google takes stand against prop 8
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| Sun, 09-28-2008 - 2:09am |
Just a happy little moment :)
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/our-position-on-californias-no-on-8.html
Our position on California's No on 8 campaign
9/26/2008 03:23:00 PM
As an Internet company, Google is an active participant in policy debates surrounding information access, technology and energy. Because our company has a great diversity of people and opinions -- Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, all religions and no religion, straight and gay -- we do not generally take a position on issues outside of our field, especially not social issues. So when Proposition 8 appeared on the California ballot, it was an unlikely question for Google to take an official company position on.
However, while there are many objections to this proposition -- further government encroachment on personal lives, ambiguously written text -- it is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8. While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love.
Posted by Sergey Brin, Co-founder & President, Technology

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yay!
meanwhile palin's church is doing
I don't see the problem with someone praying for a cure for "gayness." They aren't forcing anyone to be cured. They aren't forcing anyone to go to their church. And, she hasn't allowed her church's beliefs on homosexuality to affect her friendships or her governing.
Why are people so afraid of prayer? They aren't forcing you to pray. I really don't understand why people get all weirded out buy christian religion, but have no problem being understanding about other faiths. It could be worse. We could be Iran where there are no gays according to the president.
Thanks for sharing this.
Mich
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the problem is not with prayer in general, but with the assumption "gayness" can be cured - like it's a disease or a choice. to pray for a cure would imply that it is a "bad choice" that needs to be changed. the general consensus these days is that sexual orientation is neither a disease or a choice but an inherent identity or a trait. we don't know to what extent her belief's on homosexuality have influenced her friendships or governing - although it does impact her position on gay marriage. but her assumption that sexual orientation is a bad choice rather than a trait would suggest that she may not be open to relying on gay people to make "good choices" and is certainly less willing to grant them protections.
Bea
Excellent explanation, Bea.
However, while there are many objections to this proposition -- further government encroachment on personal lives, ambiguously written text -- it is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8. While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love.
I don't understand the supposed
I have a gay friend, and because I love him, I pray for him.
Just curious...why do you pray for him or what do you pray?
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I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure
Just curious...why do you pray for him or what do you pray?
As I said in my original post; because I love him, and because he is hurting.
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