article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Indiana's controversial religious freedom law has been in hot water lately.
article_snippet.sent: After a firestorm of backlash and protests, Gov. Mike Pence Gov. Mike Pence said on Tuesday that Indiana will "fix" the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA, so Indiana will not discriminate against gays and lesbians.
article_snippet.sent: The unbelievably easy way to fix Indiana's RFRA is to add one small amendment, one easy line codifying that discrimination against the LGBT community is harmful, and that there is a compelling governmental interest in eliminating that harm.
article_snippet.sent: Because Indiana does not have a law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, the bill as drafted might allow people who were so inclined to discriminate, and simply assert that people who were so inclined to discriminate could do so based on a religious belief.
article_snippet.sent: Whether or not lawmakers think so, it certainly seems relevant to the general public that the bill as drafted was passed with important national decisions about marriage equality on the horizon and right after the ruling in Baskin v. Bogans that Indiana's same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional.
highlights_snippet.sent: Gov. Mike Pence is making the right call to fix Indiana's religious freedom law, which can be used for discrimination .
  