCOU… Neat! Yes! Look, weâ€™re really trying to focus on the most pressing issue this nation has faced in some time, OK?

What many protesters and online detractors donâ€™t know, besides the obvious innocuousness of the law itself, is that many RFRA laws have existed before it, and theyâ€™ve been signed into law by politicians on both sides of the aisle including Ted Kennedy, who supported RFRA in 1993, and Barack Obama, who signed one back in 1998. Aside from Indiana, 19 different states have already had this law on the books for ages, and have had little in the way of problems arise from them in the past.

BREAKING: MALE STUDENT DENIED DUE PROCESS. KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL PURELY ON ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAU… Could you PLEASE give it a rest? Jesus!

Continuing on.

The outrage is clearly selective. Obamaâ€™s signing of a RFRA law has largely gone unreported and in some cases has been completely dismissed. Reports of RFRA laws causing problems in the states that have implemented them have been lacking.

In fact, the backlash has been primarily leveled at Christians, Republicans and few else.

For instance, as hashtags such as #BoycottIndiana rose on Twitter, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, decided to weigh on RFRA by stating â€śWe are deeply disappointed in Indianaâ€™s new law.â€ť However, Apple regularly does business in heavily Islamic countries that actively kill gays. This fact seems to have gone overlooked by Tim Cook and RFRA detractors, or regardless of knowing, completely ignored.

BREAKING: SENATE NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT INDICTED BY GRAND JURY FOR ACCEPTING NEARLY $1 MILLION WORTH OF BRIBES… Ya done? Got that out of your system? Can I get back to the gaypocolypse?

Keeping in line with free market principles, the idea that someone you disagree vehemently with should be forced to take your money seems an odd way of punishing someone for being â€śbigoted.â€ť I feel that it would be a much better punishment to send your money elsewhere, denying that business the contents of your wallet, and possibly those of your fri-

BREAKING: ISIS SEIZES REFUGEE CAMP FILLED WITH SOME 18,000 PEOPLE.

*sigh* Iâ€™m trying to focus on what the media has alluded to be the plague of our time, but it would seem our world refuses to revolve around non-issues despite the mainstream mediaâ€™s wishes.

BREAKING: OBAMA BEGINS PLANNING TO CARRY THROUGH PROMISE TO U.N. TO CUT U.S. CARBON EMISSIONS BY 26% BY 2025, DESPITE MAJORITY OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT HAVING SIGNED OFF ON IT.

Yeah… we get it.

Hailing from Austin, Texas, Brandon Morse has been writing about politics and culture across many websites for the last six years, with a heavy emphasis on anti-authoritarianism. Aside from writing articles, he is also known for voice acting and authoring scripts. He is an avid gamer, dog person, and has a bad habit of making vague references to things no one has heard about or seen. Follow him at @TheBrandonMorse on Twitter.

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