Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed into law on Thursday a measure that grants business owners the right to discriminate against gays and lesbians all in the name of “religious freedom,” and now a major state investor is shutting down the money tap.
While the law’s supporters are surely patting themselves on the back and smoking each others’ cigars, people like billionaire CEO of Salesforce.com and philanthropist Marc Benioff have a decidedly different take.
In a statement on Facebook, Benioff announced his decision to “dramatically reduce” his company’s investment in the state.
He wrote:
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
We are forced to dramatically reduce our investment in Indiana based on our employee’s & customer’s outrage over the Religious Freedom Bill.
At a time when our nation is more polarized than ever, these so-called religious freedom bills only serve to legitimize our differences as part of the official discourse.
And as Benioff and hopefully more have and will prove, the trend is bad for business.
Indianapolis mayor Greg Ballard was one of many in the state to distance himself from the law. He said:
“I don’t believe this legislation truly represents our state or our capital city. Indianapolis strives to be a welcoming place that attracts businesses, conventions, visitors and residents.”
Right now, at least ten states including Indiana are pushing through new or stronger religious freedom measures, largely seen as a reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Hobby Lobby decision.
If you want to see how shaky the Republican argument is, here’s presidential hopeful Jeb Bush doing his best to lay out a case for religious freedom legislature in Georgia:
Jeb Bush makes his case to Georgia lawmakers – and wades into a thorny debate. http://t.co/vrcs7ItA8m #gapol pic.twitter.com/9BavGHXKOi
— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) March 19, 2015
Harry R. Courtright
More should do this.
Sean Burke
https://www.change.org/p/ncaa-to-move-the-big-ten-football-championship-out-of-indianapolis?recruiter=26932596&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_facebook_responsive&utm_term=des-lg-bing-no_msg
Jeff Phillips
maybe we should make gay a religion and refuse all of these people
Norman Rollins
How sick,, all in the name of the good book!!!
Chris Vogel
As it happens, Indiana state law does not prohibit discrimination against homosexuals, in any area (employment, housing, business services, etc.) so that is legal anyway. The “Religious Freedom Restoration Act”, like those previously adopted in 19 other states, makes no reference to homosexuality or to business services, although these are always declared to be the particular purpose of this legislation by its proponents. In fact, RFRAs invalidate all of the state (and municipalities within it) anti-discrimination ordinances, thereby authorising all forms of discrimination against anyone (everyone). All very Christian.
shadrak153
It’s not just the big investors that will pull their business from Indiana. I will avoid the state altogether even if I have to drive around it.
kofender
The more business leaders let these states know the so-called “religious freedom” laws are bad for business, the sooner they are going to die on the vine.
Maybe Eli Lilly should follow suit and close down some of its operation in Indianapolis (I know some people there would be thrilled to have a transfer). The Indiana Pacers could relocate to a friendlier climate.
The lesson some of these republicans should learn: being anti-gay is bad for business.
TomMc
@Sean Burke: Thanks for that Sean.
mezzacanadese
Good for Mark Benioff. I applaud him for doing the right thing.
Larry
@kofender: I have used Lilly insulin for 42 years. I will switch. I called their corporate HQ in Indy an hour ago and let them know. Also posted on their Twitter page.
markgtx11
Make sure you expressly let these companies know WHY you are boycotting their state, services, etc. Ask for a company feedback link or email for maximum impact.
Nicholas Olivero
Thanks for showing you care for all of your customers and coming to their defense.
Michael Jarboe
Thank you
markhfreeman
Who would be ashamed by these laws? Start with Jesus the Jew. Then Jesus the friend of prostitutes. Then Jesus whose beloved was John. Then Jesus the opponent of money in religion. Then Jesus who believed in love as a response to hatred. And then conservatives who believe that government does not belong in bedrooms. And I could go on.
GayEGO
Indiana citizens are going to get tired of losing business, jobs, other benefits because of this discrimination against American citizens. It will be interesting to see how this is resolved.
GayEGO
@markhfreeman: and Jesus told me I was Gay and to be myself and to not live my life a lie by acting straight! :>)
Mack
The NCAA Basketball has concerns about having the games in Indiana next week. They’re trying to decide whether or not to move the games. Perhaps we need HRC or one of the other gay organization to push it a bit. Perhaps a ban in all States that have this law or going to have this law.
pjm1
BOYCOTT THE FINAL FOUR!!!
Darryl Moir
Burn the fucking state down.
ProfessorMoriarty
The NCAA is not going to move next week’s Final Four. The next one in Indy, though…
jckfmsincty
The NCAA should cancel the Final Four in Indianapolis.
Jim Guinnessey
Indiana and its fascists are no better than Putin’s Russia.
Josh447
This may very well be a good clue for SCOTUS to include in their decision on gay marriage, a clause that invalidates any and all discriminatory laws against the LGBT community, invalidating religious freedom laws used in public forums, which technically are illegal and unconstitutional due to the Equal Protection Clause via the 14th Amendment.
Nikki Hatch
Bravo!
Ann Nameth
So you want your ‘rights’ but no one else can have theirs? typical liberal
Holly Holland Cain
Indiana is not going to miss your business Marc. Besides, if I’m from a specific group with specific ideals, then why on earth should I cater to those outside my group? It’s like me, being a female, wanting to join a gentleman’s club and throwing a hissy fit and decrying discrimination because they told me no.
Courtney Rosemeyer Whitear
“This bill is not about discrimination, and if I thought it legalized discrimination in any way in Indiana, I would have vetoed it. In fact, it does not even apply to disputes between private parties unless government action is involved. For more than twenty years, the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act has never undermined our nationâ??s anti-discrimination laws, and it will not in Indiana.
Indiana is rightly celebrated for the hospitality, generosity, tolerance, and values of our people, and that will never change. Faith and religion are important values to millions of Hoosiers and with the passage of this legislation, we ensure that Indiana will continue to be a place where we respect freedom of religion and make certain that government action will always be subject to the highest level of scrutiny that respects the religious beliefs of every Hoosier of every faith.” Directly from the Governor of Indiana. This is NOT AN ANTI-GAY LAW. And there is a similar law at the Federal level and in 30 other states.
Scott Royce
This moron thinks his money is greater than God. Then again, his money IS god to him. What a poor fool.
Dean Wilson
thank you mr. benioff
RebDan White
Salesforce.com huh? Well, just another depraved sick company to cross off. Save your replies…… I don’t read ’em.
Luis H. Lopez
Good start other companies too ! The USA cannot speak about human rights to any nation when state repression is allowed against gay people !!
Luis H. Lopez
Good ! Down with state repression you disgusting homophobes you will regret this the enemy of my enemy is my friend!
Luis H. Lopez
Tax the churches ‘
Leonard Woodrow
Well done that man! Since these bigots are not open to intelligent arguments, hit them where it hurts … their pockets.
Donnie Bailey
Thank you !
GG
What religious freedom is in the U.S.: The right to affiliate with any religion of one’s choosing without government interference.
What religious freedom is NOT in the U.S.: Using one’s religion to legally justify discrimination in the public marketplace.
Daniel C Guthrie
Ok, so let me get this straight – LGBT community has the right to push an agenda, but someone who doesn’t agree with them does not? Is that not the very thing we all wish to end? The community has the right to do as they please, and this fellow should be able to as well. And, on the same note – if the Indiana government wishes to impose that law, fair or not… it is every person’s right to stay or go…
Cam
So if you lived in Indiana can you claim that your religion forbids you to pay state taxes?
August Karbowski
Why should sexual orientation matter. I own a business do your job correctly, etc.
Teresa Wilkersom
Except how come the only people with rights are the gays? What about people who believe that there lifestyle is against whatt hey believe?
Penny Herbert
you are not the only CEO Our God is the CEO and has many of them In the name of Jesus Christ and I ask you Jesus to bless Gov Pence for standing up for what is right.
Joincny
@Courtney Rosemeyer Whitear: you’re a liar.
German Meneses
GREAT DECISION.
jimontp
@Holly Holland Cain: Have you lived in some cave for the last sixty years? What do you think those old sit-ins at lunch counters were about? Maybe they didn’t teach you that in some home schooling fiasco ( or the ignoramous Governor of Indiana) , but if you operate a business, you can’t discriminate! Maybe YOUR ideals (sounds like an version of Islamic Sharia law to me) make you think you can discriminate against anyone your religion doesn’t like, is that it? You do know that the US Constitution and Bill of Rights apply to all Americans, right?
German Meneses
Joincny
@Daniel C Guthrie: Why are you Christians so hateful and blind to the harm you cause others? Gay people wouldn’t need to push their agenda as you call it if people like you didn’t make it necessary for them to do so.
GreatGatsby2011
What’s with the sudden influx of “bat sh!t crazy” on this site? Has Queerty started advertising on World News Daily?
Michael Albert
I think any business owner should not serve anyone who supports this bill
jimontp
@Penny Herbert: @Penny Herbert: Whatever “Your” god is, he doesn’t have any resemblance to the Jesus I read about in Sunday School. In any case, you are supposed to be an American who lives under the rights and protections of the US Constitution. Aren’t you lucky you get to spout all that hateful nonsense that has nothing to do with Jesus’ message of love, tolerance and forgiveness? But you don’t get to discriminate- you’ll have to go to Iran or Saudi Arabia to get that sort of religious right. I’d pay for your ticket.
Dave in Northridge
@GreatGatsby2011: One of the bigots probably posted a link and invited all the others to come over and comment. I think we’re being wonderfully restrained in our reaction to them.
Essus67
@Courtney Rosemeyer Whitear: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, or for you Miss Comprehension Impaired, you can call a shit sandwich whatever you like – but in the end it is still a shit sandwich. This is a thinly (and when I say thinly I mean wet kleenex thin) disguised attempt to put LGBT people in their place. How dare those uppity freaks try to show that they are just like regular people. How dare they demand that religious bias has no place in secular venues? Get a real education you self absorbed Christianist, not one that is based on presupposing Dinosaurs and men coexisted.
bohemedude
My religion is radical acceptance of self and others and love for all. So…if you don’t agree with my deeply held religious convictions and you want to do business with me, I’m afraid I am going to have to follow my conscience and tell you to do business with others who are bigots. Just sayin’
Robert Queen
what a gent !! x
Ed Toribio
Thank you sr
Sou Seuasingnouane
Hit them where it hurts! The money bags ð??° ð??° ð??°
Steve Walker
Wow, people really have a stick up their butt about others not outwardly approving of butt sex. That’s a little ironic.
M J Martinez Crogan
He is only one… We need thousands of people like him
M J Martinez Crogan
Civil War is coming to the USA…
Patricia Graves
Unbelievable, is this guy an idiot? He has not even read the bill, only thing he does is listen to the biased liberal media. I am worried about the current state of stupidity in this country.
SteveDenver
Well done Mr. Benioff!
I doubt Pence and Co. saw that coming, bigots tend to be myopic.
I used to be heavily involved in the Christian Mythology. A lot of homosexuals hope to find “help” or to hide out in religious circles.
It’s interesting that Christian groups don’t seek the right to discriminate against liars, murderers, thieves, fornicators, adulterers, greedy folks, gossips, moneychangers, false prophets, prideful, lustful, slothful, gluttonous or vain people. But if someone LOVES the wrong person, they lose their sh!t.
Religion is for idiots.
Debbie Leatherman Hudnall
http://fox8.com/2015/03/25/indiana-to-declare-public-health-emergency-over-hiv-outbreak/
Paco
@GG: I agree 100%
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And where did all these new people posting comments suddenly come from?
Giancarlo85
I hope more businesses close up shop in these states and punish them for their transgressions.
GG
@Debbie Leatherman Hudnall: Linking to a Fox site was your first mistake. Here’s your second: What does IV drug users sharing needles have to do with the issue at hand?
Rick Brown
We need more billionaires and millionaires and companies to do this
Colin Murray
Good job Salesforce Marketing Cloud!
Daniel-Reader
Unlike other RFRA’s which protect individuals, Indiana’s covers businesses and empowers them to discriminate. That is the difference the Indiana Governor is pretending this law doesn’t cover – it empowers hospitals, clinics, etc. to deny services. That is genocidal.
Blake Harer
The gay. .. lifestyle. Such a stupid term. When did this become popular and why is it still used. Just different people leading life. What is a lifestyle anyway?
Derek Smith
So its quit alright for gays to beat up on people,but religious people have no rights for their beliefs! Makes perfect sense to me! Yeah, stand up for the 1%! Go you crazy gay nazis!
bearfuzzlover
Maybe a “New State” needs to be created … leaving the Mike Pence and his band of religious freaks to govern each other as the new “desert island” of Indiana … because everyone else who wants freedom for gay men and women and has a reasonable attitude about fairness will possibly want to leave Indiana a ghost state with only bigots and pseudo religious nutters left to destroy each other’s lives … and not those of gay people who deserve a far better deal.
Let’s hope more and more businesses will follow Marc Benioff and others rich and less so to make a difference. Although a European, with such filthy statements coming from the mouth of Indiana Governor Pence, it is not a state I would ever want to live in if I was given a choice … until he is burning in hell for his anti-christian and (unlawful in most if not all of Europe)views … outrageously granting “business owners the right to discriminate against gays and lesbians” and “all in the name of “religious freedom” … so tell me again, What planet is Pence living on? As it sure is NOT Planet Earth!
DarkZephyr
@Derek Smith: “Beat up on people”…what the hell are you talking about???
Greg Stratman
Let him go. Money does not make right.
DarkZephyr
There seem to be some new pro-LGBT Queerty users, which is great, but what is with all the homophobes all of a sudden?
DarkZephyr
@Debbie Leatherman Hudnall: The HIV outbreak has nothing to do with the LGBT community tho. From the article you link to:
“Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is preparing to declare a public health emergency in a county that’s at the epicenter of an HIV outbreak tied to intravenous drug use.”
Intravenous drug use is the culprit here.
Kyle O'Flaherty
Respect
jwtraveler
@Derek Smith: Go fuck your sister, you stupid redneck!
Colin Rose
Thank you Mr. Benioff for standing up for justice. Hopefully there will join others to join with you
Giancarlo85
@Debbie Leatherman Hudnall: Oh so you just post a link to something that has to do with intravenous drug use?
false equivalence. Go back to Fox News please.
Stupid hit and run troll.
Giancarlo85
@Patricia Graves: Are you being real? The liberal media? Are you on dope? did you read the bill? It allows for discrimination. Yeah the current state of stupidity is prevalent among republicans… such as yourself.
Brent A. Brewster
But he is still selling his product to them, right? Yeah. Please people, who cares if he cancelled one meeting. He is still happy to sell to them and take their money, this means nothing, it just got you all to sing his praises.
Giancarlo85
I just love these ignorant right wing a-holes who come on here from time to time…
The bill allows for DISCRIMINATION. Indiana will get dragged to court, spend hundreds of thousands on a failed court case, and be embarrassed.
Maybe you fox news drones should go fuck off. We don’t have space for stupid ignorant bullshit on here.
Giancarlo85
@Derek Smith: Who is beating up on who? This bill has nothing to do with beliefs. It has to do with trying to legalize discrimination. Religious people can have whatever stupid fucking beliefs they want. Just don’t force them into law like this.
And if you don’t want gay marriage, don’t get one.
So tired of extremists like you… same old stupid “oh poor me” crap. People like you victimize others… stop acting as if you’re the victim.
Keith Johnson
I love Indiana. People who don’t follow the gay way have rights too.
Giancarlo85
@Brent A. Brewster: He’s pulling investments from the state. Re-read it please.
Saint Law
Enjoy your moment in the sun, Christo-crazees. This law will eventually be annulled by federal decree.
Gay peoples’ right to live free from discrimination must always trump that of infantile fantasists to discriminate. Always.
AzLights
@Ann Nameth: Christians have all the rights they need. You have the right to attend the church of their choice. You have the right to pray. You have the right to broadcast/view/listen to religious programming. You have the right to sell/purchase/read religious literature. You have the right to wear religious jewelry if you so wish. You have the right to send your children to faith (parochial) schools, etc.
The “right” you seek is a special right. You can discriminate against LGBT people, but they’re not supposed to be able to do anything about it. The Christian sense of self-entitlement is off the charts.
Judith Ecker
What about the so called *religion* of peace, that actually throws gays off buildings? Mutilates, beats and kills women? Y’all are silent on that…bunch of cowards!
DarkZephyr
@Courtney Rosemeyer Whitear: How do you figure its not anti-gay? I don’t care if the excuse is religious. Its STILL Anti-Gay. Don’t try to pull the wool over our eyes. Religion is no excuse.
DarkZephyr
@Greg Stratman: Christianity doesn’t make right either.
jwtraveler
Gay people want to deny Christians their religious freedom. Just like Jews wanted to deny Nazis their religious freedom and black people wanted to deny the KKK and segregationists their religious freedom. I suppose the American Indians wanted to deny the European settlers their religious freedom too.
A former supervisor who was a devout (but not bigoted) Christian once asked what it would take for me to believe in God. Because she was my supervisor, I didn’t give her the answer that came to mind: “Brain damage.”
Bigotry, Christianity and stupidity seem to go hand in hand in hand.
Evji108
@Holly Holland Cain: Wake up and smell the stench of discrimination in the name of Religion. Using religion as a deliberate tool to discriminate against certain members of society marks the impending end of Christianity as a respected force for good in society – it has now come to represent the forces of negativity. The anti-Christ has risen and it is disguised as Christianity itself.
Jeames Granger
thank you for not supporting, this state backwards move.
Paul Ydstie
I don’t have a problem with the legislation as long as the business is required to post a sign in the front window informing everyone that it is operated by right-wing bigots and includes a list of those individuals or groups that they refuse to serve.
Michael W Bumpus
Next he’s going to hold his breath until he turns blue! Before listening to someone that just got an uncountable amount of free press for his business try reading the actual law. I realize once the courts get done interpetting it things might sound different, but what it says is the state can’t force someone to violate their religious beliefs.https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/101
Realitycheck
I agree with other posters, more corporation should do the same, conservative bigots states should
pay the price of their discrimination and closet mind set.
@jwtraveler:
There is also a lot of brain washing at work, that is why stupidity like creationism should not
be taught at school.
Realitycheck
@Derek Smith:
You have all the rights and that is not enough you try to soffocate anyone that doesn’t agree with you,
you nut case.
Sorry you cry baby we don’t feel sorry for you.
Marco Catracchia
You want to discriminate against people who you say are discriminating against people? Pot, meet kettle. Why would anyone want to make another person violate their religious beliefs? More intolerance from the hypocrites screaming for tolerance.
Greg Lewis
Indiana doesn’t want you or your business there!
Mike Meyer
To Salesforce, GenCon, and all the other organizations threatening to boycott or leave Indiana for passing a civil rights act protecting the free exercise of religion: Do you intend to boycott the other 30 states with similar protections?
For easy reference, here are all the states you need to avoid if you want to be consistent, since each of these either have their own RFRA, or have had the equivalent protections instilled by court decisions interpreting the state’s First Amendment analog:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Connecticut
Florida
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
New Mexico
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Oh, by the way, that same law is in effect nationwide with respect to federal laws. Might be harder to find a place to conduct business than you thought.
People, please, educate yourself before buying the misleading hype surrounding these laws. There’s no evidence they are “licenses to discriminate”, and these protections have been under attack by people who engage in untruthful tactics for years.
Amy Murry
GOOD!
no1
This law could be used to discriminate against all kinds of people just depending on the business owners religious beliefs. They could refuse to serve people who have been divorced,have tattoos, piercings, sex outside of marriage, and let’s not forget they could also discriminate against people who do not worship the way they do.The list goes on and on.To me it sounds like some “Christians” are turning into the Taliban. Trying to enforce their religious beliefs on everyone, kind of like their own version of sharia law.I say if they choose to live in a theocracy they should move to Iran, Saudi Arabia,or the Vatican.
Giancarlo85
@Marco Catracchia: Again another right wing idiot. Nobody is being discriminated against for their views. This law, however, permits and allows for discrimination. If any of the right wing idiot trolls infesting this article had any clue they would realize that fact.
Giancarlo85
@Mike Meyer: Another right wing pseudointellectual who didn’t actually read the law. The laws in those other states aren’t pike this law. Pay attention little man, this law advocate discrimination. And it doesn’t have anything to do with freedom of religion or freedom of speech. You don’t know anything about federal law either. This law in Indiana is more like the Jim Crow laws historically speaking.
Where all these right wing clowns coming from?
Giancarlo85
@Michael W Bumpus: The law has nothing to do with freedom of religion. Who invited all these stupid idiots in here? The law allows for people to discriminate based on their religious views.
I wonder if BJ mcfrisky invited his stupid friends to post here.
Sally Albright
There are 18 other states with the same law. Why is there not any talk of those states? Are you going to ban those?
Giancarlo85
@Judith Ecker: What are we silent about? Christianity kills too. Like how Dubya was a Christian and killed 400,000 civilians in Iraq. You right wingers are killers.
Who invited in these stupid trolls?
Denise Cotterino
I’m in no way trying to start a fight on here but…..31 states have this law, it’s not like Indiana is the only one or this is some “new” thing to come about. I don’t understand why folks are freaking out; I mean is it really so important that a person who is a Bible believing, born-again Christian be forced to bake a cake for a same sex “wedding”? If someone says that they can’t do that for you, aren’t there plenty of other places that will and you can let your money talk by doing business with them instead?
Bauhaus
@Giancarlo85:
Poor BJ is still butt hurt over his hero, Aaron Schock. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if this is his attempt at retribution to all of the “haters” on here.
Giancarlo85
@Bauhaus: It is a weak effort as these clowns don’t know anything about this freedom to discriminate law. This law will be tossed out by a federal court anyways.
Sally Albright
Do you plan to “ban” all 19 additional states?
Giancarlo85
@Denise Cotterino: 31 states do not have this law. Are you right wingers this blind? We are freaking out because this law allows for legalized discrimination. But keep peddling the brainless lies like how many trolls here already have. And keep with the lie about the bakers… What if a baker denies an interracial couple? Businesses have regulations they have to follow.
Giancarlo85
I do not understand why we have a sudden influx of trolls on here. And they are now trying to claim other states have this law. A few do, but not 31. These laws are grossly unconstitutional and the state will be taken to federal court. These laws will not withstand judicial scrutiny as they are basically legalized discrimination.
And no, I don’t think it’s okay a few states (NOT 31) have laws like this on the book. Jim Crow laws were legalize in a bunch of states too… doesn’t make it right. People used the same reasoning there as they are doing here. All unconstitutional.
Dan J Feltman
Good for him and everyone else for standing up to the cults that use a made up book to spread hate and to justify using hate against anyone that does not agree with their cult rules.
Lisa Carroll
My response to people who side with this We Support Bigotry Law
Jerry Tyner
Mr. CEO did not stand up for whats right, i think Indiana will be just fine way to go Governor.
Amy Murry
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/permanently-stop-all-states-being-able-pass-bills-and-laws-openly-discriminate-against-gays-and-lesbians
orcanyc
@jwtraveler: So True.
orcanyc
Thank you Mr. Benioff for doing the right thing. We should all boycott Indiana, I know I’m not going to go there.
Giancarlo85
@Jerry Tyner: So what? Maybe you right wingers should use proper English.
What if someone uses this so called “law” and says “I don’t want to serve Christians as they offend my sensibilities”. You right wing nutcases would be up in arms and calling for a revolution.
These illegal and unconstitutional laws will be tossed out on their ass.
Bryan Stone-Daly
Yes, some people get it.
Realitycheck
@Marco Catracchia:
>>Why would anyone want to make another person violate
>>their religious beliefs?
There is no right to commit crimes under the cover of religion.
And make no mistake, discrimination is a crime.
Religious zealots are criminals that violate the US constitution.
AzLights
@Greg Lewis: A lot of business owners would beg to differ with you. Not everyone in Indiana is a bone-headed bigot.
Realitycheck
Guys Flag all the right wing religious nut cases,
they are criminals and we don’t need them here.
Giancarlo85
@Realitycheck: That’s what I’m starting to do. I don’t know who invited the crazies on here. This isn’t Fox News or the Yahoo comment section (check out the comments on yahoo to see real crazy lunatics).
Realitycheck
@Luis H. Lopez:
True churches should be taxed, if only because the violate the constitution
by meddling with politics.
Mark Dunhoft
stick your company where the sun don’t shine , fags . lesbo’s and what evers only make up 5% of the population so screw you and your company , hope you go belly up …
Giancarlo85
@Mark Dunhoft: Blah blah blah blah… why are republican states so fucking bankrupt? Can you bigots go find some other site? You are NOT welcomed here! What are you bigots doing on a gay site anyways? Your post has been flagged!
Gman23
Make an impact. Fight Back. Stop donating to charities that don’t support LGBT causes. Let those charities know that you will no longer be donating unless they can prove to you that they support LGBT causes and will speak out against these types of laws. Even Veteran group charities. Respectfully tell the charity that you will no long be donating and that they should either prove to you that they support you or have them stop sending you solicitations, tell them that you want to save them the money!
And then donate to LGBT Charities. You can make a difference, and you can make people sitting on the sidelines make a difference.
TELL Charities that you know longer can support them! Because of what is going on.
Daniel-Reader
To reiterate, Indiana and Mississippi are 2 states with RFRA that are NOT THE SAME as the other states or the federal government. Indiana and Mississippi empower businesses to deny services based on religious views. The other states and federal government do NOT – their RFRA aim to protect individuals. Indiana’s and Mississippi’s empower hospitals, EMT’s, police, clinics, etc. to deny life-saving services based on religion. That means the laws are PRO-GENOCIDE, making these two state governments guilty of genocide (i.e. intentionally inflicting upon a group circumstances designed to end that group in whole or in part). There is no putting lipstick on that pig. It is genocide. It is a crime against humanity.
Giancarlo85
@Daniel-Reader: Yes, these two states will be taken to court and their laws thrown out. But the other ones are also unconstitutional. They all are. I suspect these laws will be challenged immediately and tossed out.
Just another way for the right wing extremists to try to peddle their bigotry… since they lost almost all the cases related to same sex marriage.
Pamela Jones
Who cares? God always has the last word and fools won’t figure out they’re on the wrong side until it’s too late. This guy may have book smarts BUT he is a pinhead.
KL
In this litigious society we now live in, is Governor Mike Pence really so naive and stump-stupid to truly believe every morally righteous business or individual in Indiana will be showing up at the courthouse any day now?
John Campbell
What a Joke this jerk is
John Campbell
Once again I say go to China and do all of your business there , Gay Boy
Giancarlo85
@Pamela Jones: Blah blah blah fuck off. Your make believe deity has no bearing on reality.
What the heck is with this nasty trolls? Go to a different site like fox news.
msfrost
This law violate the Religious Freedom, of LGBT people.
Giancarlo85
@John Campbell: You apparently have the intelligent of a little fly. seriously go take your trash elsewhere.
Kenny Peacock
What an ugly troll Benioff is!!!
Realitycheck
To facebook accounts holders, report John Campbell to face book for hate crime,
us ethe speech on this board as a proof, his Facebook account is also very telling of what kind of hate monger he is.
John Campbell likes Carson Daly slammed by gay rights groups, 9/11 family for gay joke on Fox News.
March 29, 2012 ·
John Campbell the hell with those gay rights groops
March 30, 2012 at 12:09pm
Realitycheck
To report the jerk, log in to your Facebook account, then go to his page.
https://www.facebook.com/john.campbell.180
click on the top right of the screen, where you see few dots forming a line, and select “report”, then follow the directions, after go to the anti gay post on the jerk page, and click on the top arrow and choose I”I don’t want to see this’ then keep on making choices, they will include discrimination for gender or sexual orientation.
Repeat with all other bigots posting to this board, you can get their Facebook accounts by clicking their name on their queerty posts.
Giancarlo85
I don’t know why these right wing a-holes come on here anyways… they serve no purpose. this is a gay website.
Saint Law
@John Campbell: “What a joke this jerk is.”
So why aren’t you laughing? You know we will win, just as we are winning with gay marriage.
Suck. It. Up.
Saint Law
@Pamela Jones: You have all the credulity of a child and none of the charm or smarts.
Volvoguy
republicans , please keep pushing this bullshit agenda, I beg of you to keep
this anti gay agenda.
they have nothing else to tout their record, so they have to play the gay card to stay legit.
will see you in jan of 17, when mrs Clinton is taking the oath of office.
jeb bush, rand Paul oh my !!!!!
John Hartley
Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out.
Dakotahgeo
It really is quite embarrassing to be a Christian with all these anti-Christian right wing asshats running around spewing verbal diarrhea in print. Don’t forget, it was idiots like you that got Jesus in hot water also! Pastor GMMelby
Bulls Eye
@Ann Nameth:
Aw….. Poor baby…. You think it’s a violation of your rights if we stop you from beating others with your cross?
Bulls Eye
@Mark Dunhoft:
And yet another closet case speaks through his ass….
Giancarlo85
@John Hartley: Yeah out of your shitty bankrupt state of Indiana!
Jaron Lanier
I’m “outraged” that he doesn’t boycott all 20 total states with this law, as well as the FED govt. If you boycott, then by all means, do it to all states with the same law.