Pentagon surveys troops on DADT (again)

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On Thursday, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed into law a religious objections bill
that some business leaders have opposed amid concern it could allow discrimination against homosexuals.

Pence, a Republican, backed the bill as it moved through the Legislature
and spoke at a statehouse rally last month that drew hundreds of supporters of the proposal.
The governor signed the bill in a private ceremony.

There is a back-lash a-brewing….

Salesforce CEO Says Company Is ‘Canceling All Programs’ In Indiana Over LGBT Discrimination Fears
CBS SF Bay Area - March 26, 2015

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he doesn’t want his employees subjected to discrimination
as part of their work for the San Francisco-based company, and he is cancelling all required travel
to the state of Indiana following the signing of a religious freedom law that some say
allows business to exclude gay customers.

Salesforce is a 16-year-old cloud computing company headquartered in San Francisco.
Benioff, the firm’s founder, has a history of local philanthropy including
spending $100 million of his personal fortune for a new UCSF Children’s Hospital
and another $100 million for Oakland Children’s Hospital.

This article goes on to discuss quite a few more implications of this bill, including:

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) warned that the legislation was causing
them to reconsider plans to hold their 6,000-person General Assembly in Indianapolis in 2017.
...
NCAA men’s Final Four games at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis
...
The Indianapolis chamber of commerce and Columbus-based engine maker Cummins Inc.
are among business groups which have opposed the bill on the grounds that
it could make it more difficult to attract top companies and employees.

Although that last paragraph is damning by faint praise
... the issue is discrimination, nothing else.

Good on you, Marc Benioff !