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| April 5th, 2016 at 5:28:14 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11826 |
Bottom line is NC is losing jobs due to this law Businesses are not protesting the law because they are pro gay, they are protesting the law because they support equal rights and are against discrimination. They are against the law because its about doing what is best for business. Gays do act like adults Sure there extreme flaming gays, so what. There are extremists everywhere Your problem is you look at extremists and paint an entire group as "If gays acted like mature adults" Your average gay acts like a mature adult. I work with gays. Quite a few managers in our business unit are gays. Very mature. Every gay I have met are just normal mature adults I do see flaming gays on videos in the Key West parades but that's the exception In my life, the numerous gays I have met and known in life are mature Your statement "If gays acted like mature adults it would not be needed." says a lot. Its unbelievable you paint an entire group that is simply different due to sexual orientation as not mature. Its illogical Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| April 5th, 2016 at 5:41:10 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18268 |
No, they are protesting it because they do not want gays to protest and disrupt their own businesses.
Not really. When a business tells you they do not carry the product you want an adult goes elsewhere. Gays sue. Your statement "If gays acted like mature adults it would not be needed." says a lot. Its unbelievable you paint an entire group that is simply different due to sexual orientation as not mature. Well, look at their behavior. They do not like the position of a business executive and they plan to go to his restaurants and make out all for the purpose of disgusting the customer base. Why not just eat elsewhere? They do not like the position of a CEO so they demand he be fired. Why not just use Chrome? I will say it again. The gay movement is the most intolerant movement of our time. They will seek to destroy anyone or anything that does not totally support their position and lifestyle choices. Bravo to the states standing up for individual liberty against these storm troopers. Yes, I am painting an entire group. That happens when you associate yourself with this kind of folks. When a group of gays stand up for liberty and say "hey, let the law stand, we will do business elsewhere" then I will applaud that. It will not happen. The President is a fink. |
| April 5th, 2016 at 7:15:21 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11826 | For the NC law Civitas Institute The Charlotte Christian Chamber North Carolina Values Coalition Keep NC Safe Coalition Archangel Michael Orthodox Christian Bookstore To Your Health Bakery Sallie Caldwell, S & S Cleaning Service, LLC Reese Cao, XG Technologies Inc Jennifer Champion, Total Life Changes Sam Cowles, Main Street Investments, LLC Mark & Lora Godwin, Mark Godwin Family Farms Inc. David Griffin, Griffin Tile & Marble Inc. David & Judith Hale, Lighthouse Electric of Charlotte Dusten Harward, D Harward Marketing Debra Hasty, Hasty Home Resources H. Ralph Henderson, Omnichannel Productions Tim Herlihy, Occupational Health Concepts Rebekah Hopkins, Beethoven’s Piano Revelers Studio Jana Huffstetler, Collision Center of Stanley County Gregory Humphrey, Heaven’s Best Carpet Cleaning Cheryl Jones, ICI Lamp Company Sergey Kholod, Serglandscape Company Tony Mazzone, Comfort Security Adam and Michelle Mills, Mills Inc. Bill Montross, Christian Business Men Connections Jesse Newton, Green Branch Construction, Inc. Ronald Obie, WCRG Justin Reeder, Superior Wash Southeast David & Jason Benham, Benham Real Estate Group Lila Sanacore, Prayerful Touch Massage Doug Schmeuszer, Sunbelt Packaging LLC Tim Steele, Thermal Services, Inc. Gretchen, Tate, God’s Glamorous Girls Lisa Todd, Todd Group Keith Vance, Vance Resource llc Maria Vari, Strategic Resource Development Elizabeth Walker, Oexning Silversmiths, Inc. Paul, Weaver, AWPC, Inc Michael Wolff, KC Solutions Group Charles O’Connor, Advanced Enclosure Consulting Tracey Sellers, The Balanced Body Center Richard Gavin, Riverside Millwork Angela Smith, Lombardo Swimming Pools Shardae White, Personal Catering llc Carl Ford, South Rowan Broadcasting Inc. Alva Yandle, Melatex, Inc Carl Ford, Ford Broadcasting Inc. David Snyder, Snyder Packaging, Inc. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| April 5th, 2016 at 7:17:55 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11826 | Against the NC law Lionsgate A+E network ACPA-College Student Educators International PepsiCo Hyatt Ingersoll-Rand The Dow Chemical Company Hewlett Packard Enterprise Smiles by Payet Family Dentistry Northrop Grumman Barnes and Noble Sivan Capri Agency Ralph Lauren American Apparel Qualcomm Twilio Udacity Choice Hotels International Pandora Media EMC Corporation NBA Bank of America Wells Fargo American Airlines Lowe’s Cos. Box Salesforce Levi Strauss & Co. Encore Music Publishers Airbnb Apple Red Hat Citrix Square Lyft Pfizer Inc. Glassdoor Dropbox YouTube Starbucks Citibank TD Bank Hilton Starwood Accenture Kellogg’s Uber Tumblr Gogobot Intel Yahoo Orbitz.com CheapTickets.com Gilt Replacements, Ltd. Zynga Jawbone Braintree Matrix Partners Cisco Systems IBM Biogen Miramax PayPal Marriott International Microsoft Yelp Nextdoor The Common Market (Charlotte) Smash Communications Singley + Mackie Singley Content Studios Adam Shankman, director and producer Rob Reiner, director Duke University Davidson College State of New York State of Vermont State of Washington State of Minnesota City of Atlanta City of San Francisco City of Boston City of Seattle City of West Palm Beach, Fla. NC League of Municipalities Human Rights Campaign Equality NC Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network American Society of Association Executives Computer & Communications Industry Association Consumer Technology Association Software & Information Industry Association Motion Picture Association of America Ric Elias, CEO of Red Ventures Casey Wasserman, President and CEO of the Wasserman Foundation Steven R. Boal, CEO, Quotient Technology Inc. Brandee Barker, Cofounder, The Pramana Collective Michael Birch, Founder, Blab Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, co-CEOs, Atlassian Lorna Borenstein, CEO, Grokker Vice Forlenza, Chairman, CEO and President, BD Paul T. Dacier, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, EMC Corporation Brad Brinegar, Chairman and CEO, McKinney Lloyd Carney, CEO, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Ron Conway, Founder and Co-Managing Partner, SV Angel Dean Debnam, Chairman and CEO, Workplace Options David Ebersman, Cofounder and CEO, Lyra Health Jared Fliesler, General Partner, Matrix Partners Jason Goldberg, CEO, Pepo Mike Gregoire, CEO, CA Technologies Alan King, President and COO, Workplace Options Kristen Koh Goldstein, CEO, BackOps Mitchell Gold, co-founder and chair-man, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Paul Graham, Founder, Y Combinator David Hassell, CEO, 15Five Dave Imre, Partner and CEO, IMRE Dev Ittycheria, President & CEO, MongoDB Laurene Powell Jobs, President, Emerson Collective Cecily Joseph, VP Corporate Responsibility and Chief Diversity Officer, Symantec Corporation Joshua Kushner, Managing Partner, Thrive Capital Max Levchin, CEO, Affirm Dion Lim, CEO, NextLesson Shan-lyn Ma, CEO, Zola Bill Maris, CEO, Google Ventures Melody McCloskey, CEO, StyleSeat Douglas Merrill, CEO, Zestfinance Dyke Messinger, President and CEO, Power Curbers Inc. Michael Natenshon, CEO, Marine Layer Alexi G. Nazem, Cofounder and CEO, Nomad Health Laurie J. Olson, EVP, Strategy, Portfolio and Commercial Operations, Pfizer Inc. Evan Reece, CEO, Liftopia Stan Reiss, General Partner, Matrix Partners John Replogle, CEO, Seventh Generation Dan Rosensweig, CEO, Chegg Kevin P. Ryan, Founder and Chairman, Alleycorp Bijan Sabet, General Partner, Spark Capital Julie Samuels, President, Engine David A. Shaywitz, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, DNAnexus Behshad Sheldon, President and CEO, Braeburn Pharmaceuticals Mark Trudeau, President and CEO, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals David Spector, Cofounder, ThirdLove Bret Taylor, CEO, Quip Todd Thibodeaux, CEO, CompTIA David Tisch, Managing Partner, BoxGroup Kevin A. Trapani, President and CEO, The Redwood Groups Bob & Harvey Weinstein, Co-Founders and Co-Chairmen, The Weinstein Company Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| April 5th, 2016 at 7:38:35 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18834 | I'd rather be associated with the tyranny of enforcing non-discrimination, vs, all the bad regimes, ideologies which have advocated selective discrimination of one or more minority groups. Besides, it easily becomes more than just who you decide to bake a cake for. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| April 6th, 2016 at 3:41:06 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18268 |
So you do not believe in freedom of association? The point is people should be allowed to do business with who they want to do business with. Why is that so hard to understand? Actually I know why so many people do not get it. It is because the idea of freedom is scary to so many people. I still remember that DJ I met at a wedding I worked. Somehow the topic of gay weddings came up. He said he had a decent referral business from DJ friends who did not want the business. He was happy for the business. The gays got someone who wanted their business. And the other DJs did not have to take business they did not want. Everyone won. That is freedom at work. It seems gays cannot handle the equality they have and would rather be some kind of protected class. I don't get much wedding work, but I want the right to turn a gay wedding down. The President is a fink. |
| April 6th, 2016 at 6:15:19 AM permalink | |
| Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 | Very interesting, as I had no idea that bathroom use had ever been covered under law. So... do trans folks carry a card or something? I mean, how else can we be sure? Perhaps we can adorn them with a bright, red letter that must be affixed to their clothing? Or hey! Why not a simple tat?  Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
| April 6th, 2016 at 6:18:19 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18268 |
Paypal is a bunch of hypocrites:
I would love to say what they have to say for themselves. Didn't you say you book travel to muslim countries like this yourself? The President is a fink. |
| April 6th, 2016 at 7:12:11 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11826 |
?????????? Yes I book travel to Muslim countries A lot of my clients do lots of business in Indonesia and orher Muslim countries Whats the problem. I have a job. I do it This is about Paypal employees living where discrimination is illegal, not legal Paypal cares about its employees Paypal will continue to do business in NC They just want to build their HQ in a state that does not allow discrimination I am pro business. Paypay has the right to make decisions in the best interest of the company Boy how the times have changed Republicans against big business decisions regarding the NC law/Dems for big business decisions regarding the NC law Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| April 6th, 2016 at 7:51:30 AM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 |
Most problems involve bathrooms in high pedestrian tourist areas.... some guy selling Tshirts on the boardwalk wants to be able to charge those who run up his expenses. Trannies seem to be able to find each other... and not just at that smoking permitted bar in Vegas where you can find any permutation and combination imaginable. There seems to be a sort of neighborhood near that ice cream cone parlor that made the news a few years ago in Vegas. |