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It's not just Sergey's position. It's Google's position. And it is very related to Google, since there are a lot of gay software engineers, this is very importa
by lacker 18y ago
It's not just Sergey's position. It's Google's position. And it is very related to Google, since there are a lot of gay software engineers, this is very important to many of them, and Google wants to attract and keep these employees.
- migpwr 18y agoA software engineers sexuality should have nothing to do with his/her work. It's like google asking people to vote for obama because they want to attract and keep black engineers. Bullshit, that's right.
- silencio 18y agoNo. Google would have to tell people to stop being racist, not to vote for Obama, for that to make any sense. Also, my sexuality SHOULD have nothing to do with my work, but if I were affected adversely by this or other similar discriminatory nonsense, it would most likely affect my work. I daresay the same would apply to anyone regardless of sexuality. Prop 8 is about more than just marriage, it's about what comes with marriage.
- neilk 18y agoIf software engineers in gay couples are discriminated against in California, they'll go elsewhere. I know of at least one case exactly like that - they moved to Canada. I guess that this provides the cover for Google to discuss these issues in an official channel.
- davidw 18y agoHere are two very practical things that are directly tied to marriage/"partnership" in the US: - Health care - Immigration rights So, yeah, it shouldn't matter, but it does.