Got a better question: Why should Republicans have to respond at all? Why isn’t the media asking the questions that should be asked? Such as why would anyone need a law ‘granting’ the ‘ability’ to ‘bring up the defense’ of ‘religious conviction.’
That is indeed THE question.
Here's the answer: Because these are corporate laws, applying only to corporations.
Nothing will change until conservatives really grasp that. Yet they have plenty of examples, as "laws" which are really corporate statutes are made over and over and over to imitate narrow, pre-existing parts of the Constitution.
So it's easy to throw up your hands and cry corruption.
Don't do it.
Instead, understand what is going on. There are TWO SETS OF LAWS. Those of rights for the people, and those of privileges for corporations.
The two are being mixed up. The Left is doing the mixing. The Right is clueless.
Stop being clueless.