Salforce CEO Cancels Company Events In Indiana After Passage of Anti-Gay Law | HuffPost Impact

Contents:

• SALFORCE CEO BENFF TAK STAND AGAST INDIANA ANTI-GAY LAW
• SALFORCE CEO CANCELS COMPANY EVENTS IN INDIANA AFTER PASSAGE OF ANTI-GAY LAW
• THE CENTER: THE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENR COMMUNY CENTER

SALFORCE CEO BENFF TAK STAND AGAST INDIANA ANTI-GAY LAW

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SALFORCE CEO CANCELS COMPANY EVENTS IN INDIANA AFTER PASSAGE OF ANTI-GAY LAW

Kg broke barriers by phg for equal prize money for women, most notably durg the Battle of the Sex, and is one of the first openly gay athlet. CEO Marc Benff says he has nceled all his pany’s events the state of Indiana after s ernor signed to law a bill that mak legal for dividuals to e relig grounds as a fense when they are sued by people who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.

THE CENTER: THE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENR COMMUNY CENTER

Pence says he wants to brg the tech dtry to Indiana and to crease the number of tech-related jobs his state, but he don’t seem to unrstand that a signifint portn of the tech dtry is gay, ” Benff said.