Miley Cyrus Calls Indiana Governor ‘Asshole’ over Religious Freedom Bill

Indiana Governor Mike Pence today signed a religious freedom law that would give businesses the legal right to refuse service to gay people. The NCAA expressed concerns about the law and what effect it would have on providing an “inclusive environment” for everyone at the Final Four in Indianapolis next week.

Miley Cyrus went a few steps further and called Pence an asshole:

You're an asshole @govpenceIN -1 cc: the only place that has more idiots that Instagram is in politics @braisoncwukong thank you for standing up for what is right! We need more strong heterosexual men fighting for equality in both men and women! Why are the macho afraid to love muchoooo?!?

A photo posted by Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus) on Mar 26, 2015 at 1:06pm PDT

But Cyrus isn’t the only celebrity speaking out; a few others also expressed their feelings on Twitter:

A sad day for all in #INDIANA. Gov.Pence, you did not lead today. You were not courageous. You took the path of… http://t.co/meHBLHIf78

— Dustin Lance Black (@DLanceBlack) March 26, 2015

Outraged over Indiana Freedom to Discriminate law, signed today. LGBTs aren't 2nd class citizens. #BoycottIndiana #Pence

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 26, 2015

“@missalliecat: @Andy Indiana Gov. Mike Pence expected 2 sign bill that'd allow LGBT customers to be turned away. Jackhole of week? ”MONTH

— Andy Cohen (@Andy) March 26, 2015

And the CEO of Salesforce took a pretty strong stand against the law:

Today we are canceling all programs that require our customers/employees to travel to Indiana to face discrimination. http://t.co/SvTwyCHxvE

— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) March 26, 2015

[h/t Politico]
[featured image via DFree/Shutterstock]

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