July 29th, 2008
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), the largest public utility company in Northern California, has announced that they oppose Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage amendment. (LA Times)
Giving a financial and public relations boost to gay marriage proponents, PG&E announced today that it is giving $250,000 to the No on Proposition 8 campaign. *
The utility also said it will spearhead the formation of a business advisory council that will seek to get other businesses around California to to defeat the ballot initiative that would amend the state constitution to define marriage as only between a man and a woman.
AT&T and Wells Fargo have also contributed to efforts to opposite this discriminatory amendment.
I wonder if those Northern California anti-gays who are boycotting McDonalds are willing to stand on principle. Will they be willing to go without water and power, or does their passion only extend to changing burger brands?
UPDATE
* Wells Fargo and AT&T have given to Equality California. Their contributions have not been earmarked for opposition to Proposition 8.
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Jim Burroway
July 29th, 2008
There’s a boycott I’d like to see.
Regan DuCasse
July 29th, 2008
These folks are already in the dark, so boycotting lights wouldn’t faze them a whole lot.
Ya think?
howller
July 29th, 2008
I’ll bet it really frosts some citizens of the state to have their utility dollars directed toward political issues.
Richard W. Fitch
July 30th, 2008
No gas, no electricity, no phones, no internet….. Thank goodness for summer and daylight savings time. These goonballs can roam the streets and promote their discrimination even so. …and those that were with Wells Fargo can keep their cash under the mattress for ready access.
Rob
July 30th, 2008
Let’s see I have AT&T for my cell phone, I bank at Wells Fargo, and PGE Provideds my electreicity… As Martha Stewart puts it It’s a good thing.
Samantha Davis
July 30th, 2008
“No gas, no electricity, no phones, no internet…”
No heat either, PG&E provides all our gas as well. On the other hand they always have been a rather cold lot…
PAUL SMITH
July 31st, 2008
July 31, 2008
I worked for PG&E from 1951 to 1986 and have been retired for 22 years. The company has always been fair to the employees. When the EEOC program began they were at the head of the list in hiring and treating all new hires fairly. LGBT employees were never harrassed as in some of the other major corporations in Calif. I am proud to still be part of the PG&E Family.
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