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Re:Google Announces Global Campaign To Legalize Gay Marriage by corin_ on Saturday July 07, 2012 @11:46PM (#4213533)
From a shareholder's point of view then sure, the hypothetical trucking company should do that - except there are other considerations - shareholders who wouldn't want to invest in that company, bad press, other companies boycotting them... it's a lot easier for pro-gay companies to boycott a bigoted company than the other way around.

Of course morals come into play as well, personally I'd never run, work for or invest in a company that did that, and I like to think I'd still have that stance if I wasn't gay (actually I don't need to say "like to think", as I already have that stance for various other things that don't directly affect me).

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Re:Google Announces Global Campaign To Legalize Gay Marriage by einhverfr on Sunday July 08, 2012 @02:09AM (#4213834)
Here's my concern though. It's one thing to get involved in a nation's politics where one reasonably understands what the costs and benefits are. It's a very different thing to get involved in a global campaign.

What's next? Convince Japanese and Indians to do away with arranged marriages? Where do we draw the line?

Or are we trying to remake the world in our image? That strikes me as very dangerous.

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Re:Google Announces Global Campaign To Legalize Gay Marriage by icebraining on Sunday July 08, 2012 @06:11AM (#4214231)
The US has always been remaking the world to its image; it's not always intentionally, though.

Personally, it bothers me more that there's a MacDonald's in every street corner than Google's campaign, even though the former isn't intended to promote any cultural values.

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Re:Google Announces Global Campaign To Legalize Gay Marriage by einhverfr on Sunday July 08, 2012 @10:01AM (#4214570)
Yeah, I don't like the global reach of MacDonalds too.

But you haven't seen the horrible excuse for American food that is Pizza Hut internationally...... I swear after you see the Cheeseburger Pizza and the Chicken Nugget Pizza you will never complain about MacDonalds again....

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