Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 25th Oct 2008 19:26 UTC, submitted by SK8T
In a rather unusual move, both Google and Apple have publicly backed the fight against "Proposition 8", both by words as well as by donation. Proposition 8 is an initiative measure in the state of California that would ban same-sex marriages in California by amending the Constitution of the state to include that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California". Both companies gave out their reasoning for supporting the fight against 'Prop 8'.
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2008-07-15
Although I agree completely, I think you're wishing for something that won't happen. There are certain religions, and I think we all know which ones, that seem to believe it's their duty to force others to see things their way and to conform to their beliefs. As long as these religions are allowed to lobby for their own views--and they should be, no matter what anyone personally thinks of them--we will never have a conconsensuscensus on this issue and efforts to regulate or ban same sex marriages will persist.
I absolutely believe that we should, under no circumstances, prohibit any two people from marrying no matter what their sexual orientations. For that matter, I say if more than two people want to marry and are consenting to it we have no right to judge them or stop them. It's their life, not ours. I wish these crazy fundamentalist wackjobs would realize that and sink back into the woodworks where they belong and stop wasting our time and monetary effort to enforce their own twisted beliefs on the rest of us.
Bias warning: I'm very anti-religion, at least in the sense of organized religions.
On to the article, though... I'm very happy on a personal level that Apple and Google are speaking out against this. I do have to wonder, though, if a corporation has the right to expend monetary resources on political proceedings. Individuals certainly, large corporations... well, I don't think so. This is dangerous in its own way. I agree with others here who say this sets a dangerous precedent. This time it's gay marriage, next time it's... well, anything.