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Disney, Apple, Amazon, and other major businesses urge the Senate to pass the Respect for Marriage Act
Well over 100 businesses have signed on to a letter urging the U.S. Senate to pass the Respect for Marriage Act.
The bill, which cleared the House of Representatives last week, would advance the LGBT agenda as it pertains to gay marriage.
While the Supreme Court previously steamrolled states' rights regarding same-sex marriage in its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, the Respect for Marriage Act would enshrine into law a prohibition against states declining to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.
The measure would prohibit states from denying "full faith and credit to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State pertaining to a marriage between 2 individuals, on the basis of the sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individual." The bill would bar states from denying "a right or claim arising from such a marriage on the basis that such marriage would not be recognized under the law of that State on the basis of the sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals."
The measure would also stipulate that when it comes to federal laws, rules, and regulations, a person should be viewed as married provided that their marriage is valid in the state where it occurred.
Last week, 47 House Republicans joined 220 Democrats in voting to approve the measure.
Major businesses such as the Walt Disney Company, Airbnb, Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Bank of America, Comcast NBCUniversal, General Mills, General Motors, Harley Davidson, Intel, Microsoft, Pfizer, PepsiCo, Starbucks, Target, Twitter, Tesla, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Zillow are just a few of the many companies that have signed onto the letter urging senators to back the bill.
"No person, including same-sex couples and interracial couples protected by this bill, should fear their marriage will not be recognized by the federal government or their employment benefits threatened," the letter says. "Our businesses strongly embrace diversity and inclusion because we want everyone who works for us or does business with us to feel included and welcomed as their true, authentic selves. Inclusive business practices improve our bottom lines and lead to more productive and engaged employees, increased customer satisfaction, and, ultimately, improved competitiveness and financial performance."
The Human Rights Campaign, a pro-LGBT advocacy organization, is behind the letter.
\u201cOver 170 businesses are making their voices heard and urging the Senate to safeguard marriage equality nationwide. \n\nWe need to protect marriage equality. We need to pass the Respect for Marriage Act. https://t.co/kBSUk7pbH0\u201d— Human Rights Campaign (@Human Rights Campaign) 1659029406
Exxon Mobil will not allow LGBT or BLM flags to fly outside its office buildings
Exxon Mobil will no longer allow its offices to fly flags expressing adherence to or membership of “outside organizations” on company flagpoles, the New York Times reported.
The new policy, which prevents employees from hanging LGBT+ pride and BLM flags on the flagpoles on company premises, is angering some of Exxon Mobil’s employees who in the past have flown gay pride flags outside of Exxon Mobil offices.
Exxon Mobil will only be allowing governmental, company, and employee resource group (ERG) flags to fly outside of its facilities. The Times said that ERGs are “employee-led affinity organizations that are generally blessed by employers.”
ERG flags that celebrate certain group identities may still be flown on company premises during months that coincide with those group identities.
Tracey Gunnlaugsson, vice president of human resources at Exxon Mobil, said, “It’s a longstanding practice at our facilities around the world that E.R.G. flags can be flown during signature months. The flags are directly related to our business and company support of our E.R.G.s.”
For instance, the company’s ERG logo for LGBT+ employees features bubbles filled with several colors around the word “PRIDE.” This logo has been flown at Exxon Mobil offices and is used on T-shirts that employees wear during gay pride parades.
J. Chris Martin, a former employee of Exxon Mobil, who previously had led the LGBT+ ERG group said that a different flag that featured the Exxon Mobil on a rainbow background “was flown at many company locations last year without question” and that he had been told that his ability to display this flag had been revoked “without explanation.”
Martin said, “I’m also told that the employee resource groups were consulted only in a perfunctory way regarding this matter, based on momentary discomfort with displaying a symbol of open-mindedness and support for long suppressed voices.”
He added, "While they may say nobody has lost anything, the symbolism is unmistakable.”
The Human Rights Campaign, a leftist organization that advocates for the LGBT+ agenda under the guise of civil rights activism, lambasted Exxon Mobil’s policy. The group said, “There’s no such thing as ‘neutrality’ when it comes to our rights. Our flag isn’t just a visual representation of our identities. It is also a staple of allyship.”
We support the LGBTQ+ employees at Exxon and hope Exxon\u2019s leaders understand there\u2019s no such thing as \u201cneutrality\u201d when it comes to our rights. Our flag isn't just a visual representation of our identities. It is also a staple of allyship.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-22/exxon-triggers-employee-backlash-with-rainbow-pride-flag-ban\u00a0\u2026— Human Rights Campaign (@Human Rights Campaign) 1650659402
The Human Rights Campaign has also aggressively come out against Florida’s Parental Rights in Education legislation that was recently signed into law by the state’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis.
In early March, the Human Rights Campaign said that it would refuse to accept donations from the Walt Disney Company until it took “meaningful action” against the then Parental Rights in Education Bill.
Capitol Police send cops to podcaster's home because someone else replied to his tweet with a threat toward AOC
Two police officers allegedly paid a visit to the home of a podcaster in California because of a threat that was posted on Twitter against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). However, the podcaster didn't make the threat toward AOC. Instead, it was reportedly another Twitter user who replied to the podcaster's original tweet where he benignly said the Democratic representative was "incredibly underwhelming" in an interview.
The podcaster, who goes by the name of @queeralamode on Twitter, shared a video of Ocasio-Cortez being interviewed by Michael Miller, the head of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. AOC was asked about Middle East peace, especially between Israelis and Palestinians.
"Her response was incredibly underwhelming, to say the very least," @queeralamode tweeted on April 7. The Twitter user, who is allegedly a progressive "anti-war activist," added, "Words AOC used: 'What' 'How' Words AOC didn't use: 'Occupation' 'Apartheid' 'Colonization' 'Genocide.'"
Words AOC used:“What”“How”Words AOC didn’t use:“Occupation”“Apartheid”“Colonization”“Genocide”— Human Rights Watch Watcher (@Human Rights Watch Watcher)1617828284.0
A day after he posted the tweet, two California Highway Patrol officers knocked on his door.
The podcaster told The Grayzone, "The officers said, 'We got a warning about a sitting member of Congress. And it was because of your tweet, which tagged them in it.' And then they just wouldn't back down from this accusation that I threatened to kill her."
Apparently, the U.S. Capitol Police in Washington, D.C., instructed law enforcement in California to investigate @queeralamode, whose real name is Ryan Wentz.
"I'm really shaken up right now. I was just visited by two plainclothes police officers from California Highway Patrol at my home," Wentz tweeted on April 8. "They said they came here on behalf of the Capitol Police and accused me of threatening @AOC on Twitter yesterday. This is provably false."
(1/X) I’m really shaken up right now. I was just visited by two plainclothes police officers from California Highwa… https://t.co/3YCD2poo9K— Human Rights Watch Watcher (@Human Rights Watch Watcher)1617920562.0
"This is completely outrageous. I was visited by two police at my home over a harmless tweet about @AOC. I felt scared, intimidated, and violated," Wentz, who doesn't provide his real name or home state on Twitter, said. "They knew my name and where I live. It was done on behalf of a congresswoman who advocates against police state tactics. I'd really appreciate it if @AOC could look into this. I recognize she probably receives a lot of threats, but I shouldn't be harassed by police for critiquing her politics. I frankly feel very unsafe in my home right now."
(4/X) I’d really appreciate it if @AOC could look into this. I recognize she probably receives a lot of threats, bu… https://t.co/KN8NIL5zFU— Human Rights Watch Watcher (@Human Rights Watch Watcher)1617920563.0
Ryan Grim, a reporter for The Intercept, said, "A spokesperson for @AOC says they did not report this post to police, and have asked for answers from Capitol Police: 'No, not at all. But when we saw his tweets last night about being visited we asked Capitol Police to look into what happened here.'"
The official Twitter account for the California Highway Patrol wrote, "The CHP often assists in investigations at the request of allied agencies. Please contact the U.S. Capitol Police for additional information."
"USCP investigates all threats that are reported by Congressional offices. The Department also monitors open and classified sources to identify and investigate threats," the Capitol Police told Fox News. "This is standard operating procedure for the department. As it pertains to this incident, the congresswomen did not request that USCP initiate an investigation."
A Capitol Police official informed Fox News that Wentz didn't make a threat toward Ocasio-Cortez, but someone who replied to his original tweet did threaten the congresswoman.
"They were tagged in a tweet that was perceived as threatening that prompted us to look into this," Capitol Police said. "Obviously as you can imagine, anytime there's anything that could be a perceived threat, we're going to talk to everybody involved, whether they're directly involved or indirectly involved."
The original tweet by Wentz, who has over 15,000 followers, received nearly 4,000 Likes and over 1,300 Quote Tweets.
That reply tweet with the threat to AOC has since been taken down from Twitter.
In February, AOC's office sent a mass email to supporters asking them to "scan your social media to find posts with misleading information" about the New York representative and "use the built-in report feature to flag" threats or harassment of Ocasio-Cortez.
This email is allegedly from "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress"It instructs people to:-Find social media p… https://t.co/TpDaiC8Mpf— Ryan Saavedra (@Ryan Saavedra)1612425733.0
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