Wilco, Ron Swanson cancel Indiana shows in response to state's "religious freedom" law

Indiana is continuing to feel the heat in response to SB 101, a controversial "religious freedom" bill that critics say is targeted at the LGBT population but whose defenders say is simply about ensuring religious freedom (in the same way that the Civil War was simply about states' rights, lbr):

Congrats @GovPenceIN
WE ARE CANCELING
Indiana Summer of 69 tour 5/16.
I WILL PLAY @IndianaUniv this Weds and donate my $ to HRC.
#Usuck

— Nick Offerman (@Nick_Offerman) March 31, 2015

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

— WILCO (@Wilco) March 30, 2015

In addition, USC athletic director Pat Haden tweeted that he would not attend the College Football Playoff meeting in Indianapolis this week:

I am the proud father of a gay son. In his honor, I will not be attending the CFP committee meeting in Indy this week. #EmbraceDiversity

— Pat Haden (@ADHadenUSC) March 31, 2015

New York State, Connecticut, Washington State, and DC have also banned non-essential state-funded travel to Indiana in response to the law.



For anyone asking what makes Indiana's law different from all those other "religious freedom" laws already on the books, The Atlantic breaks it down.



sources: 1, 2, 3