Even 800lb gorillas occasionally cave to threats ...

[unixronin]

...In this case, it appears Microsoft,  in response to threats from an Antioch Bible Church pastor of a national boycott of Microsoft products, withdrew its support for House Bill 1515, Washington State's anti-gay-discrimination bill.  Other corporate sponsors of HB1515 including Boeing, Nike, Coors, Qwest Communications, Washington Mutual, Hewlett-Packard, Corbis, Battelle Memorial Institute, and Paul Allen's company Vulcan Inc appear so far to be maintaining their support.

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[dirtynumbangel.livejournal.com]

Read what i actually wrote: I said consider yourself unwelcome, not barred.

What you're saying is that businesses should be free to discriminate on grounds which are offensive and inhumane. Which is, effectively, condoning that behaviour. Which makes you no better than the Klansmen and Phelpses of the world.

Goodbye, and good fucking riddance.

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Read what i actually wrote: I said consider yourself unwelcome, not barred.

Just so. I apologize for my misinterpretation.

What you're saying is that businesses should be free to discriminate on grounds which are offensive and inhumane. Which is, effectively, condoning that behaviour. Which makes you no better than the Klansmen and Phelpses of the world.

Not a big fan of Voltaire, I see. Good luck trying to force people to like you.

Goodbye, and good fucking riddance.

Have a nice day.

-Ogre

[dirtynumbangel.livejournal.com]

I don't give a flying fuck if people like me or not. It's people like you, who may mouth the right platitudes about being anti-discrimination, but who won't actually support anything that ends discrimination, that allow it to continue.

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Right, because forcing people with irrational hatreds to co-exist with the object of said hatreds works to eliminate those hatreds, instead of merely multiplying them.

Well, keep on keeping on with that, I suppose we'll see how well it works eventually.

-Ogre

[dirtynumbangel.livejournal.com]

Yep, obviously the legal changes in the USA in the 60's, ending legal discrimination against African-Americans have done nothing.