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MyFoxBoston.com) -- Amid the outcry over Indiana's new Religious Freedom Restoration Law, another state has passed a similar law.
Despite the protests outside the capitol, Arkansas lawmakers went ahead and passed a Religious Freedom Restoration law, which is similar to the one creating controversy in Indiana.
The big question, though, seems to be the law's intent.
"This bill is not about discrimination. This is about an individual person's right to believe," said Bart Hester of the Arkansas State Senate. "Your rights stop where someone else's rights start."
Critics lined up in the governor's office, signing the guestbook and asking him to veto House Bill 1228. Many believe the latest RFRA laws are meant to skirt anti-discrimination laws.
Governor Asa Hutchinson is calling for changes to the law that is facing a backlash from businesses and gay rights groups, saying it wasn't intended to allow discrimination based on sexual orientation.
The Republican governor on Wednesday said he wants changes to a bill lawmakers sent him prohibiting state and local government from infringing upon someone's religious beliefs without a compelling interest. Hutchinson said he wants the Legislature to either recall the bill or pass a follow-up measure to make the proposal more closely mirror a 1993 federal religious freedom law.
"What I think has happened is that religious conservatives know that they have lost the gay marriage battle and they are unhappy with the increasing acceptance of LGBT people in this country," said Rev. Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire.
Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says the laws are about same-sex marriage and whether or not businesses have to accept the business of gay customers, but Indiana's governor says that's not the case.
"This law does not give businesses a right to deny services to anyone," said Mike Pence.
Critics still worry the law in Indiana and the bill in Arkansas are too broad, demanding added protections to ensure the rights of LGBT people are not violated.
