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some history here, they re modeled after a federal law, religious freedom restoration act. president bill clinton signed that into law in 1993. here s what he had to say at the time. what this law basically says is that the government should be held to a very high level of proof before it interferes with someone s free exercise of religion. all right. here are the 20 states now in total who have the religious freedom restoration act. now let s look at what nondiscrimination laws they have. here in the states in green. they have laws that protect gays lesbians and bisexuals. the states you see in yellow, they have cities or towns that have protection ordinances. to be clear, the entire state is not under those specific protections. now, the states that you see in red, those are states with religious freedom laws but with no apparent nondiscrimination laws. and one of the reasons there s been so much backlash against indiana has a lot to do with timing, what we ve been talking about,

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