Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook joined other technology-industry leaders criticizing Indiana Governor Mike Pence for signing legislation that critics say targets the gay community.

Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law Thursday in Indiana. The statute gives businesses the right not to serve gays and lesbians on religious grounds.

“We are deeply disappointed in Indiana’s new law,” Cook wrote in a Twitter post Friday. He called on the Arkansas governor to veto a similar measure in that state.

“Around the world, we strive to treat every customer the same — regardless of where they come from, how they worship or who they love,” Cook wrote in a subsequent post.

Cook in October criticized his home state of Alabama for not protecting people based on their sexual orientation. A few days later, in an essay in Bloomberg Businessweek, he said he was gay. “I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me,” he wrote.

Salesforce.com Inc. CEO Marc Benioff on Thursday tweeted that the software company was “canceling all programs that require our customers/employees to travel to Indiana to face discrimination.”

Hours later, Jeremy Stoppelman, the CEO of Yelp Inc. wrote “An Open Letter to States Considering Imposing Discrimination Laws.”

“Yelp will make every effort to expand its corporate presence only in states that do not have these laws allowing for discrimination on the books,” the letter said.

Pence said in a statement Thursday that he signed the bill because “many people of faith feel their religious liberty is under attack by government action.”