Wilco Cancels Indiana Concert Over 'Thinly Disguised Legal Discrimination'

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

The alternative rock band Wilco on Monday slammed Indiana's new anti-gay "religious freedom" bill as "thinly disguised legal discrimination" in a tweet announcing that an upcoming concert in the state was canceled.

WILCO ✔ @Wilco

We're canceling our 5/7 show in Indianapolis. “Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act” feels like thinly disguised legal discrimination.

4:30 PM - 30 Mar 2015

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has been outspoken about LGBT rights in the past. Tweedy, a Chicago-area native, wrote a letter to his local newspaper in 2013 to urge Illinois residents to support passing same-sex marriage legislation.

Indiana officials over the weekend scrambled to contain the fallout from the newly enacted law, which critics say would protect business owners who refuse to serve gay couples because of religious objections. Top Republican lawmakers in the state said Monday that they plan to push for an amendment "clarifying" that the bill doesn't allow for discrimination.

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[RKP5637]

1. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[ybbor]

2. And their hits keep coming

Good job Wilco!

[stillwaiting]

3. Very good, but I don't think it's thinly disguised at all. It seems wide open and blatant. nt

[Dont call me Shirley]

4. And many more bands and shows need to follow suit.

[ghostsinthemachine]

22. the Rolling Stones are playing July 4th in Indy

Boycott. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/992/432/767/tell-the-rolling-stones-to-boycott-indiana-stop-the-july-42015-indy-show/

[Binkie The Clown]

5. The only way they can "clarify" the bill

is to say that it doesn't say what it does say. They said what they meant in the first place. Now they are trying to back peddle and claim that what they meant was not what they meant.

[christx30]

7. They'll say that as soon

as a Christian carrying alcohol is denied a cab ride from a Muslim cabbie.

[rpannier]

6. You can refuse service to someone

but you can't discriminate

Explain how that works exactly

[eggplant]

8. You just have to refuse service indiscriminately! Problem solved! n/t

[-none]

10. As long as you refuse service to everyone, you're OK.

[nichomachus]

13. If you base on it on behavior

Dress, or some other thing such as past behavior, bouncing checks, etc., you're OK. But you can't single out an entire class of people. That's what makes it discrimination. So, you can't say that you're going to deny service to adults under five feet tall -- unless height is some kind of a safety issue.

[icymist]

14. They're drawing up an explanation of the law. Something like this:

We, in Indiana are practicing a great American tradition that when a minority gets too uppity, it becomes necessary that we have to enact certain laws and ordinances. In no way does this condone bigotry in any way, shape, or form. There. It was written down, therefore it is true. The ‘Religious Freedom’ bill does not discriminate. This bill simply states that a business owner or person can deny services or goods to people they object to on religious grounds as a practice of their sincere belief. This denial of goods or services shall cover all people, regardless of class, race, color, sex, creed, and especially, GLBT. So, as you can very well see, this law does not discriminate against anyone because it is the state of Indiana’s sincere religious belief.

[Skittles]

19. why don't they just come out and say exactly how it can be used

since we all know the true reason is to punish those uppity gays for winning the marriage debate, it would be nice if these bigoted pieces of shit would just answer EXACTLY WHAT THE LAW IS FOR

[Buzz Clik]

9. Big fan of Wilco. This is a very satisfying decision!

[Zorra]

11. Wilco Tour Schedule

http://www.wilcotourdates.com/

[Liberalagogo]

12. Nothing less

than FULL repeal.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

15. YEA

Another step

I called Clabber Girl (talked to a person), ESPN (talked to a person), and NCAA (closed for the day).

You can make a difference

Clabber -812-232-9443

ESPN -888-549-3776

NCAA - 317-917-6222

[tblue37]

16. So they "plan to push for sn amendment" of the sort they *rejected repeatedly when Dems tried to add

it to the bill before it passed.

[Cha]

17. Excellent .. Thanks Wilco and Jeff Tweedy! Mahalo Don

[xocet]

18. K & R n/t

[Maine-i-acs]

20. Just announced: Ted Nugent to fill in

As soon as they find a way to block out 90% of the arena so he can sell it out.

[Midnight Writer]

21. Woody Guthrie would be proud of Wilco