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Originally Posted by liquidlight
I have nothing against adjusting the current legistlation to correct these discrepancies, what I object to is that this particular legistlation exchanges one discrimination for another. MS has no business backing ANY legislation in my opinion, they should simply foster their own internal policies in such a fashion to be non-discriminatory across the board. It is not a corporations duty or right to influence legistlation at all, that's how we ended up with things like the carpet-baggers with congress in their pockets in days gone by and why there are serious limitations on campaign finance]
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Whether or not people see this . . . large companies have alot of say in what happens politically . . . as another example, Walmart is one of the largest reasons the minimum wage is so low, they have Lobbyists that work day and night in politics to keep this so. Corp's such as MS have large clout and other companies will follow their lead, such as providing healthcare benefits to same sex partners, now other companies are choosing to do this as well. It may not be a corps. 'duty or right' to influence legistlation, i am a firm believer in seperation between the corps. and govenment . . . but that is just not the truth. It's no secret that many of the global Corps. basically rule the government and it's polices from foriegn aid to environmental laws . . . So, although i would like this not to be happening, it IS happening and why not make sure while they're lobbying for everything else, they lobby for some gay rights too.
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Have you ever seen some of the gay-pride parades? Like Cyn said, if I had a hetero-pride parade where I went walking down the street in nothing but a pair of penis-cuffs (yes it DOES happen quite often) I'd be arrested and jailed for indecency. ]
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I see your point here.
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Originally Posted by liquidlight
I would love to see legislation to MAKE things equal but a bill like this doesn't do that, all it does is elevate a particular sect of society above another and move the problem to a new angle.]
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I see your point here . . . But We have to work within the system we're given, it's all we've got and although it's more than a bit disfunct, it's the only means advocates have of making their voice heard.
Until we have a government/societal overhaul, working on leg. such as this with large corps. is how we can gain equal rights for everyone currently . . . of course i would like to see things happening differently, but right now it's the only avenune we've got for making rights equal.
Thanks,
Sweetpea