google takes stand against prop 8
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| Sun, 09-28-2008 - 2:09am |
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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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Do I think you should have a right to vote to limit the rights of others because you think they are sinning? Nope. I most certainly do not.
Nothing in same sex marriage being legal requiest YOU to do anything at all. You don't have to approve, you don't have to witness same sex marriages in your churches, you aren't inconvenienced in the slightest.
Certainly freedom from religion in our secular government. As no marriage requires religion, as a religous marriage ceremony is entirely and completley optional for all heterosexual couples, I do mean freedom from religion at the secular level. But I most certainly mean freedom OF relgion when it comes to choosing which marriage ceremonies a particular religious group will sanctify.
My minister marries same sex couples, he should be as free to do so as your own is free to choose not to perform such ceremonies.
"Ofcourse there are some Christians struggling with the sin homosexuality and lesbianism, "
That's not what
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
<<I noticed that when Kathleen suggested that I go to the Religion board to continue debate, no one spoke up and stated that I had just as much of a right to be here as anyone else.
Do I think you should have a right to vote to limit the rights of others because you think they are sinning? Nope. I most certainly do not.
Hi the2step,
i dont know Kathleen's exact implications, but i can tell you how i interpreted what she said.
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