[Maximilian]

This was posted as a short news item from Rochester TV news, but this WorldNETDaily story has much more detailed information and a complete copy of the emails.

[sonserae]

I work for a Kodak owned and run company in the film/entertainment industry and our president is a lesbian.

[NukeMan]

I dunno...if Kodak is an 'at will' employer the guy probably has no case. He can be fired for any reason (excepting the usual race/religion/etc.), or no reason at all. I don't see his objections being covered under race/religion/gender exceptions. Caveat: I am not a lawyer!

[Maximilian]

Buy Fuji Film!

I recently bought a new camera, and have wondered about the best film to buy. I've leaned towards Kodak simply because of being an American company. But this is not "American," as far as I'm concerned. Fuji is more American than this kind of totalitarianism from Kodak.

Someone pointed out on another thread that Koday should be able to hire whoever they want, only gays if they want. Fine. But then we don't have to buy their products. And to be fair, we should entirely eliminate the EEOC so that it's not only white heterosexual able-bodied males who are discriminated against.

Notice also the complete contempt for normal Americans displayed by the PR Director, Blamphin, when he dismisses any thought of complaints or boycotts. Companies like Kodak just don't care about us.

Remember how Eisner of Disney said they could do without the business of Southern Baptists and Catholics? Turned out he was wrong. Disney has tanked bad, even worse and sooner than the rest of the stock market. Here's a page of Kodak contact info (no emails unfortunately):
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/pressCenter/contactKodak.shtml

[MissMillie]

If he finds Kodak's stance so disgusting, maybe he shouldn't work there.

I get a lot of email from my employer that I choose to take no action on.... I just ignore it. I don't see why this guy didn't just send this email to his "recycle bin" and leave it at that.

[eastsider]

And just this year, Kodak was one of 13 companies that earned a perfect rating of 100 percent in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's first Corporate Equality Index. The index rates large corporations on policies affecting their "gay," lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, investors and consumers. The others sharing top honors were Aetna, American Airlines, Apple Computers, Avaya, Intel, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Lucent Technologies, NCR, Nike, Replacements Ltd., Worldspan and Xerox.

No Disney???!!!

[taxcontrol]

Anyone have an appropriate email address at Kodak where Freepers can experess their opinions on this?

I will just bet that if Kodak receives 20,000 + emails complaining about Kodak unwillingness to support a person's request to be removed from an offensive mailing list that they just might start changing some policies.

[eastsider]

Respect the individual's privacy. Understand how broadly he/she wishes the information to be shared.

Howzabout respecting Szabo's privacy by understanding how little he wishes to information to be shared?

[txzman]

'And while Kodak won't comment now on the potential of any lawsuit, it doesn't appear overly concerned about the possibility of a consumer boycott.'

Here is where the rubber meets the road. I ended my support of ALL things Kodak, Ofoto related (I used both) and will find an alternative.

If you believe that this position is as wrong as I do, you should indeed vote with your wallet and pass on the word. Disney has indeed felt the pinch in losing organized Christian business at its theme parks.

Maybe Kodak wil learn that its customers do indeed react to this bending over backwards for gay tolerance at the expense of simple personal consideration for an employee who had enough.

[anniegetyourgun]

The PC factor is moving south from Canada.....soon to silence all who disagree using legal mandate.

[Mr. Mojo]

A 23-year veteran of The Eastman Kodak Co. has been fired

How much of a 'veteran' can one be at 23?

[Steve_Seattle]

Blamphin sounds like a smug a**hole and a blooming fascist.

[MEGoody]

Why does anyone need to 'come out' at work? If someone wants to be gay, let 'em. They don't need to be bragging about it to everyone in the office. I know I certainly don't want to hear about everyone's sexual 'preferences' or activities.

That would have been my response to the "memo."

[SkyPilot]

"Every possible definition of diversity is embraced by Kodak," Blamphin said.

Really Blamphin? OK--so how are you on pedophiles?

You see---this is the problem when you go down this road--everything must be tolerated as "diversity."

I have a better plan--how about we see what God has to say, and then follow that.

[WaveThatFlag]

Send your thoughts opinions here:

Daniel A. Carp
Chairman/President/CEO
Eastman Kodak Co
343 State Street
Rochester, NY 14650-0218

[SkyPilot]

This is Ms. Snowden, their "Chief Diversity Officer"

[jimt]

So if one wants to "come out" to their boss at Kodak about their penchant for having relations with their dog, or how they enjoy whipping their boyfriend until he bleeds, or the fun they had with the neighbor's three year old while babysitting, or their great lust for ingesting feces, or the interesting time they had in the funeral home, or....

Why not? Isn't it the employer's job to be supportive? And every employee's job to be accepting, supportive and non-judgemental?

I have ceased purchasing Kodak products.

It's one thing to insure employees don't harass other productive employees who are minding their own business and keeping it to themselves.

It's another entirely to require the workforce to be "accepting" of flaunting what might easily be regarded as an unhealthy lifestyle at best, and an evil perversion by some.

[southern rock]

Respect the individual's privacy.

What the @#$%????!!!???!!

What privacy?? They are freaking "COMING OUT" at WORK!!!!

[Orbiting_Rosie's_Head]

My email to Kodak:

It appears that Kodak is a company that welcomes diversity, unless, of course, you disagree with the Political Correctness Nazis that infest it. I am disgusted by your treatment of Rolf Szabo for speaking his mind. I will never, as long as I live, buy another Kodak product. I will also pass the knowledge of your treatment of him to friends and family who share my and Mr. Szabo's disgust with the radical homo-facist 'in-your-face' campaign in America.

The only action you can take to assuage my anger is to publicly apologize to Mr. Szabo and those Americans who share his views, fire the individual responsible for the original email message to which he objected, and circulate a new email urging respect and tolerance for those persons who are disgusted by public aggrandizement of personal homosexual behavior.

[rockfish59]

As a photographer, I've always hated some of the decisions Kodak has made concerning black & white film (and many other products).
Two decisions that irked the hell out of me were discontinuing Panatomic-X and 4x5 infrared film.
Bean counting idiots!

Now this!

Well, I will never buy another Kodak product after hearing this crap. I use Ilford paper and chemicals and will now be using their film exclusively.
Kodak can sit on a dildo as far as I'm concerned.

'They're fags, dude!'--Sean Penn in 'Fast Times At Ridgemont High'

[Made In The USA]

I'd like to see some diversity awareness on the behalf of EK. How about they show some tolerance for those of us who have traditional values? I wonder to what extent Mr. Szabo has a EEOC complaint (or whatever bureaucatic relief venue) to get compensated for EK's lack of tolerance...