Nothing better illustrates the sheer irrationality of the national furor over the religious-freedom law passed by Indiana than the absence of a national furor over the religious-freedom law passed by Arkansas the following week.

Indiana passed a religious-freedom law that critics said amounted to free rein for discrimination against gays. Under pressure from liberals, the media, and businesses, the Republican legislature amended the law to quiet the critics. The Republican governor, Mike Pence, signed the amendment.

Arkansas got some of the same negative attention when its Republican legislature passed a religious-freedom bill that was also decried as anti-gay. Its Republican governor, Asa …