Warren Buffett: Indiana Should Change Law, But I Won’t Stop Doing Business There

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HARLOW: “The governor of Indiana, Mike Pence, has said this week he will fix the law, that he will move to make sure that it does not discriminate against anyone. However, when he was asked over the weekend whether he would add sexual orientation, be in favor of adding sexual orientation as a protected class in the state of Indiana, he said that is something he's not working towards right now. What should be done to fix this?”

BUFFETT: “Well, that sounds suspicious. I think if people can exercise discrimination based on sexual orientation, then it's wrong. I don't know how the law reads exactly so I don't know what words you would change. But when you get all through and when that settles, if you read the law and you can discriminate against people based on sexual orientation, I would say that somebody better do something about it.”

HARLOW: “Do you think sexual orientation should be added as a protected class in the state of Indiana?”

BUFFETT: “I think generally, yeah, the answer is, they're entitled to equal rights and equal acceptance, 100 percent, in the eyes of the law.”

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HARLOW: “Interesting. I went on to ask him if this Indiana law doesn't change, would you pull your businesses out of the state of Indiana. He said, not at this point. It's up to the individual CEOs of those different companies but it's clear that he's not a supporter of it.”