article_snippet.sent: Four U.S. circuit courts of appeals have ruled that the Indiana law can be used as a defense in cases involving private parties.
article_snippet.sent: Two other appeals courts have ruled that this is not allowed.
article_snippet.sent: The ruling, in effect, expanded the reach of the Indiana law to include a business.
article_snippet.sent: In Indiana, that protection would be lacking.
article_snippet.sent: (that protection gets more complicated when some local governments, like the city of Indianapolis, do have nondiscrimination ordinances).