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All I know is that I've never listed my employer when making a political contribution and the money has never been refused.I've made political donations and never listed the company I work for. It's not the companies business, it's not the governments business and it's not any other persons business what political organizations I donate to.When you donate to a political campaign, you have to list your employer.
So all political donations are at least in part "under the companies name".
That's what it means when you see claims that "Company X donated to Candidate Y" - it means that employees of company X donated to Candidate Y. Companies themselves can't make political donations, only individuals.
If you made that contribution directly to a candidate's 527, they would have been forced to return it without your employers name. The single most annoying campaign job I've ever done was trying to track down donors and get missing information from them.
One of the things the company I work for does, is that it encourages participation in the community, charity, both monetary and time. It's even part of our annual performance appraisal to have positive community involvement in some manner. The team I work on decided that they wanted to do a time donation to The Salvation Army. I personally have some disagreements with some past behavior of The Salvation Army, so I am the only member of the team that is not participating in that event. I won't get "encouraged" to resign my job because of my opinions about that organization and my refusal to be involved with them and the "team activity".
And you're not the public face of a multi-billion dollar publicly traded company, so it's pretty unlikely that they would care.
for you gays and leftists who support the firing of this guy.
you support it because the company has the right to fire someone for expressing his views. Is that right?
Using that logic a company should have the right to fire a gay person for expressing his or her views.
Either you support freedom of speech and freedom of thought or you don't-----which is it?
They passed a law making political contributions above some amount (I forget) a matter of public record. I don't think it was a law at the time but I do think it was passed for reasons like this.It should be whoever it was in the newspaper who made his private political donation public that should get fired.
It violated this guys right to privacy and his right to free speech.
These militant homosexuals are IN OUR FACE and becoming a threat to us and our freedoms
people need to wake up
Some little wanker reporter, lookin' to bolster his career, and sell copy?It should be whoever it was in the newspaper who made his private political donation public that should get fired.
It violated this guys right to privacy and his right to free speech.
You are grasping at straws now. I've signed a few employment contracts in my life and never had a single one that specified anything about politics (or religion, or family, or sexual orientation or anything else that is off limits for employers to inquire about).[MENTION=20412]JakeStarkey[/MENTION]A business controls what is done in its name and how its employees affect its image.
So, if a business felt that a pro-homosexual marriage employee had a negative affect on it's image would you be comfortable with said company firing said employee?
Or is this a one way street?
By the way, the CEO didn't make that donation under the companies name, he did it under his own name.
Sure. If the contract says such donations of any sort need to be cleared first with corporate, that corporate's right.
MSNBC suspended Keith and Joe for doing the same thing, and Keith eventually got fired.
I love this meme...that "the gheys" should resent President Obama because he didn't come out in full support of marriage equality in 2008. The gheys have seen more civil rights advancements for them under this President, the one we're supposed to be pissed at, than ALL the other Presidents combined. Puhleese!
I don't call ever increasing division and hatred an advancement.
I'm neither against or for same-sex marriage. Once you let the government into your lives by having you both sign a marriage certificate you give away some of your freedoms.
I think Gays should have to live with the same pain and suffering that marriage can cause straight couples. They should have to go through bench trials and lawsuits like everyone else. The days of the free lunch is over. If they can live together in peace then I say let them. Anyone who's against that is an asshole.
Wow, guy, that really sounds like sour grapes. After years of your side fighting tooth and nail against giving gays basic rights, now that you are losing the room, you are all like 'Well, marriage sucks and government is running your life!"
The people haven't spoken, that's an outright lie. It's dishonest and horrible what they did to this guy. He gave a grand to support traditional marriage while Obama was running with the same principle. This isn't about public opinion being recognized, it's about a hateful militant group of intolerant tyrants that are sending a clear signal that they will destroy you if you don't agree fully with everything they do.
I think a lot of people are getting sick of these assholes and expect a backlash. People need to grow a set and fight tyranny wherever it rears it's ugly head.
It merely illustrates that once a group gets too much power over others they always abuse it.
Or they just understand how to use it. This was bringing economic power to bear. We won't spend with you if you don't act right.
You see, the Conservative Coalition has really always been about the business, not the morality.
You are never going to see the people who really run things in the GOP lose money on a "moral" principle.
It's not a cop-out, it's the simple truth.
boed asked why there hadn't been a big backlash against Obama - and I answered it.
If Obama was a first time candidate this year, there would have been backlash.
I love this meme...that "the gheys" should resent President Obama because he didn't come out in full support of marriage equality in 2008. The gheys have seen more civil rights advancements for them under this President, the one we're supposed to be pissed at, than ALL the other Presidents combined. Puhleese!
I don't call ever increasing division and hatred an advancement.
I'm neither against or for same-sex marriage. Once you let the government into your lives by having you both sign a marriage certificate you give away some of your freedoms.
I think Gays should have to live with the same pain and suffering that marriage can cause straight couples. They should have to go through bench trials and lawsuits like everyone else. The days of the free lunch is over. If they can live together in peace then I say let them. Anyone who's against that is an asshole.
The donation was made in 2008. Eich was appointed CEO last month. In what time warp was the donation made in the company's name, or while Eich was CEO?
Wow, guy, that really sounds like sour grapes. After years of your side fighting tooth and nail against giving gays basic rights, now that you are losing the room, you are all like 'Well, marriage sucks and government is running your life!"
are you fucking stupid or brainless ? do not reply, that will only confirm my suspicions.
qweers have had "basic rights" just like all us Conservatives and other NORMAL citizens.., it is "SPECIAL RIGHTS" that you homos, qweers, and libercRATS want and your homo muslime presidunce will give you what you so desire. . :
GUy, you misunderstand my intent.
The only reason I want to see the gays win is because I hate religious people with a fucking passion and any oppurtunity to stick a thumb in their santimonious eye is a good thing.
And sorry, giving them the same right to marry the person they love is just common sense.
Stupid would be forcing people into relationships they have no interest in to conform with societal or religious rules that are kind of silly.
What motivates the modern American liberals' war on free speech?
I think the death penalty would solve the Queer problem.
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Anyway, I'm glad the ex-CEO of Firefox stood for something. He's probably better off not working for such a close-minded company.
Oh, really?The donation was made in 2008. Eich was appointed CEO last month. In what time warp was the donation made in the company's name, or while Eich was CEO?
These militant homosexuals are IN OUR FACE and becoming a threat to us and our freedoms
people need to wake up
What are you going to do about it?
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Anyway, I'm glad the ex-CEO of Firefox stood for something. He's probably better off not working for such a close-minded company.
Until he changed his mind? HE had already "apologized" for his position of five years earlier.
Of course, he got fired anyway.
Mozilla management should all consider resigning just for being such pussies.
