Google Launches International Campaign For Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage 804
Apple and many other tech companies have offered benefits to same-sex couples (and sometimes made them a sticking point) for quite some time now, but Google is taking its position of inclusion for sexual minorities outside the company itself; the company has announced an international campaign to promote legal marriage equality for same-sex couples, called "Legalize Love." According to CNN's version of the story, while this represents Google's policies overall, the campaign will at first "focus on countries like Singapore, where certain homosexual activities are illegal, and Poland, which has no legal recognition of same-sex couples." dot429 quotes
Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe of Google, speaking in London Saturday at a summit where the initiative was announced: "We want our employees who are gay or lesbian or transgender to have the same experience outside the office as they do in the office. It is obviously a very ambitious piece of work."
Also at CNET.
World Pride 2012 (Score:4, Informative)
Possibly worth noting that on Saturday in London was World Pride 2012, and representatives from Google were among the groups in the parade (photo) [flickr.com]
Re:So now Google is literally a bunch of faggots? (Score:5, Informative)
Because the mind of a 7-year-old is not mature enough to know whether or not it really wants to marry anyone, let alone a 68-year old. I don't see why that's relevant.
Re:So now Google is literally a bunch of faggots? (Score:4, Informative)
Also, the difference between homosexuals marrying and children marrying is consent. The same goes for marrying animals as that is another argument that is often brought up by homophobic people like yourself in this kind of debate.
Re:Bad idea (Score:2, Informative)
But their is a difference between says all couples of any gender pairing in our emply gets benefits and campaigning to make it so everywhere.
gay marriage and equality is all well and good but then that is not the only thing a corporation can campaign for. I think it would make a lot of sense for laws to prohibit corporations from taking sides in societies issues.
Re:Don't be evil (Score:4, Informative)
Did you notice the first link in the post (http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/08/us/texas-county-retreats-over-apple-s-gay-policy.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm [nytimes.com])? It was Apple sticking up for its gay employees back in 1993.
Apple also recently elevated a talented, gay employee to the most powerful position in the entire company. Tim Cook is probably the most powerful gay man in the entire world.
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Re:Marriage =/= legal union. (Score:5, Informative)
Again, no, it isn't. Monogamous marriages were a secular Roman practice (most societies before that were polygamous.) The Catholic church may have interpreted some scripture to turn a civil practice into a sacrament, but the civil practice preceded it historically and structurally.
The etymology of "marriage" is from the Latin "maritare."
Re:Polygamy (Score:5, Informative)
"What I'd really like to hear is for a gay marriage advocate to explain to me why polygamy should be illegal yet gay marriage should be legal."
Why would they? As you point out, polygamy has worked in many societies and the only objections to it are RELIGIOUS.
There is no logical secular objection to polygamy or polyandry or "poly-cluster" sexual unions. Where existing contracts don't cover the bases, add riders to the base marriage contract and have at it!
Re:Marriage =/= legal union. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Why not start at home? (Score:2, Informative)
Over 90% of the pre-war Jewish population of Poland was killed during the war. Most of the survivors left for Israel as soon as that option was opened up.
By contrast, Denmark had a 99% survival rate for its Jews. Bulgaria managed a similar survival rate, in spite of being a German Ally. Even France managed >75% survival rate.
Just curious, which countries fit the "most Occupied states" you mentioned?
Re:Google isn't an arm of the US Govt. (Score:5, Informative)
Poland has a much smaller population than California.
California 37.7 million. (2012)
Poland 38.4 million. (2011)