Businesses, performers boycott Indiana because of new law

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Businesses and organizations are canceling events and barring travel to Indiana over a religious objections law that critics say would allow discrimination against gays and lesbians. Lawmakers are working to clarify the bill's intent, but many aren't waiting to see the results.

Wilco won't play a May 7 concert in Indianapolis. Comedian Nick Offerman of "Parks and Recreation" and wife, comic Megan Mullally, said they'll donate proceeds from today's appearance at Indiana University to the Human Rights Campaign and have canceled a May 16 show in Indianapolis.

AFSCME, a union for public employees, has canceled a women's conference planned for October in Indianapolis.

The Mid-American Conference says it won't schedule any meetings or athletic championships in Indiana until the issue is resolved.

A number of companies — including Salesforce, EMC and Cloudera — have withdrawn their sponsorships for Indy Big Data, a tech conference scheduled in May. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he has also canceled all company travel to Indiana and pledged to "dramatically reduce" investment in the state. Salesforce bought Indianapolis-based ExactTarget in 2013 for $2.5 billion.

Amazon said it had canceled plans for its business development manager to speak at the Big Data event.