Google ed Apple appoggiano la comunità Gay!

Lo si poteva già intuire dalle linee politiche seguite in altri campi dalle due compagnie, ma ora hanno preso entrambe una posizione ufficiale a favore della comunità gay e contro l'ignobile Proposizione 8, un'iniziativa che si propone di abolire in California i diritti di unione civile alle persone dello stesso stesso.

E' una cosa molto importante che sia Google che Apple, entrambe aziende californiane, abbiano deciso di prendere una posizione in merito alla Proposizione 8.

Google, dal suo blog ufficiale, ha commentato così:

As an Internet company, Google is an active participant in policy debates surrounding information access, technology and energy. Because our company has a great diversity of people and opinions -- Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, all religions and no religion, straight and gay -- we do not generally take a position on issues outside of our field, especially not social issues. So when Proposition 8 appeared on the California ballot, it was an unlikely question for Google to take an official company position on.

However, while there are many objections to this proposition -- further government encroachment on personal lives, ambiguously written text -- it is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8. While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love.

Posted by Sergey Brin, Co-founder & President

mentre la Apple ha fatto il seguente comunicato stampa, in cui si evince tra l'altro che ha donato 100.000 dollari al comitato per la lotta contro la Proposizione 8:

No on Prop 8
Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a donation of $100,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees’ same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a person’s fundamental rights — including the right to marry — should not be affected by their sexual orientation. Apple views this as a civil rights issue, rather than just a political issue, and is therefore speaking out publicly against Proposition 8.

Beh, che dire, è un'ottima notizia!

Fonte: ►ALT1040