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Originally Posted by sweetpea
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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That's just what I'm saying though, rather than making token speeches about support for something that isn't going to solve the problem, why not work internally to lead by example by simply making these rights and privleges equally available? They don't need a law to remove discrimination, the law would rather force them to do it, which just gives rise to the small-minded people claiming that they only changed their policy because the government forced them too which only reinforces that small-minded persons belief that the law and the policy are inherently wrong.
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Originally Posted by sweetpea
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.
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Now this I can agree with you on, the system is screwed, thank you for adding it to my context of thought. I guess really what I'm wondering is if as a society we couldn't perpetuate some of this overhaul without contributing to the dysfunction in the interim.