article_snippet: Mike Pence unleashed a firestorm on Indiana last week when Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
article_snippet: last week, Mike Pence put his signature on the RFRA -- a law that allows Indiana businesses to cite Indiana businesses religious freedom as a legal defense.
article_snippet: In an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, Mike Pence says the RFRA -- a law that allows Indiana businesses to cite their religious freedom as a legal defense "ensures that Indiana law will respect religious freedom and apply the highest level of scrutiny to any state or local governmental action that infringes on people's religious liberty.
article_snippet: Mike Pence notes that there is no reference to sexual orientation in the law.
article_snippet: Pence had said earlier that the Indiana Senate president was working with lawmakers to clarify the state's controversial "religious freedom" law.
article_snippet: Some of the GOP's top figures are backing Pence despite the controversy.  
article_snippet: I'm proud to stand with Gov. @mike_pence for religious liberty, and I urge Americans to do the same," Cruz tweets.
article_snippet: Given a chance on Sunday to add some clarity, Pence refused to answer at least six yes-or-no questions from ABC's George Stephanopoulos about whether the measure legalizes discrimination against gays and lesbians.