I could be wrong, but I don't see anything about "gay rights" in the constitution, but freedom of religion is spelled out in the 1st amendment. I think this debate is all about the money, the revenue that will be brought in from the "final four" playoffs

The battle cry of 'religious freedom' and a law lose power in Indiana

 

 

ruxnow.com · 13 minutes ago

INDIANAPOLIS — Catholic nuns and brothers in robes, along with conservative activists and lawmakers, all surrounded Gov. Mike Pence last week as he signed what was billed as a religious freedom law. Smiling and proud, some of them had cheered the bill as a way to protect religious business owners from having to provide cakes and flowers to gay weddings.

But on Thursday, as the state’s top Republican legislative leaders here announced they were changing the law to specify that it will not authorize discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity, a far different cast stood behind them, including a prominent gay businessman and corporate leaders from Eli Lilly, the Indiana Pacers, and the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.

And this time, the mood was tense: There were simple nods of support, no wide smiles.

 

The shift in Indiana has played out with remarkable speed, and under the shadow of a soon-to-arrive Final Four basketball tournament and the national attention that promises.

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The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights.