UPDATE: ARKANSAS GOV REFUSES TO SIGN FREEDOM TO DISCRIMINATE BILL WITHOUT CHANGES...

Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas asked state lawmakers on Wednesday to rewrite a controversial religious freedom bill that opponents said could be used to justify anti-gay discrimination.

The governor, under pressure from businesses including Walmart, the largest private employer in the United States, said that he wanted the Arkansas bill to mirror a federal law on religious liberty signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993.

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