article_snippet: In a release, Murray said 'Seattle has been a leader in the fight to protect civil rights and ensure equality for all people –
article_snippet: Last week, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee also called SB 101 'discriminatory' in a Thursday statement.
article_snippet: San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said 'We stand united as San Franciscans to condemn Indiana's new discriminatory law, and will work together to protect the civil rights of all Americans including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. '
article_snippet: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence could foster discrimination on Sunday, and said Indiana Gov. Mike Pence wasn't a mistake to have enacted Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
article_snippet: Some national gay-rights groups say it's a way for lawmakers in Indiana and several others states where such bills have been proposed this year to essentially grant a state-sanctioned waiver for discrimination as the nation's highest court prepares to mull the gay marriage question.
article_snippet: Supporters of law, including Pence, contend discrimination claims are overblown and insist Pence will keep the government from compelling people to provide services compelling people find objectionable on religious grounds.
article_snippet: compelling people also maintain courts haven't allowed discrimination under similar laws covering the federal government and 19 other states.
article_snippet: Thousands of opponents of Indiana Senate Bill 101, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act are seen Saturday on the lawn of the Indiana State House . '
article_snippet: State Rep. Ed DeLaney, an Indianapolis Democrat, told a large, boisterous crowd Saturday gathered outside of the Statehouse to protest that the law creates 'a road map, a path to discrimination.'
article_snippet: Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, a Republican who opposed the law, has said he and other city officials will talk with businesses and convention planners to counter the uproar.
highlights_snippet: Murray said in a statement 'Seattle has been a leader in the fight to protect civil rights and ensure equality for all people'
  Indiana Gov. Mike Pence defended the new state law on Sunday, and said it wasn't a mistake to have enacted it .
  