NCAA, NFL, NBA and WNBA should raise their voices, condemning Indiana’s religious freedom law
The NCAA Final Four is scheduled for Lucas Oil Stadium this weekend in this state capital. But college basketball’s biggest celebration likely will be disturbed by a series of protests over a new Indiana religious freedom restoration law that critics say could allow businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers in the name of religious freedom and open the door for legalized discrimination.
Bigotry is apparently alive and well here in the heartland. I thought this ship had sailed with the passing of the civil rights laws in 1965.
The Indiana law could negatively impact athletes and visitors traveling here for the games and, if there is any justice, it should lead the NCAA, which has taken a moral
high ground based on principles of diversity and inclusion, to move major sporting events such as the women’s Final Four in 2016 and the 2021 men’s Final Four to a different site. The college governing body should also move its offices unless its concerns are alleviated. And it should prompt the Big Ten to consider moving its football championship game and basketball championship tournaments out of the state."
It’s time for the NFL, NBA and the WNBA, which all have franchises in Indiana, to raise their voices in unison, condemning this legislation, which needs to be repealed immediately."
Angie’s List has already said it will cancel a $40 million expansion project in Indiana, and the damage is only getting worse."
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