The Indiana Legislature, the legislature that wrote a version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act that implicitly allowed for discrimination against the LGBT community, has bucked Governor Mike Pence. The Governor appeared on ABC's ThisWeek where he defended the bill.
George Stephanopoulos asked Mike Pence if he would create a fix by making LGBT a protected class in their civil rights statutes. His answer, "I will not push for that." Stephanopoulos then asked if he could support a fix that stated that "This chapter does not establish or eliminate a defense to a claim under any federal, state or local law protecting civil rights or preventing discrimination." His answer, "George look, we are not going to change the law."
Governor Mike Pence had attempted to clean things up in tone in his press conference but continued to defend the bill.
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