上周末，苹果首席执行官蒂姆•库克（timcook）写了一封信，公开反对歧视性的宗教自由法，该法允许企业主因信仰原因拒绝为***和变性人或其他群体提供服务。今天，又有39位来自科技行业的领导人加入了**活动。

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他们写道：“我们认为，对于那些将少数民族权利置于危险境地的法案和现行法律，公开表态至关重要。”未来透明和开放的经济有赖于此，这个伟大国家的价值观也岌岌可危。”该组织由Affirm首席执行官、PayPal联合创始人Max Levchin组织。Twitter、Square、SalesForce、AirBnB、Evernote、Ebay等公司的领导人也加入了他的行列。目前的**是对印第安纳州州长迈克·彭斯上周签署成为法律的立法的回应。其他19个州也有类似的法律，还有更多的州正在考虑这些法律。

SalesForce首席执行官马克·贝尼奥夫（Marc Benioff）取消了在印第安纳州举行的公司活动，许多其他组织也纷纷效仿。这种推倒似乎有效果。阿肯色州州长阿萨·哈钦森（asahutchinson）最近表示，他不会签署新的立法，除非修改后更明确地防止库克和这些科技界领袖呼吁的基于性取向和性别认同的歧视。

哈钦森说：“这个问题已经引起了分歧，因为我们的国家在如何平衡我们文化的多样性与传统以及坚定的宗教信仰方面仍然存在分歧。”据报道，印第安纳州的立法者也在讨论废除或修改该州有争议的法律。

签署人和信函的完整清单如下：

Max Levchin, CEO, Affirm Mark Pincus, Chairman, Zynga Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO, Yelp Marc Benioff, CEO, SalesForce Jack Dorsey, CEO, Square Dick Costolo, CEO, Twitter Joe Green, CEO, Lyft Brian Chesky, CEO, AirBnB Joe Gebbia, CPO, AirBnB Nathan Blecharczyk, CTO, AirBnB Ron Conway, CEO, Axon JuriMed Group LLC John Donahoe, CEO, eBay Paul Graham, CoFounder, YCombinator Rich Barton, Chairman, Zillow Group Chad Hurley, CEO, Mixbit Adora Cheung, CEO, Homejoy Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote Trevor Traina, CEO, IfOnly Nirav Tolia, CEO, NextDoor Dion Lim, CEO, NextLesson Bret Taylor, CEO, Quip Joe L***dale, CEO, Formation 8 Thomas Layton, Chairman, Elance-odesk Fabio Rosati, CEO, Elance-odesk Dave Morin, CEO, Path Mark Goldstein, Chairman, BackOps Kevin Rose, CEO, North Technologies Yves Behar, CCO, Jawbone Padmasree Warrior, CTSO, Cisco Systems Tony Conrad, CEO, about.me Sunil Paul, CEO, Sidecar Michael Moritz, Chairman, Sequoia Capital Dan Schulman, President, PayPal Devin Wenig, President, eBay Marketplaces Robert Hohman, CEO, Glassdoor Laurene Powell Jobs, Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective Mohan Warrior, CEO, Alphalight David Spector, CIO, Penny Mac Shervin Pishevar, CoFounder, Sherpa Ventures

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