Salesforce won't travel to Indiana over religious freedom law

[Newsjock]

Source: Indianapolis Star

Soon after Gov. Mike Pence signed the religious freedom bill into law Thursday, Salesforce.com founder and CEO Marc Benioff announced on Twitter that he would no longer send employees or customers to Indiana.

"Today we are canceling all programs that require our customers/employees to travel to Indiana to face discrimination," he tweeted.

Salesforce, a cloud computing company headquartered in San Francisco, acquired Indianapolis-based marketing software company ExactTarget last year for $2.5 billion.

... In a tweet sent out to his 150,000 followers Wednesday night, Benioff said his cloud computing company would be "forced to dramatically reduce (its) investment in IN based on (its) employee's & customer's outrage over the Religious Freedom Bill."

Read more: http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/03/25/business-leaders-address-letter-to-pence-urging-him-to-veto-religious-freedom-bill/70466808/

[Dont call me Shirley]

1. The Boycott of Indiana begins.

[samsingh]

2. other companies should do the same.

[Cryptoad]

3. Bravo......

hit where they can understand what you are saying

[KamaAina]

4. The Colts can move back to Baltimore!

Then the Ravens could move back to Cleveland, and the present-day Browns could fill the void in L.A. Problem solved!

edit: Of course, we are talking about a team that once employed uber-homophobe Tony Dungy.

[47of74]

34. Iowa will take 'em

Put them in Council Bluffs....

[DeSwiss]

47. I'm sorry......

...but if anybody's going to LA, it should be the Ravens.

- Because, seniority:

The Cleveland Browns were founded in 1945 by businessman Arthur B. “Mickey” McBride and coach Paul Brown as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), which began play the following year. The Cleveland Browns went on to dominate the AAFC, compiling a 47–4–3 record in the league's four active seasons and winning its championship in each of them. When the AAFC folded after the 1949 season, the Browns joined the National Football League (along with the San Francisco 49ers and the original Baltimore Colts). link

[KamaAina]

55. But those Cleveland Browns are now the Ravens.

[Enthusiast]

68. Can we please stop messing with my Browns?

[Brother Buzz]

56. Can we give Indiana the Raiders?

[KamaAina]

57. Well, it's not like they're an NFL team

[Brother Buzz]

58. Word!

[brett_jv]

64. Yeah, you better hide ...

Don't EVEN SPEAK of sending MY Raiders to friggin' Indiana ...

[Brother Buzz]

71. But the Raiders front office has been bellyaching that they really, really need a good place to play

And the Colts' Lucas Oil Stadium was again named the best stadium experience in the NFL this year.

[old guy]

5. Pence does not believe boycotts will succeed.

He was warned but chose the path he took. Time will tell.

[rurallib]

7. Maybe the NFL should quit playing games in his state

isn't that what brought Arizona around on MLK day?

[riversedge]

30. do you know if the NFL has spoken of this bill? just curious

[KamaAina]

36. See #4 above

[riversedge]

29. #1

[mountain grammy]

37. The boycotts hurt Colorado in the 90's

but Colorado has a large tourist industry. Does Indiana? Whatever, I hope they are boycotted and shunned a whole bunch.

[MyOwnPeace]

44. Of course they have one!

You can go to the Dan Quayle Museum and see such things as:

1. His spelling homework (tomato - tomatoe)

2. Brilliant quotes:

* "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

*"What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is."

*"We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America."

Really, how could you EVAR pass that up (I looked up "evar" in the Dan Quayle Dictionary and that was OK!)

[LittleGirl]

66. Dan Quayle wasn't the only Hoosier to come out of Indiana

Michael Jackson
Mohammed Ali
David Letterman
Jane Pauley (Garry Trudeau's wife).

just to name a few of those that left the state and are known worldwide now. Like me, I left the state and only go back for visits to my elderly Mother. You have to understand that most of the population of Indiana came from the southern states like Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, etc. Those people got up there in the 40s and 50s when there were manufacturing jobs that the south didn't have. Some of those people never left the state after that, like ever. There are a lot of us that left the state in the 80s-00s because those jobs went to the no-union south, then Mexico, then China and India.

[closeupready]

6. Haha. You reap what you sow. Funny, the karma here, when you abuse your neighbor, you get punished.

Free market remedies. Gotta love 'em. K&R

[RKP5637]

8. I pulled one of our companies out of a state purely because of the RW politicians and

their attack legislation! There are far too many other places to carry on a business. What's next on their agenda? Blacks, Mexicans, Latinos? I feel sorry for people in such a horrific place.

[Cha]

50. Good, RKP, thanks.. personally, I changed mechanics back in the early part of the century bc

I saw he was watching fox "news" when I took my car in.

[mnhtnbb]

9. Oh, boy. This is going to be interesting...on a personal level.

One of my gay sons works for a world wide company headquartered in Indiana...but his office is here in the Triangle
area of NC.

[Cha]

53. It will be so interesting.. we'll see what would have happened in Arizona had the Gov signed the

the discrimination bill the bigoted AZ legislature came up with.

[frylock]

10. reap the whirlwind, mutherfukcers

[olddots]

11. Berlin 1933

jeez people are foolish .

[appalachiablue]

60. then Nuremburg Laws of 1935 for German racial purity against Jews and others

[PassingFair]

12. "Salesforce" sucks ass.

From a user standpoint.

But this is a nice gesture!

[matt819]

13. It seems to be more than a gesture

They paid $2.5 billion for a company in IN and are not sending customers or employees there and are considering reducing their presence there. That's more than a gesture. Regardless of what you think of their product.

Here's a question. Let's say you do business with people in Indiana. Do you adopt a don't ask don't tell approach or do you come right out and ask if they discriminate based on religion?

[PassingFair]

14. I think that they should be forced to post their bigotry on their doors.

I think it should be part of the new "law".

Also, I REALLY hate using Salesforce!

[matt819]

15. Can't agree with you more.

I read some of the comments on the paper's website, and some of them were in favor of the bill and contemptuous of people like us. They truly believe that somehow they are going to come out on top in this "debate." Pathetic.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

17. How about a swastika tattoo on their foreheads?

[erronis]

18. But think about this as if it were McDonalds

I have no love of SaleForce either since it essentially tried to close down several good open-source alternatives to CRM.

I also have no stomach for McDonalds (or PizzaHut/Cocolala) but my personal dislike of their products does not diminish my plaudits for any corporation that uses this tactic to fight against the racist/misogynist plutocrats that are trying to take over this poor country. I might even take a bite of something of theirs if they'll follow suit.

After all, all those people (kochs and wannabes) understand is when their bottom line is severely impacted.

[PassingFair]

21. That's why I said..."but this is a nice gesture!"

P.S.
I would rather eat at McDonalds than use SalesForce.

[snooper2]

22. Maybe your integration isn't done correctly-

SalesForce federation with voice products is a huge deal...On my list as we build new products

[avebury]

25. A Democrat in the OK state legislature added an amendment

to a similar law that would have required business to post notice of their bigotry. The statute (at this point) did not make it into law. She is said that she will keep her eyes open if the Republicans try to make a run at passing another bigotry law/

[appalachiablue]

61. +1

[lark]

16. Indiana, Arizona, Alabama, MS, LA, TX, GA, SC

The list of states I won't visit or drive through is increasing so much, I now have to fly just about anywhere I want to go. Quit driving to the jazz fest in NO 15 years ago after being harassed, shaken down, by the cops in rural LA. We have flown there every year since then, it's a wonderful event. Quit driving in TX and MS after threatening behavior in restaurants 25 years ago. Won't go to the other places due to their dumbfuckery and bad laws now.

[calimary]

19. It's like "don't buy books by crooks." That's what came out of the Watergate era.

All those fucking Nixon felons who went to jail, some of 'em "found Jesus," and all of 'em wrote books, memoirs and stuff. There arose a movement urging - "don't buy books by crooks."

Same thing here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/01/1288957/-Sign-the-pledge-Don-t-buy-these-Koch-products?detail=email

Sometimes you have to vote with your pocketbook. You're really voting with your conscience.

[erronis]

20. Or quit flying since the TSA (and the airlines) make it such a horrible experience

Of course both of these nice little organizations collect a lot more than your body images when you fly into/out of their control.

It amazes me that major conventions still book venues in these dumb-ass states. How about we all agree to not drive/fly into any state that has a red governor or a 'uglican-controlled legislature? Wouldn't bother me a-tall.

[lark]

27. Yeah, I don't love flying either.

Right now, though, it seems safer than the alternative of driving through some of these crazy ass states. I often refuse to go through the scanner things, it's such an invasion of privacy. The pat downs aren't as intrustive as the scanners, IMO. Only if time if short will I go through the scanners.

[LiberalArkie]

23. Don't forget Arkansas.

?cb=1427386190

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2015/03/26/anti-gay-legislation-prompts-human-rights-campaign-to-run-ad-in-silicon-valley-newspaper

[lark]

26. Arkansas was never a place I wanted to go.

Drove through once quickly and that was enough for me.

[LiberalArkie]

33. We have a lot of liberals here, just out moneyed. We even had a liberal Republican governor once.

This last anti-gay bill was made possible by a Democratic state senator. It would not have passed if not for him. The governor said he would sign it before the Democrat okayed it out of committee.

I think that summarized our national problem. The republicans in Washington can almost be handled, it's the damn democrats that stab us in the backs that hurt the most.

[raven mad]

46. We were only in Arkansas for two days -

did a run through the Ozarks and camped near Mt. Nebo. Some of the nicest folks in the world, hosting a couple of aging hippies on a motorcycle on a run from Fairbanks, Alaska to Merritt Island, Florida.

Also one of the better camping areas we stayed in.

But we weren't there for anything political, so all I can say is, no one treated us badly at all, and they could have!

[Cha]

54. Yeah, good luck "courting business" with your discrimination laws, bigot. Thanks for the

compelling graphic, LA

[dbackjon]

24. At least last year our governor (coerced by businesses), vetoed similar legislation.

[erronis]

28. Which state are you from? Hard to trust a state where the 'uglicans have taken control

Whether they back down for the time being. Sort of like when the confederacy lost its battle to enslave other people, pretended to rejoin the union of humans, and then reverted to its old boy attitudes.

Has anyone looked at the genetic possibilities that these white mainly southern people just can't control themselves? Perhaps they are just incapable of rational though and action - perhaps they should be treated as sub-humans (fair play?).

[LiberalArkie]

35. It is that redneck attitude, "I bet I can piss further than you", they have to go further than the

other guy. "I beat up two figs last night", "Hey that's nothing I did 3 the other night".

[dbackjon]

38. Arizona

And it is not just whites. Many, many blacks oppose equality for LGBT Americans.

And look at Africa and the Middle East - some of the worst anti-LGBT violence happens there.

[totodeinhere]

40. No, genetics has nothing to do with it. White mainly southern people have the same genes

that you and I do. And remember that in this case we are talking about Indiana which was not a part of the Confederacy. I guess I am uncomfortable about singling out white southern people when racism is rampant everywhere, not just in the South.

[DeSwiss]

49. Exactly.

[AndyTiedye]

63. It's Called Flyover Country for a Reason

Though the train can be nice if there is one.

[Demit]

31. Mike Pence is a Dominionist.

I've been reading up on Ted Cruz, and his crazy pastor father's belief in the "Seven Mountains mandate" and the "being the head and not the tail" and all that. It is scary.

Seven Mountains Dominionism has a plan to defeat the forces of Satan, attain the goal of a Christian theocracy in America and eventually the entire world, in order to prepare the world for the return of Christ. There are seven sections of the culture targeted for infiltration: 1) government, 2) education, 3) media, 4) arts & entertainment, 5) religion, 6) family, and 7) business.

Business is the most important area to control. "So much of culture is defined by what happens in business," they say. Watch the vid at http://www.7culturalmountains.org

This isn't far off in the future. As we see, this is happening now.

[DeSwiss]

52. All made-up garbage.

- Religion is the curse of ignorance on humanity.

[lobodons]

32. Reminds me of Germany circa 1930's

Also fine line to discriminate against skin color, other religions.

[appalachiablue]

62. 1935 Nuremburg Laws for Germanic racial purity against Jews and others

[totodeinhere]

39. I think there is a good chance that the courts will intervene

and overturn this unconstitutional law. I suspect that opponents of the law will be in court right away asking for a temporary injunction.

[blackspade]

41. Another job and investment killing bill passed by Republicans....

Oh the irony.

[TeamPooka]

42. Indiana, I can quit you. nt

[blkmusclmachine]

43. The GOP would LOVE for Indiana to be driven into bankruptcy. Look at all the State's treasures they

could scoop up for pennies on the dollar.

It's what they'd call a "win-win."

[raven mad]

45. I love a good boycott that starts with a huge bang like this!

Rock ON, Salesforce!

[Cha]

48. I was looking for news of this.. I was going to post it in GD.. but, this will do.. mahalo, Newsjock

Salesforce CEO Benioff Takes Stand Against Indiana Anti-Gay Law
By Arik Hesseldahl @ahess247

Benioff cancels company events in the state and promises more "economic sanctions" if the law isn't reversed.
Re/code @Recode
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"We’ve made significant investments in Indiana. We run major marketing events and conferences there. We’re a major source of income and revenue to the state of Indiana, but we simply cannot support this kind of legislation,” Benioff said in a phone interview."

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/03/26/the-president-delivers-remarks-on-the-economy-2/

Yay.. thank you, Marc Benioff of Salesforce!

[workinclasszero]

51. Boycott all right wing sharia law states!

Hit these anti-freedom fanatic republicans where it hurts them the most!

In the damn wallet!

[Chipper Chat]

59. Some large corporations with Indiana plants will be forced

to come to terms with this law vis a vis their company non-discrimination policies. If General Motors, Chrysler, Eli Lilly, Subaru, Cummins Diesel move to another state it would break Indiana. Thanks republicans!

[Hugin]

65. I am so angry I am going to stop watching "The Middle" which is set in Indiana.

[Vinca]

69. I would love to see a person open a business in Indiana and discriminate against Christians.

"Grandma's Bakery, No Christians Allowed." When asked, Grandma could say her religion opposes Christians.

[HoosierCowboy]

70. Give it ten years

..and Indiana will make Kansas look progressive.

[Rozlee]

72. Not to mention, Texas.

Although, a recent study showed that most big cities in Texas trend liberal. It's all the teahadist-heavy rural areas down here that keep churning out the crazies. Plus, the fact that we've got the lowest voter turnout in the nation. If we Hispanics got off our duffs and voted, there wouldn't be another Republican voted to the lege for generation. Vayan a votar, arrastrados!

[packman]

73. I just love Republican branding of laws

"Religious Freedom Act', "Clean Air Act", "Right to Work", "Clean Water", etc. You can damn well bet that if they name it, they will be attacking whatever is in the title.

Bravo to Salesforce and Mr. Benioff.