So Arkansas and Indiana have both passed laws that allow religious groups to claim "religious freedom" as an excuse for acts over which they might be sued. There is, of course, no point in enacting "religious freedom" laws in the states since religious freedom is already guaranteed by the U S Constitution. Hence, the only reason for state legislation is to allow more "freedom" than allowed by the Federal system. Obviously, the "freedom" involved has to do with discrimination, including gay and lesbian lifestyles.
The Constitution promises that citizens may freely worship according to the beliefs and traditions of any religion. (And at the same time the government will not institute any state religion.) But the key word here is 'worship'. Worship is a private thing or, at best, a thing that happens in a special community of worshippers. When a person owns a business in a wider community and closes the business to gays or lesbians, for instance, that is not an act of "worship". The Constitution does not offer religious people the freedom to abuse other people in their communities on the basis of their private religious beliefs.
One might want to ask the State of Indiana if they are prepared to protect conservative Muslims who believe that adulterous women should be stoned to death on religious grounds. Of course, they are not because this is just a case of Christian bigotry to protect Christians who are opposed to legal abortions and LGBT lifestyles! It has nothing to do with religion in any wider sense.
