google takes stand against prop 8

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Registered: 08-24-2008
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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Registered: 08-24-2008
Sun, 09-28-2008 - 3:34pm

Yes, like various other human/civic rights issues, there have been ramifications within congregations, with some people supporting change and others not.

 

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Registered: 08-24-2008
Sun, 09-28-2008 - 3:45pm

I understand where you are going with this.

 

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Registered: 02-15-2008
Sun, 09-28-2008 - 3:47pm

Your judgement that those churches which work towards advancement of human rights as relegating the bible to a "relic" is incorrect.

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Registered: 08-24-2008
Sun, 09-28-2008 - 4:04pm

It was just a suggestion, as I won't be continuing the religious line of debate here.

 

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Registered: 09-15-2008
Sun, 09-28-2008 - 4:10pm

<<I think some of incentive for the push for same sex marriage, is an attempt to neutralize Christianity, and emphasizes contempt and antagonism toward the Christian faith.

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Registered: 08-24-2008
Sun, 09-28-2008 - 4:20pm

YVW :)

 

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Registered: 02-15-2008
Sun, 09-28-2008 - 5:05pm

Hi the2step,


i dont think the intention is to neutralize christianity.but

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Registered: 09-15-2008
Sun, 09-28-2008 - 5:29pm

<<If a pastor/priest were to stand before a congregation, and state that gays should be beaten or harmed in any way, I don't think there would be many christians who would remain in that church.

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Registered: 12-17-2006
Sun, 09-28-2008 - 8:32pm

I want to marry my dog so we can have rights, should that become law? Proposition 8 will pass thankfully...


it is not up to the Government to re define the institution of marriage!


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Registered: 09-29-2003
Sun, 09-28-2008 - 8:51pm
The law applies to humans, not animals, they cannot enter into a legally binding contract,


 


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