--- title: George Takei on Twitter: Boycott Indiana Over Religious Objections Law description: Critics say the Religious Freedom Restoration Act legalizes discrimination. canonical: https://time.com/3760960/george-takei-twitter-boycott-indiana-religious-objections-law/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-27T02:14:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:29:26.068Z article:section: U.S. og:title: George Takei Asks Twitter Followers to #BoycottIndiana Over Religious Objections Law og:description: Critics say the Religious Freedom Restoration Act legalizes discrimination. og:url: https://time.com/3760960/george-takei-twitter-boycott-indiana-religious-objections-law/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George Takei Asks Twitter Followers to #BoycottIndiana Over Religious Objections Law twitter:description: Critics say the Religious Freedom Restoration Act legalizes discrimination. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # George Takei Asks Twitter Followers to #BoycottIndiana Over Religious Objections Law ## Video: A Year in Space: The Mission [Watch (HLS stream): A Year in Space: The Mission](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/gEqrnCPI.m3u8) (3:59)  _Published 2015-03-24. On March 28, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly begins a historic year in Space. Time follows Kelly and his twin brother, Mark, as they work the test the boundaries of long-term space travel._  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Mar 27, 2015 2:14 AM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Mar 27, 2015 2:14 AM CUT Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill into law Thursday that allows business owners to deny same-sex couples service on religious grounds, [then quickly defended it](http://time.com/3760970/indiana-religious-objections-bill-dispute/ "undefined"). Within hours, _Star Trek_ actor and LGBT activist George Takei took his [outrage](https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/581141254026608640 "undefined") to Twitter using the hashtag #BoycottIndiana, which began trending. Democratic lawmakers, LGBT rights activists and civil liberties groups have argued that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act legalizes discrimination. And other celebrities aside from Takei have questioned Pence’s decision to sign the bill. On Monday, Jason Collins—the first openly gay NBA player—[tweeted](https://twitter.com/jasoncollins98/status/580145175726403584 "undefined") at the Governor, asking him if he will be discriminated against when he attends the Final Four of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis next week. On Thursday, the Indianapolis-based NCAA, expressed its own doubts. “We are especially concerned about how this legislation could affect our student-athletes and employees,” NCAA President Mark Emmert said in a statement. Several other businesses plan to protest the law by denying Indiana their business. The gamer convention Gen Con threatened [in a letter](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/letter%5Fto%5Fattendees.pdf "undefined") to pull its event out of Indianapolis when its contract with the city ends, and Mark Benioff, CEO of the $43 billion tech company Salesforce, [said](https://twitter.com/Benioff/status/581108959337136129 "undefined") company will no longer proceed with its plans to expand to the state. _Read next:_ [_Indiana Governor Defends Signing of Religious Objections Bill_](http://time.com/3760970/indiana-religious-objections-bill-dispute/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3760960/george-takei-twitter-boycott-indiana-religious-objections-law/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3760960/george-takei-twitter-boycott-indiana-religious-objections-law/"},"headline":"George Takei Asks Twitter Followers to #BoycottIndiana Over Religious Objections Law","datePublished":"2015-03-27T02:14:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:29:26.068Z","description":"Critics say the Religious Freedom Restoration Act legalizes discrimination","url":"https://time.com/3760960/george-takei-twitter-boycott-indiana-religious-objections-law/","keywords":["Religion","Civil Rights"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3760960/george-takei-twitter-boycott-indiana-religious-objections-law/","name":"George Takei Asks Twitter Followers to #BoycottIndiana Over Religious Objections Law"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Year in Space: The Mission","description":"On March 28, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly begins a historic year in Space. Time follows Kelly and his twin brother, Mark, as they work the test the boundaries of long-term space travel.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/gEqrnCPI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-24T14:30:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/gEqrnCPI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3760960/george-takei-twitter-boycott-indiana-religious-objections-law/","duration":"PT3M59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3760960/george-takei-twitter-boycott-indiana-religious-objections-law/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```