Obamaâ€™s Radical â€˜LGBTâ€™ Legacy â€“ An Immoral â€˜Transformationâ€™ of America

Note to AFTAH readers: the following is a list of President Barack Obama's homosexual-bisexual-transgender agenda "achievements," produced by Human Rights Campaign, the world's most powerful and well-funded LGBT lobby organization. [See the original HRC report on PDF HERE.] Even close followers of Obama's socially left agenda will be surprised by the magnitude of his LGBT record. We have bolded some of the more important Obama actions-note especially #28 and #33 in which Obama undermined the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), thus accelerating the legal momentum for legalized same-sex "marriage."

1.Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Signed October 28, 2009.

2.Nitza QuiÃ±ones Alejandro Judge, District Court for the Eastern District of PA

1.Daniel Brooks Baer, U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Served 9/10/2013 to present.

3.James "Wally" Brewster, Jr., Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Served 11/22/2013 to present.

6.David Huebner, Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, Served 12/4/2009 to 1/17/2014.

1.In March 2009, the Obama Administration added the United States to a UN General Assembly resolution calling for an end to criminal penalties based on sexual orientation or gender identity, a measure that former President Bush had refused to sign.

2.In April 2009, the President announced a new, five-year outreach and prevention project called Act Against AIDS, which targets populations most at risk.

3.In June 2009, President Obama issued LGBT Pride Month proclamations, the first since 2000, and held the first-ever Pride events at the White House.

4.In June 2009, President Obama issued a Presidential Memo directing federal agencies to extend whatever benefits they could, under existing authority, to the same-sex partners of federal employees.

5.In June 2009, the State Department reversed a Bush Administration policy that refused to use a same-sex "marriage" license as evidence of a name change for passports.

6.In June 2009, the State Department extended numerous benefits to the partners of Foreign Service officers, including diplomatic passports, access to overseas medical and training facilities, inclusion in housing allocations, and access to emergency evacuation.

7.In July 2009, Administration officials testified in support of the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, which would extend spousal benefits to the partners of federal workers, including health insurance and insurance benefits.

8.In September 2009, an Administration official testified in support of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.

9.In October 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adopted a regulation ending the ban on HIV-positive visitors and immigrants.

10.In November 2009, an Administration official testified in support of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the U.S. Senate.

11.In January 2010, the Office of Personnel Management added gender identity to the equal employment opportunity policy governing all federal jobs.

12.In February 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services awarded $900k grant for the creation of a national resource center on LGBT aging issues to Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders (SAGE).

13.In March 2010, the Census Bureau overturned the Bush Administration's overbroad interpretation of the Defense of Marriage Act and agreed to release data on married same-sex couples along with other demographic info from the 2010 Census.

14.In March 2010, the IRS clarified that domestic partners (and their children) can be designated beneficiaries for VEBA funding/payment purposes.

15.In June 2010, President Obama published a Presidential memo directing the extension of additional benefits to the partners of federal workers, including travel and relocation assistance, child care subsidies and certain retirement benefits.

16.In June 2010, the Office of Personnel Management published a final rule allowing same-sex domestic partners of federal employees to apply for long term care insurance, and to take funeral and sick leave to care for a domestic partner.

17.In June 2010, the Department of Justice issued an opinion clarifying that the criminal provision of the Violence Against Women Act related to stalking and abuse apply equally to same-sex partners.

18.In June 2010, the Department of State revised the standards for changing a gender marker on a passport, making the process less burdensome for transgender people.

19.In June 2010, The Department of Labor issued guidance clarifying that an employee can take time off under the FMLA to care for a same-sex partner's child, even where the partner does not have a legal or biological relationship to that child.

20.In June 2010, President Obama issued a second memo directing federal agencies to extend whatever benefits they could, under existing authority, to the same-sex partners of federal employees.

21.In July 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services revised its funding guidance around abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education programs, requiring that recipient programs are inclusive of and non-stigmatizing toward LGBT youth, and mandating that they include only medically-accurate information.

22.In July 2010, the President launched a National AIDS Strategy with key goals to lower the number of new HIV infections, increase the number of people receiving care, and reducing racial disparities.

23.In October 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services awarded a $13.3 million grant to the LA Gay and Lesbian Center to create a model program supporting LGBT and questioning youth in the foster care system.

24.In October 2010, the White House held a summit on school bullying and formed an interagency working group to look at ways to address this pervasive problem, including in regards to LGBT youth.

25.In January 2011, the Justice Department proposed regulations to implement standards proposed by the federal Prison Rape Elimination Commission to reduce sexual abuse in correctional facilities, including standards regarding LGBT and intersex inmates.

26.In January 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services regulations requiring all hospitals receiving Medicaid and Medicare to prohibit discrimination in visitation against LGBT people went into effect.

27.In February 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services rescinded provisions of a Bush-era rule which allowed health care providers to refuse to provide any health care service or information for a religious or moral reason.

28.In February 2011, The Department of Justice announced that it would stop defending lawsuits brought against Section 3 of DOMA because the President and Attorney General believed the provision was unconstitutional.

29.In March 2011, at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a lengthy report detailing the range of areas in which more research is needed on LGBT health needs.

30.In March 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent a number of recommendations to the White House for policy and regulatory changes that HHS could undertake to improve the health of LGBT people, including: collection of LGBT health data.

31.Guidance for states on including LGBT families in federal welfare programs, and

32.Guidance for states on protecting the financial resources of a same-sex partner when his or her partner enters long-term care under Medicaid.

33.In June 2011, the Department of Justice filed its first brief implementing its decision to stop defending lawsuits brought against Section 3 of DOMA in federal court, acknowledging the federal government's role in discrimination against gays and lesbians.

34.In June 2011, the Department of Veterans Affairs published a directive establishing a policy of respectful delivery of healthcare to transgender and intersex veterans in all VA healthcare facilities.

35.In June 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued guidance clarifying that state Medicaid agencies have the authority to provide same-sex couples with equal access to the financial and asset protections available to opposite-sex couples when a partner enters a nursing home or care facility.

36.In June 2011, the Department of Education held the first-ever LGBT Youth Summit. At that event, Secretary Duncan announced guidance to schools nationwide making clear that right of gay-straight alliances (GSAs) to form and meet in public schools is protected under federal law.

37.In June 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services awarded a grant to Heartland Alliance in Chicago to create the first-ever resource center for LGBT refugees being resettled in the United States.

38.In June 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services publicly committed to collecting data on sexual orientation and gender identity in federal health surveys and laid out a timeline for identifying the best ways to collect quality data on LGBT people and including the appropriate questions in surveys.

39.In June 2011, the Administration supported a first-ever UN Human Rights Council resolution condemning violence and discrimination against LGBT people.

40.In September 2011, the Social Security Administration announced that it would no longer issue "gender no-match" letters to employers during the clearance process for potential employees. This change protects transgender applicants from being unnecessarily outed to potential employers by the SSA.

41.In September 2011, the Office of Personnel Management issued additional guidance to federal managers regarding the equal treatment of transgender workers.

42.In October 2011, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) adopted a policy "strongly encouraging" companies contracting with the agency to have nondiscrimination policies protecting LGBT employees and other workers in place.

43.In November 2011, the Internal Revenue Service formally announced that medically necessary treatments related to gender transition are deductible for income tax purposes.

44.In December 2011, President Obama issued a memorandum creating a strategy for U.S. government agencies to combat LGBT human rights abuses internationally.

45.In December 2011, then-Secretary of State Hilary Clinton made an historic speech on LGBT human rights in Geneva.

46.In January 2012, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued regulations recognizing LGBT families for federal housing programs, ...

47.Prohibiting discrimination against LGBT people in accessing federally-insured mortgage loans, and ...

48.Requiring HUD grantees to abide by LGBT-inclusive state and local antidiscrimination laws.

49.HUD also announced it would conduct the first-ever nationwide study of LGBT housing discrimination.

50.In March 2012, U.S. Customs and Border Protection published a proposed rule that will expand the definition of family to include domestic partners for the purposes of processing the family when re-entering the U.S. from abroad.

51.In April 2012, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the U.S. will recognize marriages for immigration purposes regardless of a subsequent gender transition.

52.In April 2012, the EEOC published its decision in Macy v. Holder which found that gender identity discrimination in employment is a form of sex discrimination and prohibited under Title VII.

53.In May 2012, the Department of Justice published final regulations creating national standards aimed at eliminating sexual abuse in America's prisons, jails, and local detention facilities as mandated by the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). These standards directly address the needs of LGBTI and gender nonconforming prisoners.

54.In June 2012, the Internal Revenue Service published guidance specifically addressing the unique filing issues faced by same-sex couples, and clarified that eligibility for the adoption tax credit.

55.In July 2012, the Administration on Aging published clarifying guidance that LGBT older adults should be included as a population with a "greatest social need" for purposes of Older American Act programs and funding.

56.In July 2012, the Office of Personnel Management published a final rule extending the presumption of insurable interest annuity to families of same-sex federal employees.

57.In August 2012, the Federal Aviation Administration released new certification procedures eliminating burdensome, additional psychological testing for transgender pilots.

58.In January 2013, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released a report responding to the Institute of Medicine's report concerning the health of LGBT populations in the country. The NIH report specified that the research needs of the LGBT community span a number of institutes, centers, and offices within NIH and shows that NIH understands the breadth of health needs and disparities that impact LGBT people across the lifespan.

59.In February 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services published implementing regulations for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the context of coverage availability.

60.In June 2013, the Social Security Administration announced a new policy modernizing and standardizing the process for changing the gender designation in Social Security records. This new policy allows transgender people to maintain their privacy and prevents unnecessary outing to Social Security staff and to healthcare providers. Under the revised policy, transgender people are able to change their gender on their Social Security records by submitting either government-issued documentation that reflects a change, or certification from a physician that confirms that they have received clinical treatment for gender transition.

61.In June 2013, the Office of Personnel Management published guidance on the extension of benefits to same-sex spouses allowing all legally married same-sex spouses of federal employees to apply for health insurance, life insurance, dental and vision insurance, long-term care insurance, retirement, and flexible spending accounts.

62.In July 2013, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published guidance that all immigration visa petitions filed on behalf of a same-sex spouse will now be reviewed in the same manner as those filed on behalf of an opposite-sex spouse.

63.In July 2013, the Department of Education and the Department of Justice resolved a discrimination claim filed by the National Center for Lesbian Rights on behalf of a transgender student in California who had been excluded from rooming with male peers on an overnight field trip and barred from using male restrooms. The government reached an agreement with the school district that it will treat the transgender student as male and revise its policies to ensure that all students are free from discrimination based on sex stereotypes as well as provide training to personnel and students.

64.In August 2013, the Department of Defense announced that it would extend all spousal benefits to same-sex spouses of service members regardless of where the couple was married or where they currently live.

65.The Department of Defense will provide additional leave days for those service members who wish to get married and need to travel to another state in order to do so.

66.In August 2013, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued a ruling that all lawfully-married same-sex couples, regardless of where they live, will be recognized for federal tax purposes.

67.In August 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to Medicare providers directing them to allow beneficiaries to access skilled nursing care in the same facility as a same-sex spouse, regardless of where the couple lives.

68.In June and August 2013, the Social Security Administration issued guidance on the implementation of the Windsor decision. The Social Security Administration will process the claims of same-sex spouses domiciled in states that recognize same-sex marriage. For married same-sex spouses who are domiciled in states that do not recognize same-sex marriage, the Social Security Administration has stated that they will hold the claims.

69.In September 2013, the Department of Labor issued guidance clarifying that the terms "spouse" and "marriage" in Title I of ERISA and in related regulations includes same-sex couples legally married in any state, regardless of where the couple currently lives. This guidance ensures that same-sex spouses have access to important protections under employer health insurance, retirement, and pension plans.

70.In September 2013, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board published an interim rule providing that the board will look at the state of celebration of a marriage to determine the marital status of Thrift Savings Plan participants.

71.In September 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued guidance encouraging states to look to the state of celebration when determining marital status for eligibility purposes.

72.CMS also issued guidance clarifying that the premium tax credits designed for the purchase of health coverage through the insurance exchanges are available to married same-sex couples, regardless of where they live.

73.In September 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published guidance clarifying that state programs are no longer prohibited from recognizing same-sex marriages for purposes of Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

74.In September 2013, the Internal Revenue Service issued guidance to employers and employees addressing the process for amending tax returns to correct overpayments of employment taxes for 2013 and earlier years for certain same-sex spouse benefits and certain remunerations paid to same-sex spouses.

75.In September 2013, the Department of Defense issued guidance extending Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) coverage to same-sex spouses of military members and retirees. The military's SBP allows retired service members to designate their spouses, and in some instances their minor children, as beneficiaries to their military pension. This allows the spouse or children to continue to receive a portion of the military pension upon the veteran's death. Military retirees who were married to a same-sex spouse on or before June 26, 2013 may now have spousal coverage under the SBP.

76.In September 2013, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that it will no longer deny marital benefit claims because a "spouse" or a "surviving spouse" is not a person of the opposite sex.

77.Service members may also designate a same-sex spouse as a beneficiary for a number of programs including the Service Members Group Life Insurance (SGLI), the Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI), the Post Vietnam-era Veterans Assistance Program (VEAP), and the Montgomery GI Bill.

78.The VA also has announced that individuals with a same-sex spouse, living in a state that recognizes same-sex marriage will be considered married for the purposes of the Home Loan Guarantee Program.

79.In November 2013, the Office of Personnel Management published final regulations recognizing the children of federal employees' same-sex domestic partner as stepchildren for purposes of federal benefits, allowing these children to receive coverage.

80.In January 2014, the S. Customs and Border Patrol announced a proposed regulatory changeexpanding the meaning of "members of a family residing in one household" for the purposes of the customs declaration form, which must be completed prior to reentry to the United States. The policy change will ensure that children of same-sex parents are recognized as members of the family regardless of adoption status. Also, the proposed change will acknowledge individuals in committed relationships, for example long-time companions, and couples in civil unions or domestic partnerships, within the definition of "family."

81.In April 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published guidance providing that Medicare will begin same-sex marriages for determining entitlement to or eligibility for Medicare.

82.In May 2014, the Departmental Appeals Board at the Department of Health and Human Services issued a ruling in an administrative challenge brought by the ACLU, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights determining that Medicare's policy of categorically excluding coverage of sex-reassignment surgery is unreasonable and contrary to contemporary science and medical standards of care.

83.In May 2014, the Administration on Community Living (ACL) at the Department of Health and Human Services published guidance directing all ACL programs to recognize same-sex spouses who were lawfully married in any state, territory, or foreign jurisdiction as family members regardless of where the couple is currently residing. For purposes of Older Americans Act (OAA) programs, this policy will ensure that same-sex spouses are recognized by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities as well as the Administration on Aging. These spouses will now be recognized and have access to critical caregiver support programs and will be recognized as "family" within the definition of the OAA.

84.In June 2014, the Department of Labor published a proposed rule revising the definition of "spouse" for purposes of the FMLA to extend eligibility to all spouses, including same-sex, regardless of where they live.

85.In June 2014, the Office of Personnel Management announced it was removing the exclusion of transition-related health services for Federal Employee Health Benefits plans (FEHB).

86.In July 2014, President Obama signed an executive order protecting the employees of federal contractors from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

87.In July 2014, President Obama signed an executive order protecting federal employees from discrimination on the basis of gender identity.

88.In August 2014, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published new guidance directly addressing application of the HUD Equal Access Rule to emergency shelter and continuum of care programs, affirming important protections available to same-sex couples and their families seeking emergency shelter and other assistance from programs receiving HUD funds.

89.In August 2014, the Department of Labor issued official guidance and enforcement protocols clarifying the reach of the federal non-discrimination laws enforced by the Department and ensuring full protection for transgender individuals who work for federal contractors and subcontractors covered by these laws.

90.In September 2014, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed two historic lawsuits challenging cases of discrimination against two transgender people, which is the first time the EEOC has used the protections of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to bring lawsuits challenging discrimination based upon gender identity.

91.In October 2014, the Department of Education implemented regulations requiring campus crimes based on a person's gender identity to be compiled and published, in addition to national origin, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and disability.

92.In December 2014, the Department of Education released guidance clarifying that transgender students may enroll in single-sex classes and activities based on their gender identity.

93.In December 2014, the Department of Justice released guidance prohibiting federal law enforcement officers from profiling based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

94.In December 2014, the Department of Justice announced it would no longer assert that gender identity is not covered Title VII's prohibition on sex discrimination, consistent with the EEOC's decision in Macy v. Holder.

95.In February 2015, the Department of Labor published revised regulations to ensure that all married same-sex couples could access benefits under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)regardless of state of residence.

96.In February 2015, the State Department appointed a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons with the specific goal to, "reaffirm the universal human rights of all persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."

97.In February 2015, the White House released the 2015 National Security Strategy (NSS) that specifically mentions, for the first time, the need to protect LGBT human rights as an objective of U.S. national security.

98.In February 2015, the S. Agency for International Development (USAID) presented a new toolkit for integrating LGBT rights into the Europe and Eurasia (E&E) region. The goal of this toolkit is to create positive impact in development work, which will align with the Obama administration's vision to promote LGBT rights as human rights around the world.

99.In May 2015, the FDA published draft guidance revising the deferral on gay and bisexual male blood donors from a lifetime ban to a 12 month deferral period. Although HRC acknowledges that this policy change will allow some gay and bisexual men to become blood donors, it will continue to prevent sexually active gay men and bisexual men having sex with men from donating.

100.In June 2015, the Department of Defense announced that it will extend nondiscrimination protections to LGB troops by updating the Military Equal Opportunity program to include sexual orientation as a protected class.

101.In July 2015, the Department of Defense announced the establishment of a working group to study lifting the ban on transgender military service, allowing transgender service men and women to serve openly.

102.In July 2015, the Department of Justice confirmed that married same-sex couples would receive all federal benefits regardless of state of residence and directed agencies to take steps to implement the landmark Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges.

103.In July 2015, the EEOC published its decision in Baldwin v. Foxx which found that sexual orientation discrimination in employment is a form of sex discrimination and prohibited under Title VII.

104.In August 2015, the Obama Administration appointed the first openly transgender White House Official, Raffi Freedman-Gurspan.

105.In September 2015, the Obama Administration nominated the first openly gay Secretary of the U.S. Army, Eric Fanning.

106.In September 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights proposed a regulation that provides explicit protections from discrimination on the basis of sex stereotyping and gender identity in healthcare and insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

107.In September 2015, the White House held the first Community Bisexual Policy Briefing.

108.In October 2015, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published a report calling for an end to dangerous so-called "conversion therapy" for minors.

109.In October 2015, the IRS published proposed regulations clarifying the definitions of "spouse", "husband", and "wife" in the tax code to ensure equity for same-sex couples, and clarified that legally married same-sex couples would be recognized by the tax code regardless of their state of residence.

110.In November 2015, the White House announced support for the Equality Act, a bill to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, credit, education, public accommodations, federally funded program, and jury service.

111.In November 2015, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced new guidance that will help to ensure transgender individuals have equal access to HUD-funded emergency shelters.

My list of businesses that support LGBT. You're welcome to add to it.

3M Co. St. Paul, MN

A.1. Steak Sauce

AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah San Francisco, CA

ABC

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. New Albany, OH

Absolut

Accenture Ltd. New York, NY

Acuvue â€“ contact lense

Aetna Inc. Hartford, CT

Agilent Technologies Inc. Santa Clara, CA

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP Washington, DC

Alaska Airlines Seattle, WA

Alcatel-Lucent Murray Hill, NJ

Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America Minneapolis, MN

Allstate Corp., The Northbrook, IL

Alston & Bird LLP Atlanta, GA

Amazon.com

American Airlines

American Apparel

American Express Co. New York, NY

Ameriprise Financial Inc. Minneapolis, MN

AMR Corp. (American Airlines) Fort Worth, TX

Amtrak

Angieâ€™s List

Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. St. Louis, MO

Aon Corp. Chicago, IL

Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA

Applebeeâ€™s

Aquapure

Aquarius

Arent Fox LLP Washington, DC

Arnold & Porter LLP Washington, DC

AT&T Inc. San Antonio, TX

Atlanta Braves Baseball

Athenos

Aetna

Aveeno

BB&T bank

Bacardi Mixers

Bacardi Premium Mixers

Bain & Co. Inc. (& Bridgespan Group Inc.) Boston, MA

Baker & Daniels LLP Indianapolis, IN

Banana Republic

Band-Aid bandages

Bank of America

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., New York, NY

Barnes & Noble Inc. New York, NY

Barq's

Barrilitos

BASF Corp. Florham Park, NJ

Bausch & Lomb Inc. Rochester, NY

Bayer Corp.

Bebe â€“ children products

Ben & Jerryâ€™s

Benecol â€“ cholesterol reducer

Bengay

Best Buy

Beverly

Bingham McCutchen LLP Boston, MA

BMC Software Inc. Houston, TX

Boca Foods

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. Ridgefield, CT

Boeing Co. Chicago, IL

Booz Allen Hamilton

Borders Group Inc. Ann Arbor, MI

Boston Consulting Group Boston, MA

Boston Scientific - medical supplies

Boy Scouts of America

BP America Inc. Houston, TX

BP Oil

Breakstones

Bright And Early

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. Watertown, MA

Brinker International Inc. Dallas, TX

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. New York, NY

Brown Rudnick LLP Boston, MA

Bryan Cave LLP St. Louis, MO

Bud Light

Burger King

Caffeine-free Barq's

Caffeine-free Coca-Cola

Caffeine-free Diet Coke

Campbell Soup Co. Camden, NJ

Capital One Financial Corp. McLean, VA

CapriSun

Cardinal Health Dublin, OH

Cargill Inc. Wayzata, MN

Carlson Companies Inc. Minnetonka, MN

Carmax Inc. Richmond, VA

Cascal

Cathay Pacific Airlines

Celebrity Cruises

Charles Schwab Corp., The San Francisco, CA

Cheez whiz

Cherry Coke

Chevron Corp., San Ramon, CA

Chipotle

Chippewa

Chobani Yogurt

Choice Hotels

ChoicePoint Inc. Alpharetta, GA

Chrysler LLC Auburn Hills, MI

Chubb Corp. Warren, NJ

Cisco Systems Inc. San Jose, CA

Citgo

Citigroup Inc. New York, NY

Citra

Claussen Pickles

Clear Channel Communications Inc. San Antonio, TX

Clean & Clear â€“ skin products

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP New York, NY

Clifford Chance US LLP New York, NY

Clorox

CNA Insurance Chicago, IL

Coca-Cola â€“ Odwalla

Coca-Cola Black Cherry Vanilla

Coca-Cola Cherry Zero

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Atlanta, GA

Coca-Cola Zero

Coca-Cola Zero Caffeine-Free

Coldwell Banker

Compeed â€“ foot and canker sore products

Constellation Energy Group Inc. Baltimore, MD

Continental Airlines Inc. Houston, TX

Cool Whip

Coors Brewing Co. Denver, CO

Corning Inc. Corning, NY

Cortaid â€“ skin healer

Costco

Country Time Lemonaid

Covington & Burling LLP Washington, DC

Cox Enterprises - Cox Media Group (msm), Cox Communications (Phoenix fiber internet), Cox Automotive Cox Enterprises Inc./Cox Communications Inc. Atlanta, GA

Cracker Barrel

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP New York, NY

Credit Suisse USA Inc. New York, NY

Crystal Light

Cumberland Gap

Cummins Inc. Columbus, IN

Daktarin â€“ athlete foot fungicide

Dannon

Darcars

Dasani

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP New York, NY

Delaware Punch

Dell Inc. Round Rock, TX

Deloitte LLP New York, NY

Delta Airlines

Desitin

Detroit Tigers Baseball

Deutsche Bank New York, NY

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP New York, NY

Diageo - brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JεB, Buchananâ€™s and Windsor whiskies, Smirnoff, CÃ®roc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.

Diageo North America Norwalk, CT

Dickstein Shapiro LLP Washington, DC

Diet Barq's

Diet cherry Coke

Diet Coke

Diet Coke Black Cherry Vanilla

Diet Coke with Lime

Diet Coke with Splenda

Diet Fuze Tea

Diet Inca Kola

Diet Master Pour

Diet Northern Neck

Diet Sprite

Diet Sprite Zero

DLA Piper Baltimore, MD

Doritos Frito Lay

Dorsey & Whitney LLP Minneapolis, MN

Dow Chemical Co. Midland, MI

Dr Pepper

DuPont (E.I. du Pont de Nemours) Wilmington, DE

Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, NY

eBay Inc. San Jose, CA

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP Boston, MA

Electronic Arts Inc. Redwood City, CA

Eli Lilly & Co. Indianapolis, IN

Erie Insurance

Ernst & Young LLP New York, NY

Estee Lauder Companies New York, NY

Esurance Inc. San Francisco, CA

Evian

Expedia

Facebook

Faegre & Benson LLP Minneapolis, MN

Fannie Mae Washington, DC

Fanta

Fanta Sugar Free

Fanta Zero

Five Alive

Flavor Rage

Fleet Laboratories

Foley & Lardner LLP Milwaukee, WI

Foley Hoag LLP Boston, MA

Ford Motor Co. Dearborn, MI

Freescale Semiconductor Inc. Austin, TX

Fresca

Fried, Frank, Haris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP New York, NY

Frito Lay

Fruitopia

Full Throttle

Fuze

Fuze Tea

GameStop Corp. Grapevine, TX

Gap

Gay Destination Weddings

Genentech Inc. South San Francisco, CA

General Mills

General Motors Corp. Detroit, MI

Gerber Baby Products

Gevalis Kaffe

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Los Angeles, CA

Girl Scouts of America

GlacÃ©au fruitwater

GlacÃ©au smartwater

GlacÃ©au vitaminenergy

GlacÃ©au vitaminwater

GlacÃ©au vitaminwater zero

GlaxoSmithKline â€“ GSK pharmaceuticals

Global Hyatt Corp. Chicago, IL

Gold Peak

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., New York, NY

Google Inc. Mountain View, CA

H2OK

Harrahâ€™s Entertainment Inc. Las Vegas, NV

Hartford Financial Services Co. Hartford, CT

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc. Wellesley, MA

Haynes and Boone LLP Dallas, TX

HBOâ€™s True Blood

Heineken

Heller Ehrman LLP San Francisco, CA

Herman Miller Inc. Zeeland, MI

Hershey's

Hewitt Associates Lincolnshire, IL

Hewlett-Packard Co. Palo Alto, CA

Hi-C

Hilton Hotels

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Nutley, NJ

Holland & Knight LLP Miami, FL

Home and Garden Channel â€“ HGTV

Home Depot

Honest Ade

Honest Fizz

Honest Kids

Honest Tea

Honest Tea Zero

Honeywell International Inc. Morristown, NJ

Hospira Inc. Lake Forest, IL

Howrey LLP Washington, DC

HSBC - North America Mettawa, IL

Human Rights Campaign

Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Kansas City, MO

Hyatt

IKEA

Illy

Inca Kola

Indianapolis Star newspaper

IndyMac Bancorp Inc. Pasadena, CA

ING North America Insurance Corp. Atlanta, GA

Intel Corp. Santa Clara, CA

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Armonk, NY

International Group Inc.

Intuit Inc. Mountain View, CA

J.C. Penney Co. Inc.

J Crew - clothing

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. New York, NY

Jaguar - cars

Java Monster

Jell-O

Jenner & Block LLP Chicago, IL

Jericho

Jet Blue

Jet-Puffed

Johnson & Johnson

Johnsonâ€™s Baby Products

JP Morgan Chase & Co

Kaiser Permanente Oakland, CA

Kelloggâ€™s

Kenneth Cole - shoes

KeyCorp Cleveland, OH

Kimberly-Clark Corp. Irving, TX

Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group Inc. San Francisco, CA

Kinley

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Chicago, IL

Kool-Aid

KPMG LLP New York, NY

Kraft Foods

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP New York, NY

Krest

Lactaid â€“ lactose intolerance

Land Rover

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

Latham & Watkins LLP New York, NY

Leatherman Tools

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. New York, NY

Levi Strauss & Co. San Francisco, CA

Lexmark International Inc. Lexington, KY

Lexus

Lift

Limited, The

Lincoln Financial Group

Listerine

Littler Mendelson PC San Francisco, CA

Liz Claiborne Inc. New York, NY

Loews Hotel

Lockheed Martin Corp. Bethesda, MD

Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball

Lubriderm

Lunchables

Macyâ€™s Inc. Cincinnati, OH

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP Los Angeles, CA

Marc Jacobs - apparel and accessories

Marriott International Inc.

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. New York, NY

Martha Stewart

Maryland Live Casino

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. Springfield, MA

Master Card

Master Chill

Master Pour

MasterCard Inc. Purchase, NY

Maxwell House

McDermott Will & Emery LLP Chicago, IL

McDonaldâ€™s

McGraw-Hill Publishing

McKinsey & Co. Inc. New York, NY

Meat New Zealand

Mello Yello

Mello Yello Zero

Merck & Co. Inc. Whitehouse Station, NJ

Merrill Lynch & Co. New York, NY

MetLife

Mezzo Mix

MGM Resorts International

Miami-Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

Microsoft

Miller Coors

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC Boston, MA

Minute Maid

Minute Maid Enhanced

Minute Maid Fruit Falls

Minute Maid Juices To Go

Minute Maid Light

Minute Maid Orchards

Mio

Miracle Whip

Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams - home dÃ©cor

Mondelez International - Oreos

Monster

Motorola

Moodyâ€™s Investors Service

Morgan Stanley

Morrison & Foerster LLP San Francisco, CA

Motorola Inc. Schaumburg, IL

Mozilla

MTV Music Television

Mylanta - indigestion

National Grid USA Brooklyn, NY

Nationwide Insurance

Natusan children products

NCR Corp. Dayton, OH

Neosporin

Nestle

Neutrogena

New York Life Insurance Co. New York, NY

New York Times Co. New York, NY

Newell Rubbermaid Inc. Atlanta, GA

Nielsen Co., The Schaumburg, IL

Nike

Nixon Peabody LLP New York, NY

Nordstrom Inc.

Northern Neck

Northern Trust Corp. Chicago, IL

Northrop Grumman - global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers.

NOS

Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp. East Hanover, NJ

Oâ€™Melveny & Myers LLP Washington, DC

Oakland Aâ€™s Baseball

Odwalla

Office Depot

Olive Garden

Omni Hotels

Oracle Corp. Redwood City, CA

Orbitz Worldwide Inc. Chicago, IL

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP San Francisco, CA

Oscar Mayer

Owens Corning Toledo, OH

Pandora radio

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP New York, NY

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Los Angeles, CA

Paula Deen

PBS

Peace Tea

Penaten â€“ baby products

Pepe Rico

Pepsi - Naked Juice

Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., The Somers, NY

PepsiCo â€“ also funds abortions

PepsiCo Inc. Purchase, NY

Perkins Coie Seattle, WA

Pets Best Insurance

Pfizer

Pfizer Inc. New York, NY

PG&E Corp. San Francisco, CA

Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Pibb Xtra

Pibb Zero

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP San Francisco, CA

Piz Buin â€“ skin care products

Planters Nuts

Polly-O Cheese

Powell Goldstein LLP Atlanta, GA

Powerade

Powerade Play

Powerade Zero

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York, NY

Primâ€™age â€“ baby products

Proctor & Gamble

Progressive Corp., The Mayfield Village, OH

Proskauer Rose LLP New York, NY

Prudential Insurance

Purina PetCare Co. and Omnicom Group

Raymond James Financial Inc. St. Petersburg, FL

Raytheon Co. Waltham, MA

Recreational Equipment Inc. Kent, WA

Red Flash

Red Lobster

Rembrandt â€“ teeth products

Replacements Ltd. McLeansville, NC - silverware and china

Reynolds American Inc. Winston-Salem, NC

Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP Minneapolis, MN

ROC â€“ skin products

Rogaine

Ropes & Gray LLP Boston, MA

S. C. Johnson & Son Inc. Racine, WI

Sabre Holdings Inc. Southlake, TX

Sandos Hotels and Resorts

San Fransisco Giants Baseball

Savlon - antiseptic

Schering-Plough Corp. Kenilworth, NJ

Schweppes

Sears

Sears Holdings Corp. Hoffman Estates, IL

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP San Francisco, CA

Sempra Energy San Diego, CA

Serono Pharmaceuticals

Seyfarth Shaw LLP Chicago, IL

SHARP Electronics

Shell Oil

Showtime

Sidley Austin LLP Chicago, IL

Simply

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP New York, NY

Smirnoffâ€™s

Sodexho Inc. Gaithersburg, MD

Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP Chicago, IL

Southern California Edison Co. Rosemead, CA

Southern Sun

Southwest Airlines

Splenda - sweetener

Spring!

Sprint Nextel Corp. Overland Park, KS

Sprite

Sprite Zero

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP Cleveland, OH

Staples

Star Financial

Starbucks

Starcom MediaVest Group Chicago, IL

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide White Plains, NY

State Farm Insurance

State Street Corp. Boston, MA

Stove Top

Subaru of America Inc. Cherry Hill, NJ

Sugar Free Full Throttle

Sugar Free NOS

Sugar Free Sprite

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP New York, NY

Sun Life Financial Inc. (U.S.) Wellesley Hills, MA

Sun Microsystems Inc. Santa Clara, CA

Sunfill

SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta, GA

Supervalu Inc. Eden Prairie, MN

Surge

Symantec

Symantec Corp. Cupertino, CA

TaB

Target

Target Corp. Minneapolis, MN

Tassimo coffee

TD Bank

Tech Data Corp. Clearwater, FL

TEK Systems

Texas Instruments Inc. Dallas, TX

Thompson Coburn LLP St. Louis, MO

Tiffany Jewelers

Time Warner Inc. New York, NY

TJX Companies, Inc., The Framingham, MA

Toyota Financial Services Corp. Torrance, CA

Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. Torrance, CA

Travelport Inc. Parsippany, NJ

Troutman Sanders LLP Atlanta, GA

Tucks Hemorrhoidal Ointment

Tylenol

U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis, MN

Uber

UBS - banking

UBS AG Stamford, CT

Unilever Englewood Cliffs, NJ

United Airlines

United Business Media LLC Manhasset, NY

United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) Atlanta, GA

UPS

US Airways Group Inc. Tempe, AZ

US Dept of Energy

Vanilla Coke

Vanilla Coke Zero

Vault

Vault Zero

Vegibeta

Vegitabeta

Vendome â€“ dermatological products

Velveeta

Verizon Wireless

Viacom Inc. New York, NY

Vinson & Elkins LLP Houston, TX

Visa Foster City, CA 3

Visine â€“ eye products

Visteon Corp. Van Buren Township, MI

Volkswagen of America Inc. Herndon, VA

Volvo

VPI Pet Insurance

W Hotels Worldwide

Wachovia Corp.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP New York, NY

Walgreen Co. Deerfield, IL

Walgreens

Walmart

Walt Disney

Washington DC Convention & Tourism Corp

Washington Nationals Baseball

Washington Mutual Inc. Seattle, WA

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP New York, NY

Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco, CA

Whirlpool

White & Case LLP New York, NY 1

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP Washington, DC

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC Palo Alto, CA

Winston & Strawn LLP Chicago, IL

WJKA Channel 7

World Bank

Worx Energy

www.BabyCenter.com

Wyndham Worldwide Corp. Parsippany, NJ

Xerox Corp. Norwalk, CT

XM Satellite Radio

Yahoo! Inc. Sunnyvale, CA

Zillow â€“ online real estate

Zipcar

Zico

Zyrtec â€“ allergy med

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