AMERICAblog: Google running anti-gay ads in violation of its own policy
liberaldemdave
· 1 year ago
You might amend your original post to include an e-mail address so we can register our collective outrage. Just pissing and moaning about it doesn't go far enough.
lucky hussein
· 1 year ago
google is no one's 'friend' - they snoop on your traffic activity every way possible, which is only ok if you opt-in, imo. imagine if yahoo snooped email the way gmail does. disqus sucks too, but no time to go into that now. 'do no evil' is total bs. how about what they are doing in china? there are many other (better) search engines out there. on the positive, 1800goog411 is sweet.
rednose
· 1 year ago
Odd policy, I'd say. Here is one letter I've been sending to California newspapers...
The Yes on 8 website states "Gays have a right to their private lives, but not to change the definition of marriage for everyone else." For me Prop 8 is not about changing the definition of marriage, nor do I wish to co-opt traditions or rain on anyone's special day. It’s about being treated, from a civil law perspective, like any other committed couple of 15 years. Implicit in the above statement is the belief that gay relationships are less worthy, and that they do not warrant the legal rights that straight people enjoy. I've also noticed that fear happens to be big in the proponents of prop 8’s message. Then, in surfing the internet to find out how prop 8 is playing out in different quarters of the state I find this on Google's site. "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." OK, I'm biased, but hats off to Google, you rock! Now California, it's your turn to step up and do the right thing--be courageous, believe in the future, and vote No on 8!
Let's hope the days of "good" Google have not passed at all, and that they correct this policy!
SplendidMarbles
· 1 year ago
The culture war is on. The far right lunatic fringe will spend serious dough to tear this place apart. Policies that ban spewing bigotry will be swept aside as the flood of hatred gathers steam. Signed, www.splendidmarbles.com
GaySpecies
· 1 year ago
Especially, given that one of the founders of Google is gay.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
OT: woman admits she lied about a black Obama supporter attacking her. CNN
Indigo
· 1 year ago
What is Google if not AOL without talking email and sleezy chat rooms?
scottinsf
· 1 year ago
I can only guess that their legal department dropped the ball on this and it will get cleared up real quick. Come on John. Google contributed to our fight here and also came out with a great statement early on.
They're on our side on this.
Gary SF
· 1 year ago
On the other hand, Apple just donated $100k to fight Proposition 8.
Hello Scott and Karol: Related to Prop 8, Manuel and I are getting married on the day before the election. The simple 'civil ceremony' - while still small - is turning out to be a bit over-the-top. But hey, it's not like I get married every year in California.
scottinsf
· 1 year ago
That is happy news Gary! Congrats!
I wanna go. I'm sure Karol would too. I like a bit over-the-top.
Webster
· 1 year ago
Just dropped Google a note and asked them if discrimination against gays and lesbians is a Google policy.
marduke
· 1 year ago
But wait, Google is working against proposition 8 and they have also donated to the cause:
"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," Brin wrote in an item he posted Sept. 26 on the official Google blog. "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."
Catman51
· 1 year ago
I just dropped them an email asking them to cease these ads as I wouldn't want an anti-Google campaign started. Hopefully they'll get the drift!
AlBenson
· 1 year ago
I also left word by voice and e mail for Google. I am not a crazy man usually, but this making of money by selling ad space to people who want to personally injure me by getting rid of my marriage just infuriates me. I have never hurt anyone else in my life but I am absolutely enraged that Google would want to make money from seeing me injured.
First thing for me...remove all google software and change preferences to use Microsoft live search....maybe not as good, but 'cleaner'.
wtreat007
· 1 year ago
someone over at dKos received a reply from Google and they basically said that they accept political ads.
But this is bullshit. If a proposition made it onto the CA ballot that repealed the old law forbidding whites and blacks to marry, would Google carry that ad? I think not.
mermaidart
· 1 year ago
When a lot of listeners (me included) started calling into KTLK in L.A. about the Yes on 8 ads they're running, Stephanie Miller started commenting that they have to accept all political ads. Does anyone know if this is true?
I hope we can bury them in emails. I won't switch now, but will certainly do so if they don't respond. (I asked them to both stop running these Yes on 8 ads AND issue a statement of apology.)
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The Yes on 8 website states "Gays have a right to their private lives, but
not to change the definition of marriage for everyone else." For me Prop 8
is not about changing the definition of marriage, nor do I wish to co-opt
traditions or rain on anyone's special day. It’s about being treated, from
a civil law perspective, like any other committed couple of 15 years.
Implicit in the above statement is the belief that gay relationships are
less worthy, and that they do not warrant the legal rights that straight
people enjoy. I've also noticed that fear happens to be big in the
proponents of prop 8’s message. Then, in surfing the internet to find out
how prop 8 is playing out in different quarters of the state I find this on
Google's site. "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." OK, I'm biased, but hats off to Google, you
rock! Now California, it's your turn to step up and do the right thing--be
courageous, believe in the future, and vote No on 8!
Let's hope the days of "good" Google have not passed at all, and that they correct this policy!
They're on our side on this.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/deta...
I wanna go. I'm sure Karol would too. I like a bit over-the-top.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_1079...
"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," Brin wrote in an item he posted Sept. 26 on the official Google blog. "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."
Hopefully they'll get the drift!
First thing for me...remove all google software and change preferences to use Microsoft live search....maybe not as good, but 'cleaner'.
But this is bullshit. If a proposition made it onto the CA ballot that repealed the old law forbidding whites and blacks to marry, would Google carry that ad? I think not.