Indiana's New Anti-Gay Law Prompts Calls For Boycott On Twitter

[Purveyor]

Source: CBC

By John Bowman, CBC News Posted: Mar 27, 2015 11:22 AM ET

Businesses and entertainers are vowing to pull events out of Indiana after the governor signed a bill into law that gives business owners the right to refuse to serve gay and lesbian customers.

On Thursday, Gov. Mike Pence signed the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act in a private, closed-door ceremony.

Hillary Clinton was among the high profile critics of the bill, which opponents argue will allow people to use their religious beliefs as a defence if they are sued for denying service to customers who are gay.

Gov. Pence dismissed criticism of the bill as misunderstanding of what the legislation does. "This bill is not about discrimination, and if I thought it legalized discrimination in any way in Indiana, I would have vetoed it," Pence said in his statement Thursday.

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7 Entities That May Boycott Indiana Over New LGBT Discrimination Law

In the wake of Gov. Mike Pence (R-IN) signing a law that essentially allows discrimination against gay and lesbian people in the state, companies are starting to consider pulling their business from the state.

Though Pence has tried to insist that the law is about “religious liberty” and not discrimination against LGBT discrimination in the state, that doesn’t seem to wash with many in the state — including the Chamber of Commerce, which has said the law will bring unwanted attention to the state. Many high-profile companies and entities that host major events in the state are starting to reconsider their business.


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Yelp

Following the signing of the law, the crowd-sourcing review site released a statement saying, “it is unconscionable to imagine that Yelp would create, maintain, or expand a significant business presence in any state that encouraged discrimination by businesses against our employees, or consumers at large.”

Yelp also threatened to boycott Arizona when it was considering passing similar legislation last year, and mentioned that it would have a similar position on Arkansas if it passes legislation that it is debating that would enable discrimination.

Salesforce

“Today we are canceling all programs that require our customers/employees to travel to Indiana to face discrimination,” Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff tweeted, pointing to a CNN story in which it said that it would halt all efforts to expand to the state.

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http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/03/27/3639895/8-entities-may-boycott-indiana-new-lgbt-discrimination-bill/

[geomon666]

1. I will never set foot in that state or send a single dollar

Until every single Repig who brought this into law is ousted.

[Iliyah]

2. MAY?

[randr]

3. Here is a list of products not to buy or support

http://usamadeproducts.biz/indiana-products.html
and another
http://www.madehereinamerica.com/Pages/Indiana.aspx
and another
http://usamadeproducts.biz/404.shtml

[HockeyMom]

4. So if I take my Lesbian Daughter out to Dinner

they can refuse to serve us? Are you against FAMILIES, Indiana? So if my husband goes out to Lunch with a gay coworker, or business client, these religious bigots can refuse to serve them?

Take it a step further. What would happen if I wore a Pentagram tshirt to their restaurant? Throw me out for that because Paganism is against THEIR religion? Hey, that is not your SPOUSE! Adultery is against MY religion!

Just imagine the possibilities that might offend somebody's religion? Carte Blanch to discriminate.

[appalachiablue]

8. Right to Discriminate State

[randr]

5. Businesses that want to discriminate

should be made to post a sign stating so.
Just a sign that states we enforce Sharia Law would suffice.

[tomsaiditagain]

6. Christo-Fasicsm is alive!!

Judgment and condemnation is right wing fascist love back to you nonbelievers of their hate God.

[appalachiablue]

7. Dec. 9, 1958 the JBS, John Birch Society was established in Indianapolis, Indiana by founder

Robert Welch and others including Fred Koch of Koch Industries and father of Charles and David Koch. The political advocacy organization which is still active was named for the American soldier killed by Chinese Communists in 1945. JBS values Christian principles and is anti Federal Government, anti Communist and collectivism and anti Civil Rights.
Award winning author Claire Conner, *DU member and daughter of JBS founder Robert Welch was made to join the ultraconservative group at age 13 by her national leader parents but left to go on to write the book, "WRAPPED IN THE FLAG" (2012) exposing the plans of the JBS to take America back to 1900. See: The Red Scare, McCarthyism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birch_Society

[Delphinus]

9. Thanks for this ...

I am learning a lot.

[appalachiablue]

10. Sure, Claire made some DU posts recently, has a webpage for her book & seems approachable.

[appalachiablue]

12. Sinclair Lewis' book, "It Can't Happen Here", 1936 is a fictional story about the

rise of fascism and the take over of the US by a right wing demagogue, a real concern at the time because of economic and political conditions in the US and Europe with Mussolini, Hitler and Franco. It's in paperback and is a quick read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can't_Happen_Here

In 1933 there was a conspiracy to take over the White House during FDR's first term, funded by leading US industrialists who sought the support of Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler who declined and testified at the 1934 Congressional investigation of the plot.
See Wiki, 'THE BUSINESS PLOT' to overthrow Roosevelt; and 40 min. film about it and Smedley Butler on YouTube.

[riversedge]

11. Raw story: Twitter pounds Indiana’s Mike Pence: ‘Enjoy your last term as Governor, you ass backward

TWEET:

TBogg ?@tbogg 7m7 minutes ago

Twitter pounds Indiana’s Mike Pence: ‘Enjoy your last term as Governor, you ass backward dipshit’ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/twitter-pounds-indianas-mike-pence-enjoy-your-last-term-as-governor-you-ass-backward-dipsht/#.VRWosrTM3UE.twitter … @GovPenceIN go boom
5 retweets 3 favorites


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Twitter pounds Indiana’s Mike Pence: ‘Enjoy your last term as Governor, you ass backward dipsh*t’
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27 Mar 2015 at 14:52 ET



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While the state of Indiana is taking a beating across the country for passing the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” allowing businesses and individuals to deny services to gays on religious grounds, Governor Mike Pence has come in for an extra heaping of scorn on social media.

In a speech following the signing of the bill, Pence defended his actions saying, “If I thought it legalized discrimination I would have vetoed it.” Across the country many disagreed with the governor, once believed to harbor national aspirations, and expressed themselves bluntly.

A host of celebrities, including Broadway star Audra McDonald, Larry King, Harvey Fierstein, Miley Cyrus, and popular Indiana-based author John Green took shots at the governor, while others jumped on Pence’s Twitter account to express their contempt and displeasure with his decision to sign the bill into law.

A sampling of comments below Pence’s Twitter announcement of the signing the bill attended by a group of observers he has, thus far, refused to identify by name:







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Governor Mike Pence ✔ @GovPenceIN
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I signed SEA 101 today to ensure religious liberty is fully protected under IN law http://www.in.gov/activecalendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=214653&information_id=212489&type=&syndicate=syndicate …
9:25 AM - 26 Mar 2015

[riversedge]

13. Indiana Enacts Theocracy Legalizing Discrimination via @politicususa

Indiana Enacts Theocracy Legalizing Discrimination http://www.politicususa.com/2015/03/27/indiana-enacts-theocracy-legalizing-discrimination.html … via @politicususa

[Zorra]

14. Thanks! Recommend. nt