# What exactly did the Indiana GOP \*think\* was going to happen when they passed this anti-gay law?

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-did-the-indiana-gop-think-was-going-to-happen-when-they-passed-this-anti-gay-law/716378/287 "2015-04-02T16:20:37Z")

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> [@Dr.Drake](#):
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> What if you live in a small town or the countryside, where you don’t have the option of taking your business elsewhere without substantial sacrifice? Or moving, which is also a substantial sacrifice? Without government interference, the burden of accommodation shifts onto the minorities.

Then too bad. Citizens don’t have guarantees that they can get a particular good or service any time and anywhere. Maybe the only flower shop in town goes out of business, or maybe they can’t get carnations from their supplier. The government isn’t going to step in when either of those happens.

A business transaction is between two willing parties, and I believe a free market society depends on that.

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