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Miley Cyrus on Indiana's religious freedom law: 'Those people are dinosaurs - they're dying off'

Pop sensation and former Disney starlet Miley Cyrus has spoken out against Indiana’s new religious freedom law, which detractors say will allow religious business leaders to legally discriminate against the gay community, in a new interview with Time magazine. 

The shocking law was passed on March 27 and the 'We Can't Stop' sensation explained that she thinks it's important to use her voice and fame platform to help educate people who might not understand the situation that's unfolding in Indiana, and confessed that she isn't afraid to speak up:

"I lived a life where I had to be something every day and had to be a character, and it wasn’t necessarily who I wanted to be. And now I’ve dedicated my life to being whoever it is that I want to be, and also constantly learning and evolving."

"That’s what’s wrong with [supporters of the Indiana law]—they’re not choosing to live that way. And if you don’t choose to live that way, you’re not going to last in this generation because we are overtaking you. They are dinosaurs, and they are dying off. We are the new generation, and with that will come so much."

"We are moving forward. As much as we get distracted by stupid laws that make us feel like we’re regressing, we’re not. We are moving forward because it’s our turn as young people. It’s a new rights movement. There’s so much that young people want to do and change and see, and I think a lot of that can come through social media."

"I put something on my Instagram today about how people are trying now to make the Indiana law look like something that it’s not. They’re trying to make it look like it’s not discriminatory. It’s confusing for my fans, so I’m happy to [speak up about it]. They won’t listen to Tim Cook, maybe. But they’ll listen to me, you know? And people are starting to listen, I think."

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Watch footage from Cyrus's Bangerz tour here: