Microsoft Caves Into Pressure from Church for Supporting Gay Rights Bill

[SzczerbiakManiac]

from c|net (http://news.com.com/Microsoft+under+fire+for+reversal+on+gay+rights+bi ll/2100-1022_3-5680807.html?tag=nefd.top)SEATTLE--The Microsoft Corporation, at the forefront of corporate gay rights for decades, is coming under fire from gay rights groups, politicians and its own employees for withdrawing its support for a state bill that would have barred discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.The full article is available at the aforelinked site.

[Prudence]

Hutcherson is in the news all the time up here. In fact, anytime there's a same-sex marriage story, you can bet there's a quote from him opposing it. It's his one and only mission.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Hey kids, the calendar pages are fairly flying back onto the wall. Why, who's that? It looks like Joseph McCarthy just down the way! And his good friend Roy Cohn! At what point do you know the ignoramuses are winning and the ovens are being stoked?

Here's the letter I shot off to Microsoft:

I'm saddened and alarmed by your company's decision to "focus on a smaller number of issues in this short legislative session," instead of supporting a bill that would bar discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

When you have a bully of a pastor threatening you with words such as, "I told them I was going to give them something to be afraid of Christians about," you need open your mouth and say something. Not vaguely mumble something about having other things to do. What sort of impact do you think a boycott by these bigots is going to have? Are they suddenly going to sell their Windows based computers at swap-meets and switch to Apple? I hardly think so. Perhaps they'd have gone back to pen and paper. Good riddance.

I urge you to publicly reconsider this matter. Whether this bigot had anything to do with your decision or not, it sure looks like it. And he's getting to spread hate because of it.

Sincerely,
Jim Barkley

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Here's the address I used to write to Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/common/survey.aspx?scid=sw;en;1230&showpage=1&ws=giving