I assume that too, but it is being grossly misrepresented by its opponents and the media.
It is a tantrum. Let’s bully a possible presidential candidate. I hope the governor holds course. It is Alinsky in action.
The law says nothing more than "a governmental entity may not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion". That's it.
(Lots of legal mumbo jumbo accompanies it, but that is the one and only operative phrase... and it is even followed by the caveat that government CAN burden religious exercise if they have a compelling reason and do it in the least intrusive way possible.)
So millions of folks are being told to get angry about THAT.