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I work for a major airline with an extremely large LGBT population. Yesterday, they sent me the information below. I feel like I should respond to it, although how and to whom, I don’t know. I am in favor only of marriage between a man and a woman. I also believe this is a matter more for state government than federal government, if government needs to be involved at all. I feel like corporate recruiting challenges and HR administration issues are a vapid reason to change the law on marriage. And I wonder how effective their effort to promote “diversity” is when it excludes and marginalizes Catholics, many Protestants, Mormons, Orthodox Jews and Muslims, and really, Republicans in general, too?
So what’s your opinion? Is it my moral obligation to stand up and say something? Should I ignore it, knowing nothing will change and I’ll probably be harassed at work if anyone finds out my beliefs?
Here’s the memo:
“This year, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether states should allow same-sex couples to marry and whether states must recognize the marriages of same-sex couples who wed elsewhere. We have joined hundreds of other businesses in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in support of marriage equality.
“We are proud to affirm our commitment to our LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) employees and customers by supporting marriage equality and signing on to this brief,” said Diversity and Inclusion Manager Ryan Miccio.
The brief will explain to the U.S. Supreme Court how employers, like United, are burdened by the inability of certain employees to marry the spouse of their choice and by the current inconsistent state laws applicable to same-sex marriage.
All employees should benefit because the company will not have to deal with certain burdens created by the inconsistent state laws, which are:
· Recruiting/retention challenges in the states that do not have marriage equality, as well as states where marriage equality presently exists but could be eliminated if not upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court;
· Corporate administrative and financial burdens;
· Lack of certainty and business uniformity; and
· Requiring the HR department to implement state government-mandated regulations that undermine the company’s corporate mission to promote diversity and equality.
All employees are invited to become members of our Business Resource Groups. To learn more about EQUAL, which promotes an inclusive organization that benefits all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally co-workers, and other Business Resource Groups, click…”
So what’s your opinion? Is it my moral obligation to stand up and say something? Should I ignore it, knowing nothing will change and I’ll probably be harassed at work if anyone finds out my beliefs?
Here’s the memo:
“This year, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether states should allow same-sex couples to marry and whether states must recognize the marriages of same-sex couples who wed elsewhere. We have joined hundreds of other businesses in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in support of marriage equality.
“We are proud to affirm our commitment to our LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) employees and customers by supporting marriage equality and signing on to this brief,” said Diversity and Inclusion Manager Ryan Miccio.
The brief will explain to the U.S. Supreme Court how employers, like United, are burdened by the inability of certain employees to marry the spouse of their choice and by the current inconsistent state laws applicable to same-sex marriage.
All employees should benefit because the company will not have to deal with certain burdens created by the inconsistent state laws, which are:
· Recruiting/retention challenges in the states that do not have marriage equality, as well as states where marriage equality presently exists but could be eliminated if not upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court;
· Corporate administrative and financial burdens;
· Lack of certainty and business uniformity; and
· Requiring the HR department to implement state government-mandated regulations that undermine the company’s corporate mission to promote diversity and equality.
All employees are invited to become members of our Business Resource Groups. To learn more about EQUAL, which promotes an inclusive organization that benefits all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally co-workers, and other Business Resource Groups, click…”
