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Dec 29 (Reuters) - Lauren Taylor’s small mattress factory in northern Indiana has managed to survive during the coronavirus pandemic, with the help of a federal emergency loan and a surge of purchases by cocooning customers after early shopping restrictions lifted.
But as COVID-19 infections worsen again in the United States, the American-made parts her company, Holder Mattress Co., relies on are taking months to arrive, forcing customers to wait for their new beds.
“We are losing business as a result,” said Taylor, who is the president and third generation to run the nine-employee family concern in Kokomo, Indiana.
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the law, and backlash is spreading across social media. apple s ceo tweeting we are deeply disappointed in indiana s new law. this weekend, indiana-based website angie s list announced it was putting expansion plans on hold. i will say categorically, we don t favor the legislation at all. reporter: still, others feel the concerns are overblown. lisa owns a flower shop. i have thought a lot about this. i m a strong christian. reporter: she opposed same-sex marriage. if someone walked in my store, i think i would serve them. reporter: a battle over religious freedom and gay rights spreading far beyond indiana. gabe gutierrez, nbc news. the charges against bowe bergdahl, should he be court-martialed? we re going to ask a soldier who searched for him in just a bit. re. wow. woohoo! i m dreaming. pinch me. no, not while you re driving. and, right now, you can get a one-thousand-dollar volkswagen credit bonus on jetta models. seriously, pinch me.
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prohibitive of access to the ballot box. you have to listen to people and how they feel the weight of the law you ve passed. i think the governor knows that now as he s begun to sort of back away from that and is now talking about language to fix that perception. is it true that candidates don t necessarily win on social issues but you can lose on them because people turn you off? yeah, here s the problem that pence has. unlike illinois which is pro-same-sex marriage and has a state-wide law that prohibits discrimination against gays not only does indiana not have those things and fought against same-sex marriage, but the leaders of the movement to do this in the right wing of evangelicals, who have a long track record of disliking anything to do with gay rights. pence says it doesn t discriminate. the truth is it does. what it s likely to do is give people who run businesses on religious grounds the ability to
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religious freedom restoration act is growing. it allows people to use their religious belief to discriminate against other people. and that s wrong. reporter: in a new interview with the indianapolis star, governor mike pence says he would support new legislation this week to clarify the intent of the bill he signed on thursday allowing businesses to deny service based on their religious beliefs. this is not about legalizing discrimination. it s about restricting the government s ability to intrude on the religious liberty of our citizens. reporter: indiana is now one of 20 states with similar laws. but opponents argue it would legalize discrimination after the state s ban on same-sex marriage was overturned last year. with basketball on the mind of many fans ahead of next weekend s final four in indianapolis, the ncaa says we are especially concerned about how this legislation could effect our student athletes and employees. former nba stars charles barkley and reggie miller
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