To: Cambridge MA officiale
Boycott the Bigots
Let it be enacted that Cambridge employees will not travel to Indiana on public funds.
Indiana has just enacted, and Gov. Mike Pence has signed a law allowing discrimination at public venues based on sexual orientation. The excuse was "religious freedom". That was settled a long time ago. If you run say a restaurant, it is not among your religious freedoms to exclude blacks. If you want that kind of bigoted freedom, in contradiction to all legitimate religions, then you can have it: close your restaurant.
Indiana has just enacted, and Gov. Mike Pence has signed a law allowing discrimination at public venues based on sexual orientation. The excuse was "religious freedom". That was settled a long time ago. If you run say a restaurant, it is not among your religious freedoms to exclude blacks. If you want that kind of bigoted freedom, in contradiction to all legitimate religions, then you can have it: close your restaurant.
Why is this important?
I am revulsed by the rise of bigotry and reminded of past eras in other countries which will come to mind quickly if you make the obvious analogies.