article_snippet.sent: his state's religious freedom law unleashed an intense backlash against Indiana, led by tech giants like Apple and Salesforce and sports organizations like the NCAA, amid concerns his state's religious freedom law would allow businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers.
article_snippet.sent: With the Supreme Court set to rule in June on whether same-sex marriage should be legalized nationwide, social conservatives like Santorum have asserted that Christian bakers, florists and wedding photographers shouldn't be forced to provide Christian bakers, florists and wedding photographers services to same-sex weddings.
article_snippet.sent: If you're a print shop and you are a gay man, should you be forced to print 'God hates fags' for the Westboro Baptist Church because the Westboro Baptist Church hold those signs up?"
article_snippet.sent: " Gay rights groups, meanwhile, have used the outrage over Indiana's law -- as well as a similar one that Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed into law -- and debate in at least 14 other states over similar measures this year to renew " Gay rights groups calls for state laws that bar discrimination based on sexual orientation.
article_snippet.sent: Sarah Warbelow, the Human Rights Campaign's legal director, said the debate could shift to states like Texas and South Carolina, where similar bills have been introduced.
article_snippet.sent: Sarah Warbelow, the Human Rights Campaign's legal director said tech companies like Facebook and Google are increasingly wading into the debate because tech companies like Facebook and Google're recognizing that "nondiscrimination protections are critical to every area of tech companies like Facebook and Google employees' lives.
article_snippet.sent: Without questioning the rights of the gay community, we also have to make sure that the rights of the gay community are protected.'"