Posted on 03/05/2013 4:54:36 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian
On Thursday, dozens of American corporations, including Apple, Alcoa, Facebook, eBay, Intel, and Morgan Stanley will submit an amicus brief in the landmark Hollingsworth v. Perry case broadly arguing to the U.S. Supreme Court that laws banning same-sex marriages, like California's ballot initiative Proposition 8, are unconstitutional under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses. According to a draft copy obtained by Fortune, the companies argue that such laws "send an unmistakeable signal that same-sex couples are in some way inferior to opposite-sex couples, a proposition that is anathema to amici's commitment to equality and fair treatment to all." At least 60 companies had committed to signing the brief as of Tuesday evening, according to Joshua Rosenkranz, who is counsel of record on the brief and head of the Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. That number is expected to rise by Thursday, however, according to Rosenkranz. Others who have already committed to sign include AIG, Becton Dickinson, Cisco, Cummins, Kimpton, Levi Strauss, McGraw Hill, NCR, Nike, Office Depot, Oracle, Panasonic, Qualcomm, and Xerox. (Update: Verizon and Cablevision have now joined.)
(Excerpt) Read more at features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com ...
Well, since homosexuals represent barely 2% of the population and don’t have kids maybe these companies will go the way of JCP. Apparently 2% of the population don’t buy enough to keep a company profitable.
Just like consumers can exercise their right to not do business with those who want to destroy the family. Gay marriage is just the beginning. Everyone better be ready, the slippery slide ride will move faster than we can imagine.
We were slowly transferring our 401k savings to Morgan Stanley, as our required date with old company expired. They can forget that.
Well, I do my very best in boycotting every business that I find supports this deviancy. Might not be 100% successful all the time, but I certainly try. Any company supporting and funding homo marriage, I look upon as nothing less than a personal enemy. I hope each and every one of them go broke; I’ll cheer their demise.
> Why don’t these businesses focus on providing goods and services at competitive prices - ya know, business?
I wonder how they feel about the issue when gross receipts aren’t a factor? Political whores...no principles or backbone when money, influence, and power are to be gained...
As you can see from my other posts I am very much against homo pandering but in JCP’s case the decline was based on discontinuance of sale-pricing and also poor merchandizing on the floor. Only a small percentage of people, unfortunately, care about the gay parenting and spokeslesbian issues to the extent it would affect their consumer behavior.
Large corporations that have offices in several states and countries would like to be able to have the same health and benefit programs for all of their employees regardless of where they live. They would also like to be able to offer similar packages to employees who are required to transfer from one place to another.
It is easier and cheaper for them if all the states, or all the world for that matter, had the same rules and definitions regarding marriage.
That is why large corporations are in favor of globalization in general and legal issues in particular.
Of course some conservatives have been pulled onto the fascist bandwagon by rallying for insurance companies to be able to more easily sell their products across the country. This is supposedly some sort of expression in favor of free market capitalism. Large corporations don't care about free market capitalism, but they do like the fact that insurance companies can create huge nationwide monopolies, while other large corporations can simplify their benefit administration by putting all of their employees across the country under the same crappy and expensive plans provided by a single company.
Simply because I disagree with their view on the issue does not mean that I do not think they should have the right to voice their opinion.
However, consumers and prospective employes are free to make decisions for or against these companies.
We need a list so we can boycott them.
I posted a link to the brief in post #9 of this thread. The list of companies is the first three pages after the cover page.
J.C. Penney happy two dads fathers day ad: http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/961979/jcpenney-fathers-day-ad-normalizes-gay-parenting
Says who? The liberal press?
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I wish it were different but go up to anyone in the mall and ask if they care. Unless you’re specifically polling older, conservative-looking people they’re either going to look at you like you’re nuts or they’ll say something about “being fair”.
transgender, beastiality and pedophilia up next
I saw Office Depot but not Staples. I can buy Wranglers and not Levis. If I have any of the other, then I am stuck with them for now. Have not been much of a shopper past four years.
Based on those names listed, you'd have to live a 19th century existence to avoid them.
http://38.106.4.56/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentID=1229
When you take “diversity training” and have to echo the talking points to maintain your own job (not even dealing with customers), you have undergone political re-education. That isn’t tolerance for diversity of thought.
Companies don’t need to hire any Republicans or permit them to stay in their hotels (both types of discrimination occurred in the wake of the Bush victories). And it isn’t unconstitutional.
Gaystapo agents who refuse to step out of the closet and defend their own lifestyle think this IS in the constitutional protections of race, creed, or color. If distinguishing between sexes is not permitted then almost every public washroom is discriminatory (separate but equal).
“transgender, beastiality and pedophilia up next”
Next up is gay screening in the schools. If they decide your kid is gay, then they will dictate how you are going to raise him. If you do not comply, it will be Elian time. Mark my words.
When the Bible says it’s going to be like Sodom and Gomorrah in the end times, it means it, when it says believers will be beheaded for their testimony, it means it, and when it says people will be unable to buy or sell if they refuse the mark of the best, it means it.
I mentioned this recently to a non-believer, and he immediately crossed his arms and simply said he didn’t believe in “end times” stuff. That’s part of the end times prophecy, too. Evil will be called good and good will be called evil, and a whole lot of unbelievers will simply refuse to believe it has anything whatsoever to do with the coming end of this age. Evil will happen right in front of their faces, and they’ll see none of it!
Now I don’t know if it’s going to happen soon, but I definitely know it’s going to happen. Frankly, it amazes me that people can be so blind to what’s happening spiritually in America and the rest of the world, but it is what it is. When I see so many people and corporations lining up to legitimize sodomy, I know we have to be getting closer to His return. Frankly, we need Him to save us from ourselves.
Maybe they plan to cut costs by dropping domestic partner coverage. If anyone can get married, they could make marriage a requirement for coverage.
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