It's heartening that — on the same day that we learned the repulsive chant that sank Sigma Alpha Epsilon at the University of Oklahoma was taught at the national fraternity's "leadership cruise" — we also saw a big backlash starting up against Indiana's new "religious freedom" law.
It's like going from deepest darkness to a flash of the brightest light. Sure, frat brothers are jackasses and racists, but at least the Hoosier State could suffer serious financial consequences from Mike Pence's need to have gay people turned away from lunch counters.
(Well, maybe not lunch counters. But believe us, being refused service by a bakery, a photographer or a hotel is very much the same thing.)
So we're pleased to see that grammatically challenged but otherwise heart-in-the-right-place CEO Marc Benioff of Salesforce has been joined by business leaders like Yelp's Jeremy Stoppelman and Apple's Tim Cook — and the NCAA, which is headquartered in Indianapolis — in expressing condemnation and concern. We cats can think of nothing more delicious than to have the haters called out by the business community.
So we support George Takei's call for the world to shun the Hoosier State. And in the spirit of the season, let's start with college basketball.
We note from the NCAA's website that they don't really make it easy to email them. So give them a call at 317-917-6222, and tell them that there are plenty of diverse and tolerant states in America that would welcome their relocation there. Or write them at 700 West Washington Street, PO Box 6222, Indianapolis, IN 46206-6222.
And maybe the next local production of The Music Man will consider dropping that "Gary, Indiana" song. What can we say, Mike Pence? You make no sense. We cats HISS.
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