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Title: Major U.S. corporations tell federal court: DOMA is bad for business
Post by: SandraJane on November 07, 2011, 06:11:09 AM
Post by: SandraJane on November 07, 2011, 06:11:09 AM
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Major U.S. corporations tell federal court: DOMA is bad for business
By Brody Levesque Filed: Sunday, November 6, 2011
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BOSTON — Seventy major U.S. companies, including CBS, Google, Microsoft, Nike and Starbucks, have come together in an "amicus" brief — commonly referred to as a "friend of the court" brief — claiming that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is harmful to commerce.
Major U.S. corporations tell federal court: DOMA is bad for business
By Brody Levesque Filed: Sunday, November 6, 2011
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BOSTON — Seventy major U.S. companies, including CBS, Google, Microsoft, Nike and Starbucks, have come together in an "amicus" brief — commonly referred to as a "friend of the court" brief — claiming that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is harmful to commerce.
Title: Re: Major U.S. corporations tell federal court: DOMA is bad for business
Post by: Michelle. on November 07, 2011, 10:11:44 AM
Post by: Michelle. on November 07, 2011, 10:11:44 AM
You don't say?
The pre-nup/estate/divorce lawyers are gonna be all over this one.
That and the wedding planners. Plus the adoption lawyers. The financial planners as well.
It's a win win situation. The left gets a social win. The right a market win.
The pre-nup/estate/divorce lawyers are gonna be all over this one.
That and the wedding planners. Plus the adoption lawyers. The financial planners as well.
It's a win win situation. The left gets a social win. The right a market win.
Title: Re: Major U.S. corporations tell federal court: DOMA is bad for business
Post by: Sailor_Saturn on November 07, 2011, 09:20:02 PM
Post by: Sailor_Saturn on November 07, 2011, 09:20:02 PM
I wonder how the Republicans will respond to this? They're in a position where they're either taking a stand against businesses or the religious bloc. In essence, they're damned if they do and damned if they don't on this one. I sense a power struggle within the ranks of the American Right coming on...
Title: Re: Major U.S. corporations tell federal court: DOMA is bad for business
Post by: Dana_H on November 08, 2011, 10:00:52 PM
Post by: Dana_H on November 08, 2011, 10:00:52 PM
This just reinforces what I have been saying for years; the government should never have gotten into the "marriage business" in the first place. Marriage should be a matter of faith and spiritualism and not subject to government definition. The govt should only be involved in civil unions (basically Partnership Agreements or "Household Composition Contracts") for any group of 2 (or more) consenting adults without discrimination of any kind and solely for secular purposes of taxation, determination of guardianships, inheritance, etc. When businesses have to discriminate just to comply with secular law, the system is broken.
Plus, this approach to civil unions would also provide an option for (for example) a lesbian couple with a child to form a union with the bio-dad for purposes of residency, parental/guardianship rights, etc even though there is no romantic or spiritual relationship between the bio-dad and either lesbian partner. Other such examples also come to mind; there are lots of legitimate reasons to form a family unit as a civil union that have nothing to do with love or sex.
If the Repubs are smart, they will side with the anti-DOMA corporate world on this one.
Plus, this approach to civil unions would also provide an option for (for example) a lesbian couple with a child to form a union with the bio-dad for purposes of residency, parental/guardianship rights, etc even though there is no romantic or spiritual relationship between the bio-dad and either lesbian partner. Other such examples also come to mind; there are lots of legitimate reasons to form a family unit as a civil union that have nothing to do with love or sex.
If the Repubs are smart, they will side with the anti-DOMA corporate world on this one.