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Google Supports Gay Marriage in California

September 30th, 2008 by AJ Leave a reply »

The gay-friendly folk over at our favorite Internet company has recently upheld their support to gay and lesbian causes by releasing an official company position on Prop osition 8 – ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAMEÃ¢â‚¬â€œSEX COUPLES TO MARRY (INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT).

It is quÃ„Â±te refreshing and heartwarming to see such a company, which does no normally take a public stand on social and political issues, show their support for a gay cause. It may be too far away from the Philippines (and we may not even calling for gay marriage rights here, yet), but it’s good to know that we’re in good company with this great company.

Here’s the full text:

As an Internet company, Google is an active participant in policy debates surrounding information access, technology and energy. Because our company has a great diversity of people and opinions — Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, all religions and no religion, straight and gay — we do not generally take a position on issues outside of our field, especially not social issues. So when Proposition 8 appeared on the California ballot, it was an unlikely question for Google to take an official company position on.

However, while there are many objections to this proposition — further government encroachment on personal lives, ambiguously written text — 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. – Google

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