text: The owner of an Indiana pizza restaurant who was forced to close shop after she told a local news reporter that her establishment would not cater a gay wedding reaffirmed her beliefs in an interview on Saturday. Crystal O'Connor, owner of Memories Pizza in Walkerton, said that she stands by her statement, and that she does not hate gay people - she just does not support gay marriage. She then responded to the now staggering $850,000 that has been raised in support of her establishment by saying; 'God has blessed us for standing up for what we believe, and not denying him.' Scroll down video . Crystal O'Connor (above), owner of Memories Pizza in Walkerton, Indiana, says she stands by her decision to never cater a gay wedding . She has closed her store (above), but said she will reopen again and $850,000 has been raised for the business by supporters in just two days . Demonstrators gather outside the City County Building on March 30, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana . In her interview, with Fox News Business' Neil Cavuto, O'Connor also said; 'It is not a sin that we bring gays into our establishment, and to serve them. It is a sin, though, if we condone. If we cater their wedding.' She then added; 'We feel we are participating, we are putting a stamp of approval on their wedding, and we cannot do that.' And despite all of her recent troubles, O'Connor said she is ready to get back to work, she is just not sure when she will open. 'I am still shaken over this, and I will be the one that's serving the customers and answering phones and I'm not ready to face that yet,' she explained. It was a contributor from Glenn Beck's The Blaze who set up the fundraising page on GoFundMe for the pizzeria, with a goal of helping 'the family stave off the burdensome cost of having the media parked out front, activists tearing them down, and no customers coming in.' As of Saturday afternoon, $850,000 had been raised in just two days. The news comes a little over a week after Indiana passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which allows businesses to openly discriminate against gays, and just a few days after O'Connor told a local news station she would refuse to serve her pizza at a gay marriage ceremony. Speaking to ABC57, Crystal O'Connor said: 'If a gay couple came in and wanted us to provide pizzas for their wedding, we would have to say no.' The establishment has been in operation for nine years, and the interior  is adorned with crosses and bible quotes. Just outside the pizzeria, a signs states that the staff begin each morning with a prayer. 'We are a Christian establishment,' O'Connor confirmed. O'Connor said in a recent interview with Neil Cavuto (above) of the money raised; 'God has blessed us for standing up for what we believe, and not denying him' Meanwhile the NCAA has voiced their concern with Indiana's new law. On Saturday, openly gay basketball star Jason Collins and openly gay Division I star Derrick Gordon from the University of Massachusetts showed up to watch the games during the March Madness tournament at Indianapolis's Lucas Oil Stadium . Both men have expressed how upset they were with the new law, and how happy they were with the NCAA's response to Governor Pence. 'The NCAA, they took a bold step,' Collins said earlier this week. 'I think bold leadership is what's needed. I'm very proud of the NCAA taking such a stance and moving forward they definitely need to make sure the fans, the teams, the players, everyone involved with sporting events, when they go to these venues, when they go to these states, these cities, that all members of the community are protected by the laws there.' The stadium was also a protest site as hundreds of people marched through the city's downtown, calling for Indiana to add protections for gays and lesbians in the new law. Their chants attracted to attention of basketball fans who were at the stadium for the Final Four games, and some offered cheers of support. Also on Saturday, openly gay basketball stars Jason Collins and Derrick Gordon (above) arrived for the NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis . The protest came days after Indian Governor Mike Pence signed revisions into the controversial law. The revisions prevent businesses from using the law in court to defend refusing to provide services to any customer because of their race, religion or sexual orientation, according to CNN. But protesters wanted the revision to add sexual orientation to one of the protected categories included in the state's anti-discrimination law to prohibit workplace discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. They chanted 'Hoosiers don't discriminate! No more Band-Aids masking hate!' as they walked toward the stadium carrying rainbow flags and signs reading messages like 'No hate in our state' and 'Equal rights for all'. Police officers who blocked intersections so the protesters could march along downtown streets without incident estimated that between 500 and 600 people took part in the 'peaceful' march. There were no signs during the march of supporters of the state's religious freedom law.
target: Crystal O'Connor, owner of Memories Pizza in Walkerton, Indiana, says she stands by her decision to never cater a gay wedding .
  This despite the fact that she claims she has been receiving death threats for her beliefs, though none have been documented .
  She has closed her store, but said she will reopen again and $850,000 has been raised for the business by supporters in just two days .
  O'Connor said in a recent interview of this; 'God has blessed us for standing up for what we believe, and not denying him'
  Also on Saturday, openly gay basketball stars Jason Collins and Derrick Gordon arrived for the NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis .