That could be the underlying motive right there. A straight-up business decision which affects the bottom line.
No marriage certificate? No spousal bennies. End of story.
Texas does not recognize same sex marriages yet you have some districts that require “partners” of city employees to be covered. Such payouts even existed when same sex sodomy itself was illegal in this state.
There is cancer in this nation that ignores the law and does whatever it wants. WITH public funds.
How many of these “same sex partner benefits”, homosexual-only target ad campaigns, celebration and sponsorships of Gay Pride Month, and signing of such petitions is ever put to a vote of the shareholders?
We are told that all corporations are “conservative” because liberals don’t have a lot of money. Clearly money is being siphoned off into political avenues by SOME liberals within these corporations.