article_snippet: a release said 'To formalize the Mayor's decision, the Mayor will be issuing an executive order next week.
article_snippet: Pence did not answer directly when asked at least six times whether under law law would be legal for a merchant to refuse to serve gay customers. '
article_snippet: This is not about discrimination, this is about empowering people to confront government overreach,' he said.
article_snippet: Asked again, he said, 'Look, the issue here is still is tolerance a two-way street or not.'
article_snippet: he addressed that Sunday, saying, 'if the General Assembly ... sends me a bill that adds a section that reiterates and amplifies and clarifies what law really is and what law has been for the last 20 years, then I'm open to that.'
article_snippet: Josh Earnest, President Barack Obama's spokesman, appeared on 'This Week' just after Pence, and said the debate isn't a political argument.
article_snippet: Asked if he would be willing to add sexual orientation to the list of characteristics against which discrimination is illegal, he said, 'I will not push for that.
article_snippet: But founder and CEO Bill Oseterle said in a statement Saturday that the expansion was on hold 'until founder and CEO fully understand the implications of the freedom restoration act on founder and CEO employees.'