The bill allowed for a person (or business) who has been sued for discrimination to assert that their freedom of religion has been "burdened" - which means to me that they can use Freedom of Religion as a valid defense in a lawsuit against them and a jury or judge has to take that into consideration.
The uproar, as Pence says, is misguided and misleading - no where does it say the legislation is a license to discriminate.
Because of the uproar, misguided as it is, he wants to not change the legislation but make it clear that the legislation is not a license to discriminate, which it is not.
How is that backing down?
I am *not* one of those who have accused him of backing down.
“How is that backing down?”
I hope you are right.