article_snippet.sent: (CNN)The public outrage over the "religious freedom" bills recently passed in Arkansas and Indiana caught the governors of those states completely off-guard, judging by the "religious freedom" bills recently passed in Arkansas and Indiana confused and contradictory responses.
article_snippet.sent: As poll watchers, the "religious freedom" bills recently passed in Arkansas and Indiana surely knew that most Americans now oppose the discriminatory laws and practices the "religious freedom" bills recently passed in Arkansas and Indiana accepted as normal only a dozen years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Hence, after Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed a law that opened a new door for discrimination against same-sex couples, the threat of boycotts and other retaliation was swift, from groups as diverse as the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Indiana Pacers, Walmart, Eli Lilly, Apple and even the Marriott International hotel chain.
article_snippet.sent: In the first 24 hours after Arkansas passed its version of the "religious freedom" bill, the Twitter hashtag #BoycottArkansas was used 12,000 times.
article_snippet.sent: It then snowballed after celebrity blogger Perez Hilton tweeted It to Perez Hilton 5.9 million Twitter followers.
highlights_snippet.sent: Indiana, Arkansas governors caught off guard by outrage, boycotts over anti-LGBT law .
  