Better Late Than Never

Microsoft has bowed to pressure from gay rights activists and will now support gay rights legislation. The corporate giant had initially been cowed by an evangelical minister who vowed to start a national Microsoft boycott, and had withdrawn its support of an antidiscrimination bill in Washington State. Once it withdrew that support, the bill died by a single vote in the state legislature. Today, though, the company has apparently decided that diversity at work is a good thing.

Though Microsoft took the cowardly path, maybe the fact that a major player in the U.S. economy now supports gay rights will help move things along toward parity. Shame on you, Microsoft, for worrying more about your bottom line than about your employees. I'm glad you've been pushed into doing the right thing.

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