{"id":13282,"date":"2015-03-29T14:51:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T14:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=13282"},"modified":"2015-03-29T14:51:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T14:51:56","slug":"new-indiana-law-under-organized-assault-by-the-usual-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=13282","title":{"rendered":"New Indiana Law Under Organized Assault By The Usual Suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana’s Mike Pence: ‘We’re Not Going to Change the Law’<\/h1>\n

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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is defending the new state law that’s garnered widespread criticism over concerns it could foster discrimination and said it wasn’t a mistake for the state to have enacted it.<\/p>\n

Pence appeared on ABC’s “This Week” to discuss the measure he signed last week prohibiting state laws that “substantially burden” a person’s ability to follow his or her religious beliefs.<\/p>\n

The Republican did not answer directly when asked six times whether it would be legal for a business to refuse to serve gay customers.<\/p>\n

Pence said the law is “about empowering people to confront government overreach.”<\/p>\n

He also said that if lawmakers send him a bill to clarify the law’s intent, he’ll look at it, but was adamant that “We’re not going to change the law.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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