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From: bentway	3/29/2015 11:36:49 AM
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Indiana Governor: New Law Isn't Going Anywhere AS HUNDREDS PROTEST THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT By Kate Seamons, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Mar 29, 2015 5:43 AM CDT \| Updated Mar 29, 2015 10:09 AM CDT (NEWSER) – "We are in discussions with legislative leaders this weekend to see if there's a way to clarify the intent of the law." That from Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who yesterday spoke to the Indianapolis Star about the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. And in an appearance on ABC's This Week this morning, he cleared up some things but not others. ABC News reports that Pence said the controversial bill, signed into law on Thursday, would not be changing and that signing it was "absolutely not" a mistake. While he cited the "tremendous amount of misinformation and misunderstanding" around the bill, he didn't answer a number of questions from George Stephanopoulos ("just yes or no?" he pressed) as to whether the law does indeed do what its critics say it does: Let business owners—in Stephanopoulos' hypothetical, a Christian florist—refuse service to gays. Pence earlier declined to give the Star specifics on the potential new clarification bill, other than to say that he anticipated it would begin working its way through the General Assembly this week. Pence and supporters have pointed to similar laws on the books in 19 other states, with the governor noting that then-state Sen. Barack Obama voted in favor of Illinois' version. ABC News points out Illinois has since enacted specific legal protection for gays, something Pence told Stephanopoulos was "not on his agenda." By yesterday, the state was being burned by what the Star terms "a fast-spreading political firestorm." Hundreds of protestors descended on the Indiana Statehouse; consumer review site Angie's List put a planned $40 million expansion of its Indianapolis headquarters on ice; and the mayor of Seattle announced all city-funded trips to Indiana were to cease.

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