Mike Pence Promises To Fix Indiana Law So It Bars Discrimination

WASHINGTON -- Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) said Tuesday he will back an amendment to the state's new "religious freedom" law clarifying that it does not allow businesses to deny service to anyone, and insisted that he never intended to discriminate against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. "That is so offensive to me as a Hoosier," Pence said during a press conference in Indianapolis, casting himself, the GOP-controlled General Assembly and the new Religious Freedom Restoration Act as victims of "mischaracterizations" perpetrated by the media and the law's opponents. "I don't believe for a minute that it was the intention of the General Assembly to create a license to discriminate, or a right to deny services to gays, lesbians or anyone else in this state.

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Mike Pence Promises To Fix Indiana Law So It Bars Discrimination

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