(CNN) Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Sunday that he would "probably not" have signed a controversial North Carolina law that blocks transgender individuals from using public bathrooms that match their gender identity and stops cities from passing anti-discrimination ordinances to protect gay and transgender people.

The GOP presidential candidate also said people who disagree on the issue should just "get over it."

The law prompted outrage from LGBT and civil rights groups who say its discriminatory. Conservative leaders insist that their goal is simply to protect religious individuals' from violating their faith-based convictions.

"I believe that religious institutions ought to be protected and be able to be in a position of where they can live out their deeply held religious purposes. But when you get beyond that, it gets to be a tricky issue. And tricky is not the right word, but it can become a contentious issue," Kasich said on CBS' "Face the Nation."

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