The church's attorney will use the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to help his case.

Indiana Democratic Party Chairman John Zody said Monday that he wants Gov. Mike Pence's office to release contracts, messages and emails related to the agreement with Porter Novelli, the PR firm hired to help rehab Indiana's image after RFRA.

The American Civil Liberties Union Wednesday filed the suit on behalf of two unidentified plaintiffs-one residing in Elkhart County, and the other in Allen County. The suit involves another new state law that makes it a Level 6 felony for a serious sex offender to enter a school property, even if the school also serves as a place of worship.

At a church building on Indianapolis' east side, the state's new religious freedom law is getting a different kind of acknowledgment - as the First Church of Cannabis prepares for its inaugural ceremony. Church founder Bill Levin created the church as a possible test case for the new law.

Founded amidst controversy over the state's new religious freedom law, Indiana's First Church of Cannabis Wednesday hosted its first service on the same day the law went into effect.

Pro-LGBT groups say they're going to organize a voter registration drive as part of their push to obtain civil rights protections for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

On the day Indiana's so-called "religious freedom" law took effect, advocates for the LGBT community said they're going to organize a voter registration drive as part of their push to obtain civil rights protections for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

Indiana's First Church of Cannabis will not be using any of its namesake herb at the inaugural service scheduled for Wednesday, the church's founder announced Monday afternoon.

Anyone who smokes, possesses, or hands out marijuana, or even shows up, at the First Church of Cannabis' inaugural services planned for Wednesday could be arrested or face other charges, police and the Marion County prosecutor warn.

The church that was formed after Indiana's RFRA law was passed is planning it's first service the same day the law goes into effect.