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From: zax	4/2/2015 9:35:02 PM
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Governor in a political firestorm over Indiana law By STEVE PEOPLES and TOM DAVIES April 1, 2015 8:54 PM news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a week ago, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was considered one of the few Republican presidential prospects who could unite the GOP's business wing with religious conservatives. Today, his standing with both groups is threatened as the national backlash intensifies over his state's law on religious freedom. Pence spent much of Wednesday behind closed doors to pursue "a fix" to legislation he signed six days earlier. Business leaders have been among the most aggressive critics of the law, which was cheered by the GOP's evangelical wing as a needed protection for business owners should they refuse services to same-sex couples on religious grounds. Pence, lesser known than some Republican White House prospects, has become the central figure in the contentious debate, offering him both opportunities and risks just as the 2016 presidential primary season begins and he decides whether to run. Yet so far, the debate is deepening the very divisions within his party that he hoped to bridge. "Pence was the guy who theoretically could bring the business community together with the evangelical community, but now they are at each other's throats," said veteran Republican strategist John Feehery. "This whole thing has been a complete disaster." The backlash in Indiana has quickly spread to other states where Republicans hoped to enact similar laws. In Arkansas, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday called for changes to similar legislation that has been sent to his desk, saying it wasn't intended to sanction discrimination based on sexual orientation. The governor </snip> Read the rest here: news.yahoo.com

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