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New Law Permits Discrimination Against Gays
Yesterday, Republican Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana signed a bill that ushered in the Indiana Religious Protection Law, which legalizes discrimination in employment, housing and the delivery of services to people who are or appear to be gay.
After the private signing ceremony, the governor, and leaders of the Republican-controlled General Assembly called concerns about discrimination a "misunderstanding," claiming: "This is not discrimination against gays."
Gov. Pence closed the doors to the press and uninvited guests at the signing ceremony. He was joined instead by supportive lawmakers, Franciscan monks and nuns, orthodox Jews, and some of the state's most powerful lobbyists on conservative social issues.
The governor's obvious lying about the effects of his bill is not wearing well with a number of critics, hitting well beyond a civil and human rights perspective, and is already creating a firestorm against Indiana from a business and revenue perspective.
It appears that Hoosiers can say goodbye to their convention and tourist trade, and, if this stands, they will struggle to replace some of the major international corporations located in Indiana that have already taken a stand against this.
Today, Mark Beinehoff, CEO of SalesForce, Inc. announced that they will be moving their major convention out of Indiana to New York. Eli Lily and Alcoa have each already come out with clear and concise statements of warning about this legalized discrimination. It's too late for the NCAA to make a change this year, but they're already talking about moving operations out of Indiana. Even the Chamber of Commerce was against this bill.
Indiana is now the 20th state to knuckle under to pressure from religious bigoted groups and pass a bill modeled on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act signed by Bill Clinton in 1993.
If you know me, you know that I consider Bill Clinton to be the most overrated president of my lifetime and I'll be glad to explain why to anyone interested. He did a lot of harm. But the purpose here is to ask you to Boycott Indiana in any way possible in payment for the way their governor and his cronies have come down on the LGBT community and lied about it to boot.
New Law Permits Discrimination Against Gays
Yesterday, Republican Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana signed a bill that ushered in the Indiana Religious Protection Law, which legalizes discrimination in employment, housing and the delivery of services to people who are or appear to be gay.
After the private signing ceremony, the governor, and leaders of the Republican-controlled General Assembly called concerns about discrimination a "misunderstanding," claiming: "This is not discrimination against gays."
Gov. Pence closed the doors to the press and uninvited guests at the signing ceremony. He was joined instead by supportive lawmakers, Franciscan monks and nuns, orthodox Jews, and some of the state's most powerful lobbyists on conservative social issues.
The governor's obvious lying about the effects of his bill is not wearing well with a number of critics, hitting well beyond a civil and human rights perspective, and is already creating a firestorm against Indiana from a business and revenue perspective.
It appears that Hoosiers can say goodbye to their convention and tourist trade, and, if this stands, they will struggle to replace some of the major international corporations located in Indiana that have already taken a stand against this.
Today, Mark Beinehoff, CEO of SalesForce, Inc. announced that they will be moving their major convention out of Indiana to New York. Eli Lily and Alcoa have each already come out with clear and concise statements of warning about this legalized discrimination. It's too late for the NCAA to make a change this year, but they're already talking about moving operations out of Indiana. Even the Chamber of Commerce was against this bill.
Indiana is now the 20th state to knuckle under to pressure from religious bigoted groups and pass a bill modeled on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act signed by Bill Clinton in 1993.
If you know me, you know that I consider Bill Clinton to be the most overrated president of my lifetime and I'll be glad to explain why to anyone interested. He did a lot of harm. But the purpose here is to ask you to Boycott Indiana in any way possible in payment for the way their governor and his cronies have come down on the LGBT community and lied about it to boot.