Gap, Levi Strauss join companies, business leaders calling for HB1228 veto

[LiberalArkie]

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2015/03/31/gap-levi-strauss-join-companies-business-leaders-calling-for-hb1228-veto

Yesterday, iconic blue jeans maker Levi Strauss & Co. and known purveyor of jeans Gap Inc. issued a joint statement condemning Arkansas's anti-gay House Bill 1228 and similar legislation recently signed into law in Indiana, saying of the laws "they must be stopped."

The statement, issued by Levi Strauss CEO Chip Bergh and Gap Inc. CEO Art Peck, says that both companies have a long history of standing up for equal rights and equal opportunity for all, and are "proud to say we are open to business for everyone."

"These new laws and legislation, that allow people and businesses to deny service to people based on their sexual orientation, turn back the clock on equality and foster a culture of intolerance," the statement reads in part. "Discriminatory laws are unquestionably bad for business, but more importantly, they are fundamentally wrong."

Here's a link to the statement on the Levi Strauss blog. Here it is on the Gap blog