Apple donates $100,000 to fight Prop. 8Apple Inc. is donating $100,000 to fight Proposition 8, which aims to end same-sex marriage in California by amending the constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman.”Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees’ same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a person’s fundamental rights — including the right to marry — should not be affected by their sexual orientation,” the company said in a statement posted on its Web site Friday.Apple joins Google, which came out publicly against Prop. 8 last month. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page reportedly have donated a combined $140,000 to fight the measure.In revealing its support, Google officials voiced similar points, saying the company sees the issue as one of equality and is opposed to the elimination of fundamental rights.”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,” Brin said.It is not common practice for either company to take a stand on political measures. It remains to be seen what effect the move might have on Proposition 8 supporters, who might avoid doing business with companies that oppose the measure.
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This has nothing to do with rights.Homosexuality is a biological defect making gay marriage legal will not correct it.To say you care about gays then turn around and condone behavior that can lead to injury or infection and other problems has a price that being people you love could suffer terribly even die.The state has a duty to protect citizens from themselves that includes our gay citizens.Just because we don’t like a law doesn’t mean it isn’t good for us.
reason,
um… WTF?
This isn’t the first time Reason’s site nick has seemed inappropriate…
Reason
It’s difficult for me to understand what your argument is. It appears that you are implying certain connections without actually making those connections. Are you embarrassed to state your opinion more clearly?
Reason,
I can only assume your post was intended to be a vial form of sarcasm ? a parody of gay rights opponents?
damn reason…sure hope I dont catch a gay cold er sumptin
Just one more reason why I’m a big Apple fan, and use their computers exclusively.
It was late in the day. Maybe reason had already started on the juice, and that would explain the post.
HIV infection can cause mental deterioration like that.
Anybody know what reason’s condition is?
Reason, I suppose we should also outlaw food that is unhealthy, and monogamy to an infertile spouse?
Really reason? Are you just baiting us a la Phreedm?
Not to pile on, but…
WTF are you smoking? Whatever it is, the state should step in and protect you from yourself. As for me, I believe I am the final arbiter of anything I choose to do that harms nobody but myself, not the state.
I thought you were a Libertarian?
for the sake of the blog….
we need letter man to change r to s….
that way we can get a break….or sprinkle with care
Hetero sex never causes “injury or infection.”
c4t,
Did you get into reason’s stash?
Wow…first the claim that marriage is a “human right”…
And then…
Comment from: David Silverman
So Dave…what length of time is one to give their spouse before it’s ok for them to sleep with someone else…?
So much for love and sympathy…
A great example of why man cannot create their own moral standards…
They would be different for everyone…
Side note that I know you’ll all love to hear…
“W” won’t even break even…
I took C4T’s statement to be sarcastic, like “oh, that, never happens in heterosexual sex… *eyeroll*”
well somebody has to stir the pot besides phreedm or tim.
look everyone should practice safe sex and if gay marriage will encourage that ‘good’.
now this being America i suspect Apple,Google think it is a good business move.
What is really important is not gay sex/marriage but my stocks going to hell in a handbasket.i’m outraged to learn that states outlawed credit default swaps after they caused the crash of 1907 only to have congress and president clinton make it legal again in 2000 with full support of greenspan.
and i’m hurt to be called a libertarian i’m a pay as you go conservative.i am sober and i approve this message.
From Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_Futures_Modernization_Act_of_2000
“The “Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000″ (H.R. 5660) was introduced in the House on Dec. 14, 2000 by Rep. Thomas W. Ewing (R-IL) and cosponsored by Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. (R-VA) Rep. Larry Combest (R-TX) Rep. John J. LaFalce (D-NY) Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA) and never debated in the House.[2]
The companion bill (S.3283) was introduced in the Senate on Dec. 15th, 2000 (The last day before Christmas holiday) by Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) and cosponsored by Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL) Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX) Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Sen. Thomas Harkin (D-IA) Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) and never debated in the Senate.
Given the above-stated chronology, it would appear that the House and Senate versions of the bill were introduced just prior to the Christmas holiday in December of 2000, following George W Bush’s (first) election (in November of 2000), while then-President Clinton was serving out his final days as President. The bill was never debated by the House or Senate. The bill by-passed the substantive policy committees in both the House and the Senate so that there were neither hearings nor opportunities for recorded committee votes. In substance, it appears that the leadership of the Republican-controlled Senate and House incorporated the deregulation of credit default swaps into an omnibus budget bill (without hearings or recorded votes)at a time when the outgoing president was in no position to veto anything.”
Yeah — blame the liberals.
Now, what does this have to do with gay marriage again?
Cynic
Very nice post.
And when does the “reason” part of your handle kick in?Also,are you suggesting that if gay marriage were not allowed,that “infections” would somehow diminish?As in”If I’m not allowed to marry the person iI choose,I will never have sex again in my lifetime”?Explain the reason in that sentiment.
And Reason,what do you mean by “injury”?To whom,and how?
Cynic,
Huh? How did they figure that?
When was he supposed to mull it over, and in light of what evidence and discussion?
Cynic,
I don’t know; I can’t read Bill Clinton’s mind.
But he was still the president, with his veto power. And being a lame-duck prez, he had no political repercussions to worry about, whether he vetoed or not. So how could he have been “in no position to veto anything.”?
But phreekee, all moral standards WERE created by man. God was just invented to be the bogeyman to enforce them if we got away with anything during life.