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Even the indianapolis city council passed a resolution opposing sb 101. >> fix this law. do so immediately. >> opponents concerned that the law could give businesses a license to deny lgbt individuals services. including for their weddings the indiana governors office promising to clarify. >> ive been up close to discrimination i dont want that. we dont want that. the governor has said he doesnt want that. >> in a "wall street journal" op-ed, governor mike pence wrote quote i abhor discriminatio...

His monday wall street op-ed said the law has been grossly misconstrued as a license to discriminate. this morning, pence and leaders are now promising a fix. not a repeal. a fix, a clarification. not a ban on anti-gay discrimination. clarification of the law which is not intended for discrimination. cnns miguel marquez is in indianapolis with more. >> reporter: with the final four coming to town in the ncaa itself expressing concern about the religious freedom restoration act, there is great pr...

Have super majorities in both the house and senate in the legislature. they could easily do it if they wanted. the top republican leaders today came out and said they will make a fix. the question is what will that fix be. and when will it come down the road. the ncaa obviously is here headquartered here and the final four is here this week. there is great interest in seeing that done before those games take place, because the ncaa has expressed concern over that. the city council here in indian...

Has been misconstrued. this morning, leaders are promising to fix the law, though not to repeal it. cnns miguel marquez is in indianapolis with more. >> reporter: with the final four coming to town and the ncaa expressing concern about the religious freedom restoration act, there is great pressure on the governor here and government to change sb-101. the mayor of indianapolis the republican mayor, has signed executive order saying he wants the state government to change the act and to fix it as ...

The top republican leaders today came out and said they will make a fix. the question is, what will that fix be. and when will it come down the road. the ncaa obviously is here, headquartered here, and the final four is here this week. there is great interest in seeing that done before those games take place, because the ncaa has expressed concern over that. the city council here in indianapolis has just passed a resolution opposing sb-101. the mayor, the republican mayor of indianapolis signed ...

Council here in indianapolis has passed a resolution opposing sb 101 and the governor of the state is sort of doubling down in an opinion piece in the "wall street journal" that hes penned. he writes i want to make clear to hoosiers and every american, that despite what critics and many in the media have asserted the law is not a license to discriminate either in indiana or elsewhere. what he does not say in that oped or opinion piece is that he will change the law, much like his two colleagues ...

The city council has also passed a resolution opposing sb-101. hundreds of protesters were in that meeting. heres what it looked like when it passed. [ applause ] >> reporter: a very raucous council meeting to be sure. the chairperson of the council saying she lost control, jokingly, of the meeting several times. the protesters got what they want and promising to keep up the pressure across the state on the governor and the government here until they make those changes. what those changes may be...

Lums in indiana are promising to -- lawmakers in indiana are promising to clarify the new religious freedom law. the governor signed it last week, and backlash exploded immediately. critics say this essentially allows the discrimination of gay people. >> in an op-ed published in the "wall street journal," the government insists, quotinquotit is anything but a license to discriminate and should not be mischaracterized or dismissed on that basis." miguel marquez with more on the controversy. in ...

Indianapolis with the latest. >> good morning, michaela. indiana, a house divided, with democrats asking for a repeal and republicans working feverishly to change the language of the actual law. as for the backlash coming from around the nation oh, that is still pouring in. this law is not intended to discriminate we have great respect for the lgbt community. >> this morning, no revisions yet to indianas polarizing sb 101, the religious freedom restoration act. >> no hate in our state. >> outrag...

Legislation. its even being mocked on "saturday night live." >> youll be able to tell which stores are supporting the new law because theyll have these helpful little signs. >> the city council here in indianapolis has just passed a resolution opposing sb-101. the mayor today here in indianapolis signed an executive order asking the government here to fix it. the republican governor just posted an op-ed in "the wall street journal" that he said is the right thing to do and he is not backing down...