The hysteria swirling around Indiana’s religious freedom bill is inversely proportional to its real implications. Anyone with access to Google can learn in five minutes that the bill simply requires the state to show a compelling interest before substantially burdening a person’s sincerely held religious belief, and if it does so, to choose the least restrictive means possible. In other words, if a law in Indiana compels you to do something that violates your religious belief, this new bill would give you a day in court, and require the state to show that it has a compelling interest and is restricting you as minimally as possible.

Not that complicated. The Indiana law is modeled on the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), and similar to other unassuming laws in twenty other states. (The main difference is that here the protection is extended to corporations, and the government need not be party.)

Clearly, the media and same-sex “marriage” activists (yes, that’s who is leading the hysteria) are assuming that most people won’t bother to do any research whatsoever.

Thanks to 1st Amendment Partnership, you don’t even need to read an article to get up to speed. They’ve created this nifty infographic that explains all you need to understand about these laws, and also suggests that the mayor of San Francisco, the governor of New York and the CEO of Apple must think we’re all stupid.