<p>As same-sex marriage laws move to state urts, rporatns are startg to speak out the fight for gay marriage</p>
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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. 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. "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.
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