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IBM, Google, Twitter, Symantec and others speak out in support of US Equality Act
Four more major corporations have said that they endorse the introduction of the Equality Act in the US; federal legislation that would establish full, federal equality for all LGBT Americans and prohibit discrimination in the workplace, housing and other areas.
Human Rights Campaign has released statements from IBM, Orbitz and Symantec – following the release of previous statements from American Airlines, Apple, Dow Chemical, Facebook, General Motors.
Oracle have expressed their endorsement by joining HRC’s Business Coalition for Equality; ‘a group of leading U.S. employers that support the Equality Act’ according to HRC.
‘IBM’s workplace culture is built on the principles of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all,’ said IBM in its statement.
‘We established a corporate policy on equal opportunity more than a decade before the Civil Rights Act. We championed an industry-leading policy of non-discrimination based on sexual orientation over 30 years ago, and expanded it in 2002 to cover gender identity and expression.
‘IBM is proud to support the Equality Act and maintains our steadfast support for all employees to experience equality in the workplace.’
Orbitz said, ‘Our support for the Equality Act is consistent with our other actions, such as signing the amicus brief calling on the Supreme Court to find gay marriage bans unconstitutional.’
Symantec said, ‘We are proud to support full and equal rights for the LGBT community.
‘We believe having a diversity of perspectives ensures we make better business decisions and the products and services we offer meet the needs of the broad spectrum of people we serve worldwide, which is why we couldn’t be more proud to support the expansion of legal protections.
‘We unequivocally support the Equality Act – for the future of our business and society.’
Commenting on the statements, Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin said, ‘Momentum for the Equality Act continues to grow as the American business community stands up for diversity, inclusion and equality – principles critical to the success of any company.’
In addition to those companies mentioned above, Fortune magazine reports that it has received statements of support for the Act from Amazon, Hewlett Packard, Twitter and Google.
‘Diverse perspectives, ideas, and cultures lead to the creation of better products and services and ideas,’ a Google spokesperson said. ‘And it’s the right thing to do. That’s why we support protections for LGBT Americans as outlined in the Equality Act.’
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