The NCAA is the governing body of the vast majority of college athletics. To have corporate offices in a state with the freedom to discriminate against visitors, particularly the gay community, the NCAA would be condoning the actions of the state's legislature and governor. If it convened meetings in Indianapolis, it would subject its guests to sanctioned bigotry.

After 21 years in the business of providing disability services I have taken over 4 failing minority disability businesses in Illinois. You would think this would mean big business right? Wrong! Those 4 businesses, plus my own means, I serve 50 clients, while white run businesses serve hundreds even thousands of people. The minority agencies are targeted to close down. The Illinois DHS does nothing to make sure that the minority businesses are treated fairly and the distribution of all requests for services is sent to minority agencies as a part of the choice process. Stop the racism in the Illinois Disability community.

Hiding a discriminatory, hateful bill behind a name like religious freedom is an act of a cowardice. For more information, please see: http://time.com/3755297/indiana-religious-freedom/

Current law permits citizens to register to vote in Ohio while retaining an out-of-state driver’s license, however H.B. 53 would require any person that registers to vote in Ohio to pay upwards of $75 to register their vehicle in this state. By forcing out-of-state students to purchase an Ohio driver’s license and vehicle registration, students will effectively have to pay to vote. Over 116,000 out-of-state students attend Ohio colleges and universities and would be negatively impacted by this bill. Legislators should not impose administrative expenses on students to deter voting. Not only is this provision and poor public policy, this provision is also likely to be unconstitutional.

When practicing as a Clinical Psychologist, I worked with youth and adults whose development had been damaged by conversion therapy. This was often demanded by parents who did not accept their gay, lesbian, or transgendered children.

This bill is not about religious freedom at all - it is rooted in discrimination. The State of Alabama has a huge budget shortfall and can not afford to pay its bills. Enough Alabama taxpayer money has already been wasted creating and defending discriminatory laws, only for them to be struck down in federal courts. This is another one of those laws. Let's stop it now, before we have to pay the legal bills for it later.

There are many types of gender identity beyond male or female, but in all legal documents—along with driver's licenses, state ID cards, etc.—you have to conform to the "gender binary", not allowing people who are transgender and/or non-binary (or "genderqueer") to show who they truly are. Changing this will allow them to accurately identify themselves, which is a small but significant step for trans* rights. While not many will be affected, it will greatly benefit those who need it. It's a small change, but it's a start, and it's huge for those members of the LGBTQ community who have faced discrimination for their gender identity. It is a step towards true equality, so let's pave that path, and make Massachusetts the first state to officially recognize non-binary people.

Currently, there are several bills in Florida that are being passed or attempting to be passed that restrict bathroom and public facility usage to reflect "birth gender." This is directly targeting the transgender community. I have heard several times that this is a mute issue since, and I quote Rep. Artiles, "they are not a protected class so this isn't an issue". We need to stop these potentially harmful and senseless bills.

In 1987 the Reagen administration initiated illicit interception of a summer resident of Maine depicted as Annie Wilkes in Misery by horror writer Stephen King. Given unlicensed and unfettered access to an individual for covert publicity mass media profited while their target was persecuted, deprived of court redress, and treated as a secret slave. It's time President Obama ended this misuse of US intelligence by ending interception of a citizen and electronic trafficking by press and media.

As a non-consenting U.S. Person subjected to experimentation, including extreme sleep deprivation, which is torture, I am seeking relief and an end to all human experimentation unless the subject agrees to it. I am seeking this for myself and all who have been unjustly targeted. No torture, no brain hacking, no body manipulation....end it all.

Implicit bias is based on the idea that social behavior may not always be under a person’s conscious control. Much of our behavior is driven by stereotypes that operate automatically and therefore, unconsciously. The reinforcement of these stereotypes deepens the unconscious bias.

Freedom of religion is already protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. and Georgia Constitutions. According to the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, this unnecessary, pro-discrimination bill would lead to "unending litigation" on the taxpayers' dime. More than 200 Georgia faith leaders, Georgia's GOP former Attorney General, more than 10,000 petition signers, a bi-partisan pair of district attorneys, and scores of legal scholars have come together to oppose this hateful legislation. We respectfully urge our lawmakers to do the same.