John Iadarola, Ben Mankiewicz, and Steve Oh hosting. Indiana governor Mike Pence accepted the fixes to the Freedom of Religion law to quell the outrage over their legislation to allow discrimination against gays. Indianapolis went into disaster mode by trying to welcome gay and lesbian supporters and their businesses for tourism. The huge gamer convention GenCon goes there annually, generating $50 million for the city. Twitter activity from Iranian residents show gleeful selfies in front of the TV as Obama spoke about the the framework of a deal with Iran over their nuclear program. Happiness from Iranian residents will surely annoy Conservatives in America. U.S. Sugar in Florida wanted to show grassroots support for their desire to avoid the state from buying land for environmental purposes, so they sent out an ad for actors to play protesters on their behalf. The Tea Party and U.S. Sugar teamed up to get these “supporters” on board for $75.
It is projected that Islam will be the largest religion in the world by 2070. The Twitter hashtag #ThingsJesusNeverSaid has taken off to mock people that believe Jesus was all about violence and exclusion. Karl Rove was confronted by an Iraq War vet that asked him to apologize for taking them into a senseless war that would negatively affect them for life. Video of his question and Rove’s indignant answer, refusing to apologize.