September 29, 2008
Google Opposes Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
What with last night's Yes On 8 ads (one that mocks SF Mayor Gavin Newsom, which: mean!) premiering on ABC's right-winged, white-trash television extravaganza, Google, last Friday, made a public stand against the same-sex marriage ban, Proposition 8.
While the tech company does not "generally take a position on issues outside of [the technology] field," Google co-founder and hot Russian Jew, Sergey Brin, according to the Official Google Blog, had this to say:
[W]hile 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.
Among other companies, Google joins Levi Strauss in (hopefully) making California a wee bit less hateful.
Dreamy, ivory-skinned, dark-haired, and thick-armed Sergey Brin (né Сергей Михайлович Бри, which, when whispered, rolls right off the tongue) did not mention whether or not Google will do something in particular to oppose Proposition 8, save for taking a stand. But a simple blog post from Brin, it seems, has done wonders already. Sigh.
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The second E in "née" marks it as feminine; men are "né" something. And it implies that's not his name any more, which it is.
Also, "one that mock"?
thanks, nerd. [wink]
I watched the Yes on 8 ad. That's all they've got? Seriously? I haven't seen so much ignorance strung together in one 30 second time frame since I watched Palin floundering around in her Katie Couric interview.
"churches will lose their tax exemption?" Well, hell, forget gay marriage, that's an even better reason to vote no on 8 right there. (and also, that claim is bullshit).
Yeah? Good on Google. Where's the money?
Seriously, TAYM. Gooooooooogle could contribute $100000000 if they wanted. No contribution limits on initiatives.
The ad doesn't make any sense. None of the conclusions are reasonable. How is it that churches will lose their tax exempt status? That's just one leap that I didn't follow.
the ad is quite simple: fags are disgusting, don't let them marry each other because butt sex is gross.
...of something like that.
The ad doesn't need to make sense. It does not assume rational thinking on the part of its audience.
Brock, so you mentioned before that Michael Phelps is dangerously hung but not hot dreamy russian jew Sergey? Methinks you're slippin'.
"Russian Jew" and "dangerously hung" are synonymous, I'm pretty sure.
speaking of ads, I just saw this saccharine trainwreck of an ad for Alicia Wang for the first time. it almost works too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F17ulOd3Wsk
Open the checkbook, Serg, and then get out of the way. Oh, you made a public statement? Gee, that is a real help there, mister. Thanks so fucking much. I just know all those red-county voters are going to sit up and take notice.
Great .... maybe Google-ites (?) can match the donation amount for the "No on Prop 8" campaign that the Mormon Church has demanded each of the member families contribute to the "Yes on 8" campaign. Right now, those Mormon $1,000 and up checks are helping the Yes on 8 folks out-fundraise the No on Prop 8 team by a margin of 3-to-2. Fundraising is going to be critical ... this is going to be a very, very close call. Easily the most important item on this year's election save the Presidency.
"Né" and "née" mean "born". Inasmuch as Brin was born a subject of the USSR, "né" here merely reflects that he was born with a Russian name that was originally written in Cyrillic.
FWIW, I think his first name should be Ser-WishHeWas-gei.