WASHINGTON – In the wake of the so-called religious freedom law recently passed and signed in Indiana, a D.C. councilmember is calling for the District to avoid official travel to the state.
David Grosso, I-At Large, said in a statement on Monday that “Discrimination has no place in the District of Columbia, and our public employees should not be forced to travel to a place that prides itself on fueling anti-LGBTQ animosity. The blatant bigotry on display by Governor [Mike} Pence and the legislature leads me to believe that Indiana is not a safe place for our public employees to travel.”
Grosso added that the Indiana law signed by Gov. Mike Pence last week “legalizes discrimination based on religious beliefs,” and calls for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to “ban all publicly financed travel to Indiana and stand firmly with our LGBTQ public servants and residents.”
