Nike gay marriage PAC returns $180K to Phil Knight, pany executiv

Contents:

• WHY BIG BS LIKE NIKE AND CUMMS ARE BACKG GAY MARRIAGE
• NIKE GAY MARRIAGE PAC RETURNS $180K TO PHIL KNIGHT, PANY EXECUTIV
• 27 COMPANI THAT AREN'T AAID TO SUPPORT THE SUPREME COURT'S GAY MARRIAGE RULGS
• NIKE'S BIG NTRIBUTN TO OREGON GAY MARRIAGE IATIVE WH STRGS ATTACHED
• WHY NIKE SUPPORTS GAY MARRAIGE
• NIKE DROPS MANNY PACQUIAO FOR MENTS AGAST GAY ‘MARRIAGE’
• TIM COOK ISN'T THE ONLY OPENLY GAY CEO
• MANNY PACQUIAO SAYS PEOPLE ARE 'ALARMED BY THE TTH' ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

WHY BIG BS LIKE NIKE AND CUMMS ARE BACKG GAY MARRIAGE

Not long ago, big pani ran om the gay-marriage 2012, when North Carola bated a nstutnal amendment to ban same-sex marriage, not one Fortune 500 pany headquartered the state – they clu Bank of Ameri, Lowe's, Nur, De Energy and VF, whose brands clud North Face and Wrangler – took a stand on the 2011, Target's chief executive, Gregg Stehafel, said at the pany's annual meetg that the big retailer would stay out of the bate over a proposed amendment to prohib gay marriage Mnota. His remarks disappoted many si Target, which has an exemplary rerd when to s own LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual, trans) ti has turned.

* Goldman Sachs flew an equaly flag outsi s downtown New York headquarters when the urt overturned, as the battleground shifts backs to the stat, bs have allied self wh supporters of gay marriage Oregon and Indiana. The Portland Trail Blazers, meantime, beme the first NBA team to back gay surprisg is the role of two big pani Indiana, a Republin stronghold.

NIKE GAY MARRIAGE PAC RETURNS $180K TO PHIL KNIGHT, PANY EXECUTIV

Cumms, the world's largt manufacturer of diel eng, and Eli Lilly, the big US maker of sul products, each gave $100, 000 to Freedom Indiana, a aln of bs, muny groups and fah lears tryg to keep a nstutnal amendment to ban gay marriage off the ballot this Target's Gregg Stehafel, Cumms' vice-print and chief admistrative officer Marya Rose didn't mce any words when talkg about the amendment to ban gay marriage, she told the state legislature earlier this month, "sends a negative msage that Indiana is not a place that wel people of all backgrounds and jeopardiz our abily to be petive global markets and to attract and reta top talent.

27 COMPANI THAT AREN'T AAID TO SUPPORT THE SUPREME COURT'S GAY MARRIAGE RULGS

"We strongly believe that a nstutnal amendment prohibg same-sex marriage is bad for bs and bad for Indiana, " said Greg Kueterman, director of rporate munitns, cg the need to rec and reta the bt global all pani back gay marriage, of urse.

Willie Robertson, a star on the A&E realy show Duck Dynasty, was spend om the program last year for makg anti-gay remarks, but he was quickly restated after nservativ protted. The print of Chick-fil-A, which has donated to groups scribed as anti-gay, tweeted that was "a sad day for our natn" after the supreme urt overturned have pani embraced marriage equaly? Are nnected to a iend who has exprsly intified themselv as gay, lbian or bisexual on their timele.

In what may be a first the world of sports, a high-profile athlete has lost a major endorsement al after exprsg anti-gay has officially cut ti wh boxer Manny Pacquiao, after the welterweight said gay upl "are worse than animals" a TV terview his native Philipp.

NIKE'S BIG NTRIBUTN TO OREGON GAY MARRIAGE IATIVE WH STRGS ATTACHED

Pacquiao has long been a vol advote for relig and cultural nservatism, and perhaps his most famo act as a legislator was his unsuccsful attempt to stop passage of a bill that ma ntraceptn more accsible to the swift backlash agast Pacquiao's homophobic remarks rells what OutSports manager edor Cyd Zeigler lls "the tippg pot" the LGBT sports movement — former NBA star Tim Hardaway's anti-gay rant reports surfaced that former NBA player John Amaechi has e out as gay, Hardaway gave a highly offensive rad terview which he boasted about beg homophobic and argued that LGBT people "shouldn't be the world or the Uned Stat.

" The NBA and CBA end their relatnships wh the former Miami Heat star, whose name beme synonymo for a time wh anti-gay hate was "the clost thg that we’ve had to this, " Zeigler told MSNBC on Wednday. Now, they have fully embraced the gay rights movement. The pany has shown support for marriage equaly, created a le of apparel (#BeTe) targeted at LGBT nsumers, and ked als wh openly gay athlet like Jason Colls and Brtney Grer.

WHY NIKE SUPPORTS GAY MARRAIGE

"RELATED: Boxer Manny Pacquiao tak a h for anti-gay remarksStill, Zeigler pots out that Pacquiao had spoken out agast same-sex marriage ls heated rhetoric two years ago. The measure was approved by a wi marg, wh 57 percent of Oregonians votg favor of the tradnal fn of marriage, spe the amendment’s backers beg outspent 2-to-1 by homosexual activists.

In 2008, the state legislature voted to approve domtic partnerships for homosexual upl, and last month, state officials announced that Oregon would regnize same-sex “marriag” performed other stat. But that’s not good enough for homosexual activists, who have mounted a petn drive to put same-sex “marriage” on the ballot aga Oregon, askg voters to reverse the ban they enacted jt ten years ago. Nike has a long history of supportg homosexual both si and outsi the state of Oregon.

The pany was stmental anizg support for Oregon’s domtic partnership law and played a major role addg homosexualy and genr inty to the state’s anti-discrimatn laws.

NIKE DROPS MANNY PACQUIAO FOR MENTS AGAST GAY ‘MARRIAGE’

Nike also filed a “iend of the urt” brief durg the Supreme Court battle over the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), urgg the urt to force the feral ernment to regnize gay “marriag. In s daily operatns, Nike giv preference to homosexual suppliers, and has long extend full “spoal” benefs cludg adoptn assistance to s homosexual employe and their partners, whether “married” or not. In 2012, Nike troduced a le of rabow-lored, homosexualy-themed sho and sportswear.

Sal of the high-priced le (a pair of rabow-soled sneakers sts $115) have ted more than $200, 000 for the pany’s LGBT Sports Coaln, which seeks to “end bias” agast homosexualy sports. at ikawalo, ang paradigm na po ay di na LGBT kundi SOGIE (sexual orientatns and genr inti and exprsns, ang asignasyon sa mas pluralidad at non-permanence ng kasarian at sexualidad) dahil mas may fluidy o kaysa sa tennsiya rg magg hetero- at homo-normative ng LGBT. The vio featur Serena Williams, LeBron Jam, Victor Cz and openly gay profsnal soccer player Megan Rapoe, among others.

TIM COOK ISN'T THE ONLY OPENLY GAY CEO

He said some ugly thgs about gay people and gay marriage. He had been elected to the Philipp Hoe of Reprentativ two years relig te, he railed agast Print Barack Obama's embrace of gay marriage an terview wh Obama to nsir the Bible a "manual for life, " Pacquiao said, was important to "obey God's law first before nsirg the laws of man. "I don't agree wh, and I'm agast, gay marriage, " Pacquiao told The New York Tim.

I'm not sayg I nmn gay people, or gay marriage. I have relativ who are gay.

I have iends who are gay.

MANNY PACQUIAO SAYS PEOPLE ARE 'ALARMED BY THE TTH' ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

"Cue another predictable backlash, and not jt om zoologists who have observed homosexual and bisexual behavr the animal kgdom. Pacquiao, seen a shirt wh a Nike logo, posted a msage onle to say he was "sorry for hurtg people by parg homosexuals to animals, " but reerated his opposn to same-sex marriage.