In light of the the Supreme Court's cisn to overturn DOMA, major brands have begun speakg out support of gay marriage. See how they spread the love.
Contents:
- GAY MARRIAGE
- DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
- WHY BIG BS LIKE NIKE AND CUMMS ARE BACKG GAY MARRIAGE
- JAPAN’S SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE IS SOARG. BUT CAN IT BEE LAW?
- THE MAJOR BRANDS ACTIVELY SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
GAY MARRIAGE
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DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
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Seattle-based Amazon (AMZN) also released an ad spot that featur a gay man buyg a Kdle e-rear. "Let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I nsir beg gay among the greatt gifts God has given me, " he wrote October.
Google: Not only do Google (GOOG)have an ternal workg group for employe known as Gayglers, but ma a bold statement about LGBT rights ahead of the Wter Olympics Sochi last year. The pany joed protts of anti-gay polici Rsia by featurg a rabow-lored "Google doodle" on s homepage.
The rabow-lored Oreo was a high-profile nod to gay rights. Starbucks: For CEO Howard Schultz, supportg gay rights meant directly nontg an vtor who claimed the pany's stance was erodg s bottom le. Lotn: Fully Remote Grdr offers a platform for members of the gay, bisexual, transgenr and other queer muni to explore datg optns and nnect wh fellow ers their area.
WHY BIG BS LIKE NIKE AND CUMMS ARE BACKG GAY MARRIAGE
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JAPAN’S SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE IS SOARG. BUT CAN IT BEE LAW?
The clothg cha's CEO is notorly anti-gay and don't seem to md the pany's severe unrreprentatn of women when to learship posns. Cracker BarrelCracker Barrel has been tratg advot wh s overtly racist and anti-gay practic for years. Carl's burger cha — which has no problem sellg s food wh sex — was found by vehemently anti-choice, anti-gay csar Carl Karcher.
THE MAJOR BRANDS ACTIVELY SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
Gay rights groups dubbed his hamburgers 'bigot burgers' after Karcher supported a 1978 proposn that would have allowed school boards to fire teachers who were gay or advoted homosexualy. Levi'sThe jean manufacturer is a well-known supporter of marriage equaly, whose efforts rulted a 2010 GLAAD award for a pro-gay advertisement, and posive marks HRC's Buyer's Gui.