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Nevermind

About that Washington state gay rights bill, from which MicroSoft withdrew its support in the eleventh hour—at the urging of an evangelist preacher. It failed by one vote.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 21st, 2005 at 6:10 pm and is filed under Current Events, Gay Rights, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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3 Responses to “Nevermind”

  1. Shenida Weave's No-Lye Mixshow hosted by ThatQueerGeorgiaBoy.com Says:
    April 21st, 2005 at 6:46 pm

    Even Microsoft can be bullied by the religious right…

    Microsoft was forced to back off its former support of the pending Washington State anti-gay discrimination bill in part due to the pressure of a homphobic pastor of a local megachurch who threatened to lead a boycott of the company’s products. Of co…

  2. Mike (AKA Prime) Says:
    April 21st, 2005 at 7:44 pm

    The writing is on the wall.. Microsoft XP - Evangelical Edition.

  3. Waveflux Says:
    April 22nd, 2005 at 10:43 am

    It seems pretty odd that a monopoly like Microsoft would sweat a boycott threat from one minister little known outside his home state. Chris Patil of Marching Orders suggests that something else was involved, something Microsoft wanted: legislative support for a huge expansion project. This seems highly plausible to me.