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(40,370 posts) Mon Mar 30, 2015, 06:23 PM Mar 2015

Connecticut Becomes First State To Boycott Indiana Over LGBT Discrimination Law

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6969684

Jennifer Bendery
Posted: 03/30/15 11:38 AM ET

WASHINGTON -- Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy (D) will sign an executive order on Monday barring state-funded travel to Indiana because of the state's new law that could allow businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers for religious reasons.

Malloy announced his plans on Twitter.

Because of Indiana's new law, later today I will sign an Executive Order regarding state-funded travel. -DM
10:44 AM - 30 Mar 2015

When new laws turn back the clock on progress, we can’t sit idly by. We are sending a message that discrimination won’t be tolerated. -DM

Malloy's move would make Connecticut the first state to boycott Indiana over its Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which Gov. Mike Pence (R) quietly signed into law last week.