Tennessee : Monster Corporations Turn on GLBTs:

[Smarmie Doofus]

This was posted to GLBT by Will Parkinson ( Props!) but it needs a wider audience.

Good thing about this is they are ALL EMINENTLY BOYCOTT-able.

Don't forget to sign the petition at the link.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/05/tennessee-major-corporations-back.html


TENNESSEE: Major Corporations Back Statewide Ban On LGBT Rights


AmericaBlog Gay reports on the backers of yesterday's ban on LGBT rights in Tennessee.

The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce - chaired by
Nissan, and whose other board members include such companies as :
FedEx,
AT&T,
Comcast,
DuPont,
Pfizer,
Blue Cross Blue Shield,
Caterpillar,
KPMG,
Whirlpool,
Embraer,
Alcoa, and
United HealthCare
- actively lobbied for a religious right bill in the Tennessee legislature that would rescind Nashville's civil rights protections for its gay and trans citizens, and which bans every city in Tennessee from passing any civil rights laws, for anyone, ever again. The bill passed yesterday. It's on its way to the state's Republican governor for his signature, unless he vetoes it. And these companies led the way in making it happen.
Sign this open letter to the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce demanding that they rescind their support for this hateful bill.

[RKP5637]

1. Recommend!!! n/t

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. Help me keep it kicked for a while, RKP. nt

[RKP5637]

5. K&R !!!

[RKP5637]

9. Petition signed. People need to get outraged and speak out about this crap. One might not be gay,

but believe me, they are coming for you next. This is about the emergence of a strong fascist plutocracy. Things like this do not bode well for anyone.

We are moving into a country fully dominated by a large corporate structure taking control fully of the gov. at many levels. Americans really need to wake up and take an interest in all discrimination. Those not discriminated against now will be next, that's how it works in a corporate driven government. People do not matter. The first objective is to go after the minorities as the country is divided and conquered by a corporate empire.

In fact, as someone said in another post, we are moving toward a dictatorship by oligarchs.

[Smarmie Doofus]

16. The silver lining to the tea-party ascendancy is that....

.... it's bringing together different elements of the progressive DEM coalition... after a long period of time when we were cut off from each other. On the surface, what does GLBT rights have to do w. economic justice? Not much really. Or so we thought.

But guess who's trying to repeal GLBT gains in Wisconsin! Mr. Economic Injustice himself: Walker!

[RKP5637]

21. Yep, it's all the same stuff, repression of people, using the oldest trick in

the book, divide and conquer. While some groups cheer the others defeat, those cheering are also being readied for the slaughter.

Hopefully Americans are waking up to the fact this country and our way of life, and what made it great, are under siege. The republicans are using a form of domestic warfare.

[RKP5637]

22. deleted duplicate. n/t

[Samantha]

3. This is incredible

Thanks for posting. I guess nothing should surprise me anymore, but still....

My family is from Tennessee. I feel so ashamed.

Sam

[emcguffie]

49. i'm from tennessee, and i'm astonished.

I bet Al Gore is, tool.

[Samantha]

4. I just came back to recommend and saw your request

I will try to kick this thread periodically. Everyone should help -- this is an important list to review.

Sam

[marmar]

6. Done.....I see that some of the regulars on the list of vile corporations are represented.

nt

[DeSwiss]

7. K&R

Welcome to:

[EFerrari]

8. K&R

:kick:

[Beth in MN]

10. Alcoa has responded; asks governor to veto bill

“Alcoa provides equal employment opportunity without discrimination and supports state and local legislation protecting the rights of all community members. We do not agree with the chamber on this issue and would ask that the governor veto the bill."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/21/977935/-Alcoa-Corp-Urges-TN-Governor:-%E2%80%9CVeto%C2%A0Anti-Gay-Law-HB600!%E2%80%9D?via=siderec

[RKP5637]

17. Thanks for posting this!!! n/t

[Rhythm]

11. k/r because EVERYONE needs to see this...

[iwishiwas]

12. SAME thing happening in WI. Walker wants to defund the Domestic Partnership

State Registry. I can not think of the name of the group--ALEC?? or something like that? Maybe this is happening in all states?? with Repug legislatures??

Also, the provision for banning all cities in TN from passing civil rights laws!! What is this??

[RKP5637]

14. These people would also love to repeal the civil rights laws of the 60's. The gay thing

is just one step, basically, they want a feudal system with no rights by the majority of the citizens. This country is taking an evil turn and I am really tired of how Americans are lambs for the kill.

[iwishiwas]

34. In Milwaukkee WI, --get this, the STATE REPUG legislature took away

SICK leave!!--yes, this was after the city voted to install stick leave and later had a referendum for it. The STATE took it away!!

[Autumn]

13. K/R what a bunch of sorry asses

:kick:

[RKP5637]

15. +1000 +++ n/t

[MasonJar]

18. Corporations against people's rights. Now there is a headline for he ages. SARCASM intended.

[Snoutport]

19. we need to write these companies EN MASSE!!! in mass?

threaten them with a boycott!

[Zorra]

20. I'm boycotting everything Tennessee, and these corporations. As a

matter of fact, I'm pirating Comcast bandwith to post this.

[athenasatanjesus]

23. No matter how evil they are this makes no sense.

From a business perspective,I thought corporations were all about the bottom line.

[Smarmie Doofus]

25. Might make more $$$ sense in that state than it does nationally.

Maybe they thought no one was watching.

Or cared.

[theHandpuppet]

37. I think you nailed it

They think no one noticed or would care.

[Scottybeamer70]

24. K&R

:kick:

[Keith Bee]

26. K&R

This is a worthwhile topic.

[Autumn]

27. Kick

[jberryhill]

28. That's kinky - why would anyone be turned on by large corporations?

[Smarmie Doofus]

30. LOL. Now that's *beyond* kink. nt

[jberryhill]

31. Maybe it explains the Log Cabin Republicans

[Smarmie Doofus]

36. Well... nothing else does. nt

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

35. The Petronas towers DO look quite phallic. -nt

[qb]

29. K&R

:mad:

[guruoo]

32. Better to send letters to the companies on that list, let them exert pressure

upon the Chamber. Honestly, I find it hard to believe that all these companies would
actually support this human rights travesty.

[BigBearJohn]

33. K/R

[BreweryYardRat]

38. Signed. n/t

[Autumn]

39. kick

[WillyT]

40. K & R !!!

:kick:

[socialist_n_TN]

41. Well at least my town TRIED to do right

by people. The fascist legislature had to show all those "libruls" in the cities who's boss.

[Aerows]

42. K&R

None of those companies is going to get a cent from me if I can possibly help it.

[cate94]

43. K & R

Thanks for posting. I followed the links and signed the letter.

[Uncle Joe]

44. Just another head of the Corporate Supremacist Hydra; as it works to

separate and alienate the people from "We the Peoples'" government.

If the citizens can't trust their representative government to protect them and look out for their best interests, the mega-corporations will dominate a weakened government and become the peoples' masters selling them down the river so that a few corporate elites can rake in the almighty dollar.

Thanks for the thread, Smarmie Doofus.

[jumptheshadow]

45. Strange, at least 4 of these companies partner with the LGBT chamber of commerce

AT&T, Pfizer, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Comcast...

http://www.nglcc.org/corporate/partners

I wonder if one department knows what another department is doing?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

52. Hedging bets? n/t

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

46. K & R

[bengalherder]

47. K&R n/t

[Shining Jack]

48. K&R

:(

[Samantha]

50. Kicking this thread

Sorry to have fallen down on the job.

Sam

[HCE SuiGeneris]

51. Fear, followed by conformity,

is the aim of almost all corporate agendas. It is propagated by by the sponsorship of manipulative community organizations that are reliant on the same.

[Initech]

53. Yet another reason why CU must be overturned!!!