Eli Lilly, Cummins Fight Against Indiana Gay-Marriage Ban
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Indiana’s debate about same-sex marriage was once all about morals. Now it’s about business.
Two local chambers of commerce and employers led by Cummins Inc., the world’s largest maker of big diesel engines, and Eli Lilly & Co., the biggest U.S. maker of insulin products, gave $100,000 each to a campaign against putting a constitutional amendment prohibiting gay unions on the November ballot. Their message: A ban would tell talented workers to stay out of Indiana.