Star Google, Apple Openly Support Fight Against 'Proposition 8'
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 25th Oct 2008 19:26 UTC, submitted by SK8T
In the News 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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RE[2]: Applause
by mabhatter on Sun 26th Oct 2008 17:57 UTC in reply to "RE: Applause"
mabhatter
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I disagree. Whatever your views on proposition 8, it does not behoove any private company to weigh in on issues that are strictly social-political, if for no other reason than business sense. Google and Apple risk alienating both their customers and their employees. Sure, they might earn some good will from proponents of proposition 8, but not not as much as they would lose from its detractors. It's for the same reason that few companies will openly support a political candidate. Separation of church and state? What about separation of corporation and state?

It's simply not the role of a private business company, nor should it be.


If this is like the Michigan proposition, then this change is binding for companies as well... that means that Apple will no longer be allowed to offer it's "gay" workers this benefit when the state changes insurance law to make such coverage illegal. This affects how Apple and Google choose to do business with their employees at the most basic level. This is actually nullifying things that have been changing for 10 years in private companies so that a few moral bigots don't have to play nice.

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