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Title: Google wants the world to "Legalize Love"
Post by: MadelineB on July 09, 2012, 02:57:45 AM
Post by: MadelineB on July 09, 2012, 02:57:45 AM
http://dot429.com/articles/2012/07/06/google-wants-the-world-to-legalize-love (http://dot429.com/articles/2012/07/06/google-wants-the-world-to-legalize-love)
By Anna Peirano
6 July 2012
The "Legalize Love" campaign officially launches in Poland and Singapore on Saturday, July 7th. Google intends to eventually expand the initiative to every country where the company has an office, and will focus on places with homophobic cultures, where anti-gay laws exist.
Google's Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe outlined the initiative at a Global LGBT Workplace Summit in London earlier today. "We want our employees who are gay or lesbian or transgender to have the same experience outside the office as they do in the office. It is obviously a very ambitious piece of work."
Their strategy involves developing partnerships between companies and organizations to support grass-roots campaigns.
By Anna Peirano
6 July 2012
The "Legalize Love" campaign officially launches in Poland and Singapore on Saturday, July 7th. Google intends to eventually expand the initiative to every country where the company has an office, and will focus on places with homophobic cultures, where anti-gay laws exist.
Google's Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe outlined the initiative at a Global LGBT Workplace Summit in London earlier today. "We want our employees who are gay or lesbian or transgender to have the same experience outside the office as they do in the office. It is obviously a very ambitious piece of work."
Their strategy involves developing partnerships between companies and organizations to support grass-roots campaigns.
Title: Google: ‘Legalize Love’ campaign isn’t about gay marriage
Post by: MadelineB on July 09, 2012, 03:19:04 AM
Post by: MadelineB on July 09, 2012, 03:19:04 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/google-legalize-love-campaign-isnt-about-gay-marriage/2012/07/08/gJQAN3PQWW_blog.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/google-legalize-love-campaign-isnt-about-gay-marriage/2012/07/08/gJQAN3PQWW_blog.html)
By Matt DeLong, The Washington Post
Posted at 02:28 PM ET, 07/08/2012
UPDATE 5:25 p.m.
Google: 'Legalize Love' campaign isn't about gay marriage
The Internet has been buzzing this weekend over a reported announcement by Google that it is launching a worldwide push to legalize same-sex marriage. However, the tech giant says its new "Legalize Love" campaign isn't about gay marriage at all, but rather supporting workers in countries that criminalize homosexuality.
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"At Google, we encourage people to bring their whole selves to work...We also want our employees to have the same inclusive experience outside of the office, as they do at work, and for LGBT communities to be safe and to be accepted wherever they are."
By Matt DeLong, The Washington Post
Posted at 02:28 PM ET, 07/08/2012
UPDATE 5:25 p.m.
Google: 'Legalize Love' campaign isn't about gay marriage
The Internet has been buzzing this weekend over a reported announcement by Google that it is launching a worldwide push to legalize same-sex marriage. However, the tech giant says its new "Legalize Love" campaign isn't about gay marriage at all, but rather supporting workers in countries that criminalize homosexuality.
....
"At Google, we encourage people to bring their whole selves to work...We also want our employees to have the same inclusive experience outside of the office, as they do at work, and for LGBT communities to be safe and to be accepted wherever they are."