It's a way for the commie pols to help bankrupt legitimate businesses. The gay issue is window dressing.
This law cannot be considered constitutional, and will hopefully be overturned.
I hope you're right, but sixteen states!? While progress is being made on one front (state constitutional amendments) it seems the opposition finds a back door through legislation such as this. I'm getting a bit pessimistic.
The recent smoking ban is also window dressing, but it seems many here don't have a problem with allowing discrimination against smokers and businesses that desire to cater to them.