101. the religious freedom restoration act. no hate in our state! outrage growing across the country, to what gay rights advocates call the latest attack to legalize discrimination. protesters corporations and fellow governors condemning the state s action. connecticut and washington state now banning state-funded travel to indiana. 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 governor s office promising to clarify. i ve been up close to discrimination i don t want that. why don t want that. the governor has said he doesn t want that. in a wall street journal op-ed, governor mike pence wrote
now joining this chorus, the indianapolis star put out the front page editorial this morning topped by the banner that says fix it now. state officials are pushing back led by the governor mike pence. you see him there. he has an op-ed in the wall street journal. he says the law has been misconstrued as a license to discriminate. pence and leaders are promising a fix, not a repeal. let s go to cnn s miguel marquez in indiana. reporter: john christine, with the final four coming to town and the ncaa itself 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, signed an executive order saying he wants the state government to change the act and fix it as he says.
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 governor s office promising to clarify. i ve been up close to discrimination i don t want that. we don t want that. the governor has said he doesn t want that. in a wall street journal op-ed, governor mike pence wrote quote i abhor discrimination if i saw a restaurant owner refuse to serve a gay couple i wouldn t eat there any more. he goes on to say, rifra only provide as mek nigs to amechanism to address claims. the governor told the news sunday he personally wouldn t change the law, but is open to
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. cnn s 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 pressure on the governor here and the government to change sb-101. the mayor of indianapolis the republican mayor, has signed executive order saying that he wants the state government to change the act, to fix it as he says. the city council has passed resolution opposing sb-101. hundreds of protesters were in that meeting.
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 indianapolis has just passed a resolution opposing sb-101. the mayor the republican mayor of indianapolis signed an executive order urging the government to fix this bill. so there is enormous pressure to have this done. right now it s not clear when or how that will get done. the passage of the law has already sparked protests calls for boycotts in indiana. how much is that playing into all of this? reporter: clearly it is taking a huge effect. everybody from apple to the ncaa