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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Since you were so happy about it, I thought perhaps you'd know something more about their position or future position, or would even venture to offer your opinion about polygamy as a civil right.
Any comment?
~Since you were so happy about it, I thought perhaps you'd know something more about their position or future position...~
Actually, I didn't mention it.
The gays might insist on the right to marry more than one partner some day soon.
*laughs*
Oh :)
Actually I have less interest in hearing
Given the profound health risks associated with the homosexual lifestyle, do you think it's wise to encourage our children through our school programs to
The exact same thing that established the right of a couple from different racial backgrounds to marry -- a decision by our State Supreme Court that ruled a law banning such marriages unconstitutional.
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