Comments on: Preaching About Microsoft’s ‘Homosexual Agenda” http://www.americanmadness.com/2007/11/21/preaching-about-microsofts-homosexual-agenda/ Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:43:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason Ihle http://www.americanmadness.com/2007/11/21/preaching-about-microsofts-homosexual-agenda/comment-page-1/#comment-115302 Jason Ihle Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:34:05 +0000 http://americanmadness.com/2007/11/21/preaching-about-microsofts-homosexual-agenda/#comment-115302 People who are so worked up about homosexuals that they repeatedly refer to the gay agenda (a notion with the same insidious implications as the belief in a World Jewish Conspiracy which doesn't exist - wink, wink, Josh) view homosexuality as a kind of disease that can be spread to children and good Christians. They see it as a choice, and a sinful one at that. It really begs me to ask, if homosexuals chose to be gay when doesn't that mean everyone else chose to be heterosexual? They see it as something that others will catch if they aren't careful. It's a sick, twisted ideology. But I agree with Josh that it seems very unlikely they'd get anywhere with this plan. Owning a majority share in a company doesn't mean you can ignore civil rights. People who are so worked up about homosexuals that they repeatedly refer to the gay agenda (a notion with the same insidious implications as the belief in a World Jewish Conspiracy which doesn’t exist – wink, wink, Josh) view homosexuality as a kind of disease that can be spread to children and good Christians. They see it as a choice, and a sinful one at that. It really begs me to ask, if homosexuals chose to be gay when doesn’t that mean everyone else chose to be heterosexual? They see it as something that others will catch if they aren’t careful.

It’s a sick, twisted ideology. But I agree with Josh that it seems very unlikely they’d get anywhere with this plan. Owning a majority share in a company doesn’t mean you can ignore civil rights.

]]> By: Josh http://www.americanmadness.com/2007/11/21/preaching-about-microsofts-homosexual-agenda/comment-page-1/#comment-115224 Josh Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:13:21 +0000 http://americanmadness.com/2007/11/21/preaching-about-microsofts-homosexual-agenda/#comment-115224 It's completely absurd. Even if his followers got a hold of a significant percentage of the public equity (the company has a market cap of $322.76 billion), they wouldn't be able to bully the company, in all probability, without a proxy vote (which it's likely they'd lose). And say they got someone on the board, for instance...that person would be accountable to shareholders. There's an argument that these diversity programs help the company. They make it a safe place to work for people who might be ridiculed in other corporate environments. Also, there's that pesky civil rights legislation to contend with. No matter how many shares purchased, Microsoft can't actually rail against gay people. The whole idea is absurd. I've never understood the problem religious conservatives have with homosexuals. They aren't bothering anybody. They aren't keeping people poor, or keeping them from having a good meal. They aren't persecuting people for their religious beliefs. Instead of persecuting them, why not take some of that religious firepower and do something to help people? It’s completely absurd. Even if his followers got a hold of a significant percentage of the public equity (the company has a market cap of $322.76 billion), they wouldn’t be able to bully the company, in all probability, without a proxy vote (which it’s likely they’d lose). And say they got someone on the board, for instance…that person would be accountable to shareholders. There’s an argument that these diversity programs help the company. They make it a safe place to work for people who might be ridiculed in other corporate environments. Also, there’s that pesky civil rights legislation to contend with. No matter how many shares purchased, Microsoft can’t actually rail against gay people. The whole idea is absurd.

I’ve never understood the problem religious conservatives have with homosexuals. They aren’t bothering anybody. They aren’t keeping people poor, or keeping them from having a good meal. They aren’t persecuting people for their religious beliefs.

Instead of persecuting them, why not take some of that religious firepower and do something to help people?

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