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Mayor bans publicly-funded travel by SF employees to Indiana in wake of reputed anti-LGBT law
By Laura Dudnick
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Lee said the bill legalizes discrimination against the LGBT community.
We stand united as San Franciscans to condemn Indianas new discriminatory law, and will work together to protect the civil rights of all Americans including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, Lee said in the statement.
Effective immediately, I am directing city departments under my authority to bar any publicly-funded city employee travel to the state of Indiana that is not absolutely essential to public health and safety, he said. San Francisco taxpayers will not subsidize legally-sanctioned discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people by the state of Indiana.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, however, said the bill is not intended to promote bias.
Today, many people of faith feel their religious liberty is under attack by government action, Pence said in a statement. This bill is not about discrimination, and if I thought it legalized discrimination in any way in Indiana, I would have vetoed it.
Lees statement comes after Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced via his Twitter page earlier Thursday that the San Francisco-based company is canceling all programs that require customers or employees to travel to Indiana.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)contemptuous religious beliefs onto others! Where, are the protections for the rest of us! You, are an affront to equality in the United States!
babylonsister
(171,105 posts)I hope a lot more cities, and big businesses, and even important people, start voicing their opinions about this.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)a gop.
Good on the Mayor of San Francisco! mahalo babylonsistah
Thespian2
(2,741 posts)Pence has never read anything about the teachings of Jesus. He is actually dumb enough to cite religion while he is signing a law that is directly opposed to what Jesus said.
hatrack
(59,599 posts)Mike Pence =
babylonsister
(171,105 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,869 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)NBachers
(17,170 posts)I support Mayor Lee's gesture and everything, but I wonder how much money Indiana can actually expect to lose from this non-essential travel boycott.
Ace Rothstein
(3,196 posts)Conventions become less profitable and move to a new location where everyone will attend again.
NBachers
(17,170 posts)babylonsister
(171,105 posts)BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)Speaking out against discrimination is NEVER ever wrong!
bearssoapbox
(1,408 posts)Kashits doesn't need any more help thinking up crazy, stupid ideas. (something might rub off)
We're surrounded by wing nut states.