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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has signed into law the Religious Freedom Restoration Act despite fierce opposition by business leaders within the state.
The law, signed Thursday, allows businesses to use an owner's faith as a reason to refuse service to customers, including same-sex married couples. The risks from the act range from potential workplace lawsuits on religious grounds to a broader and deeper business chill in the state, with money-making conferences and major corporations threatening to pull out, difficulty attracting key job creators like tech companies and a wide-ranging ripple effect on small-business owners.