Google Blog "No on California Proposition 8"
"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."
3 comments:
Ambiguous? What is ambiguous about marriage being defined as between a man and a woman.
If you want ambiguous, look at the no on 8 campaign that uses the scare tactic of "taking away rights."
Under California law, “domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections, and benefits” as married spouses. (Family Code § 297.5.) There are NO exceptions. Proposition 8 WILL NOT change this.
Having worked in a youth home, I know the laws in California are designed to not discriminate against gay couples ...
What is ambiguous about marriage being defined as between a man and a woman.
Marriage in California is not restricted to male-female couples. Nor is marriage in Connecticut or Massachusetts: and in New York state, any legal marriage is recognized.
Proposition 8 is about removing the freedom to marry from same-sex couples. As the freedom to marry has been recognized as a civil right in the US since June 12, 1967, Proposition 8 is about removing that right,
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