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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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-24-2008
Mon, 09-29-2008 - 3:44pm

Again, it was simply a suggestion.

 

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Registered: 02-15-2008
Mon, 09-29-2008 - 4:39pm

Again, it was simply a suggestion.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 09-29-2008 - 4:58pm
Of course if they are asking to vote on something that does against their religious beliefs, they should be able to vote no without people making accusations about them.
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Registered: 07-05-2006
Mon, 09-29-2008 - 5:01pm

Maybe the best thing would be to refrain from voting on an issue based on your religious beliefs.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 09-29-2008 - 5:03pm
With the seperation of church and state......you can't force churches to marry someone that goes against their religious beliefs.
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 09-29-2008 - 5:07pm
Sorry but not voting is like saying that you agree with the issue.
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Registered: 04-09-2007
Mon, 09-29-2008 - 5:08pm

I think in this case, many Christians and other religious faithful believe (right or wrong) that this puts them into Soddom and Gomorah(sp?) territory.

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Registered: 09-25-2008
Mon, 09-29-2008 - 5:13pm
I have no problem with people voting for or against THINGS that are either supported or not supported by their personal religious convictions. But no one's religious convictions should dictate the basic rights of US citizens. Someone else's marriage does not in anyway violate your own rights or freedom to practice your religion....and no, you (no one, this isn't directed at you personally) should be able to vote to remove the civil rights of someone based solely on the fact your religion disapproves of them having the same rights you enjoy.
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Registered: 09-25-2008
Mon, 09-29-2008 - 5:16pm
You are correct, which is why gay marriage should never be subject to a vote, it simply isn't an issue that is the business of anyone but the couple wishing to marry.
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Registered: 09-25-2008
Mon, 09-29-2008 - 5:20pm
So you would be OK if a group of men decided that women having the vote violated their religious beliefs, proposed and qualified an initiative for the ballot and it passed? You would be OK with losing the right to vote?

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