Google shows support for gay marriage

28/09/2008

This is possibly the most uplifting news I’ve heard from a tech-company in a long while. Google has openly stated in a blog post that they oppose a certain proposition that would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry.

Snipped:

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.

I think it’s a bold move for Google to take, but one I think every right-thinking company should take. After all, you don’t find many companies saying they are neutral on segregation between black and white people, do you?

Edit: So has Apple, Adobe, Yahoo and several others! Sanity at last!

Edit 2: I’m that if you heard about this in the first place you’ve also heard that the Proposition passed anyway. To which I can only respond: “Fuck you California. No really, Fuck you!” 1

  1. Please note; Residents of California who didn’t actively or passively contribute to the passing of this bill need not consider themselves included in the above “Fuck you!”, from now on referred to as “The Fuck you!” ↩
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I suppose it’s unavoidable

3/09/2008

Chrome!

And that’s all I have to say about that.1

  1. For now at least. I may speak up if I feel I can come up with anything worthwhile without pissing in the ocean to make it warmer. ↩
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