Look for gay rights protests at Lucas Oil Stadium as the men 's college basketball tournament comes to Indianapolis , where the NCAA is based . Comment: Gay rights groups see the measure – the 20th of its kind in America – as a back-door license to discriminate . Republican Gov . Mike Pence signed it while insisting that it brings Indiana in line with a 1993 federal religious-protection law signed by Bill Clinton . Pence is a long-shot but still in the hunt as a potential 2016 Republican presidential nominee .
Look for gay rights protests at Lucas Oil Stadium as the men 's college basketball tournament comes to Indianapolis , where the NCAA is based . Law signed Thursday trumps state and local statutes that force business owners to serve the public in ways that violate their religious beliefs . Gay rights groups see the measure – the 20th of its kind in America – as a back-door license to discriminate . Republican Gov . Mike Pence signed it while insisting that it brings Indiana in line with a 1993 federal religious-protection law signed by Bill Clinton . Pence is a long-shot but still in the hunt as a potential 2016 Republican presidential nominee .