article_snippet: critics say it will be a 'license to discriminate' by refusing service to .
article_snippet: the bill doesn't allow anybody to discriminate against anybody, not here,' Republican state Rep. Bob Ballinger told The Washington Post on Tuesday. 
article_snippet: Supporters said law does not allow for discrimination .
article_snippet: cannot use the legislation to make it clear businesses to discriminate against same-sex couples.
article_snippet: on hold after a House member added anti-discrimination language.
article_snippet: Sexual orientation and gender identity are not included in Arkansas anti-discrimination protections.
article_snippet: Last month, Hutchinson allowed a measure to go into law that prevented local governments from including such protections in local governments anti-discrimination ordinances.
highlights_snippet: Wal-Mart is against the measure, which critics say creates a license to discriminate against gays and lesbians through the fig-leaf of religion .
  
highlights_snippet: Sexual orientation and gender identity are not included in Arkansas anti-discrimination protections.