article_snippet: Meanwhile, sports officials planned an 'Indy Welcomes All' campaign ahead of this weekend's NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis as lawmakers scrambled to quiet the national firestorm over Indiana's law.
article_snippet: Ballard, said the law threatens to undermine the city's economic growth and reputation as a convention and tourism destination and called for lawmakers to add protections for sexual orientation and gender identity to Indiana civil-rights laws. '
article_snippet: I call upon Governor Pence and the Indiana Legislature to fix the law.
article_snippet: Either repeal the law or pass a law that protects all who live, work and visit Indiana.
article_snippet: Indianapolis will not be defined by this,' Ballard said.
article_snippet: 'I'm looking for a surgical solution, and I think the least intrusive surgery is to clarify that (the law) cannot be used to support the denial of goods, facilities or services to any member of the public,' Bosma said.
article_snippet: Indiana's lack of a law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is also a contributor, Indiana University law professor Deborah Widiss said.
article_snippet: Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe issued a letter to Indiana corporations saying Virginia is a business-friendly state that does 'not discriminate against our friends and neighbors,' while Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel sent letters to more than a dozen Indiana businesses, urging more than a dozen Indiana businesses to relocate to a 'welcoming place to people of all races, faiths and countries of origin.'
article_snippet: Two states' Democratic governors , Connecticut's Dan Malloy, and Washington's Jay Inslee, said Two states' Democratic governors , Connecticut's Dan Malloy, and Washington's Jay Inslee were imposing an administration-wide ban on state-funded travel to Indiana.
article_snippet: The city of Seattle, Washington, had already instituted such a travel ban as had San Francisco, California.