03-28-2015, 10:09 AM
(03-28-2015, 08:47 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:
“We stand united as San Franciscans to condemn Indiana’s new discriminatory law, and will work together to protect the civil rights of all Americans including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.
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. San Francisco taxpayers will not subsidize legally-sanctioned discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people by the State of Indiana.” -- San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee (Democrat)
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That's right, FAHQTOO. My mayor thinks your governor is a bigot.
As a result, he will not be sending the SF Rainbow Flag Weavers' County Liaison to the Indiana Corn Huskers Convention this year. Take that!
Mr. Lee's boycott statement is posted on the front page of the sfgov site I use to pay my payroll taxes. When I saw it this morning, I wondered if Mr. Lee plans to boycott the other 30-some states which have similar laws on the books.
![[Image: Ed-Lee.jpg]](http://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2014/01/Ed-Lee.jpg)
![[Image: RFRA1.jpg]](https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2014/02/RFRA1.jpg)
I might shed a tear over Mr. Lee not wanting to visit my state because that really hurts my feelings. That fact that Miley, Hillary and Ellen don't want to visit either is even more heartbreaking...I was soooo looking forward to seeing them here.
The fact that 30 other states, and 11 more in waiting, have similar laws, including the federal law makes me not lose too much sleep over this non issue. If people would actually READ the bill, it has nothing to do with what everyone is bitching about.
I will agree that Mike Pence is a total douchebag though, and this bill is only one reason why.