Gov . Mike Pence seemed to blink Tuesday in the face of withering pressure after he signed The Religious Freedom Restoration Act bill into law . Gay-rights activists complained bitterly that the law was a license for wedding vendors and other businesses to discriminate . White House says it 'flies in the face of the kinds of values that people all across the country strongly support ' & put Pence in 'damage-control mode ' Connecticut 's governor accused Indiana of 'outright bigotry ' and blocked state-funded travel to the state . Pence insisted that the law only gives businesses a legal basis to defend themselves on religious grounds if they 're sued . It does n't , he said , make it legal to violate anti-discrimination statutes . That distinction has been lost on everyone from the NCAA to NASCAR , with most opponents ignoring 19 other states with similar laws .
Gov . Mike Pence seemed to blink Tuesday in the face of withering pressure after he signed a 'Religious Feredom Restoration Act ' bill into law . Gay-rights activists complained bitterly that the law was a license for wedding vendors and other businesses to discriminate . White House says it 'flies in the face of the kinds of values that people all across the country strongly support ' & put Pence in 'damage-control mode ' Connecticut 's governor accused Indiana of 'outright bigotry ' and blocked state-funded travel to the state . Pence insisted that the law only gives businesses a legal basis to defend themselves on religious grounds if they 're sued . It does n't , he said , make it legal to violate anti-discrimination statutes . That distinction has been lost on everyone from the NCAA to NASCAR , with most opponents ignoring 19 other states with similar laws .