So, you are a religious zealot, a leader of an evangelical church, and a lunatic. What will move you to threaten a corporation with a nationwide boycott of Christians? Simple.
Anti-discrimination legislation.
When your religion, or your whacked-out interpretation of your religion, dictates to you that a bill preventing the discrimination of individuals based on sexual orientation in the workplace and housing is such a threat that nationwide boycott of a corporation, we aren’t talking about theology or faith or anything of the sort. We are talking about bigots, plain and simple.
The Microsoft Corporation, at the forefront of corporate gay rights for decades, is coming under fire from gay rights groups, politicians and its own employees for withdrawing its support for a state bill that would have barred discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Many of the critics accused the company of bowing to pressure from a prominent evangelical church in Redmond, Wash., located a few blocks from Microsoft’s sprawling headquarters…
Microsoft officials denied any connection between their decision not to endorse the bill and the church’s opposition, although they acknowledged meeting twice with the church minister, Ken Hutcherson.
Dr. Hutcherson, pastor of the Antioch Bible Church, who has organized several rallies opposing same-sex marriage here and in Washington, D.C., said he threatened in those meetings to organize a national boycott of Microsoft products.
After that, “they backed off,” the pastor said Thursday in a telephone interview. “I told them I was going to give them something to be afraid of Christians about,” he said.
So much for hate the sin, love the sinner. This loud, organized fringe movement within Christianity, particular some of the Evangelicals, really gives all Christians a bad name.
Mr Furious
I cannot believe Microsoft buckled on that. Incredibly disappointing.
As far as the Antioch Bigot Church goes…don’t work for Microsoft (and I am sure some parishioners do) and good luck oraganizing an effective boycott of the company with a literal stranglehold (if no outright monopoly) on its industry. No one else has been able to impact Microsoft…
Fred
You’d think that if any company could laugh at threats of boycott, it’d be Microsoft.
What are extreme evangelicals going to do? Switch over to support those hippies at Apple or open-source pinkos?
chloeindia
With rhetoric like, “I told them I was going to give them something to be afraid of Christians about,” I cannot believe these people can keep a straight face when they claim they are being persuecuted. From my vantage point, anyone who doesn’t share their radical views is being persecuted.
Jon H
I’d like to ask Hutcherson if the Bible’s approval of slavery requires him to approve of slavery.
If not, that suggests the Bible contains a moral error. Which suggests that it could also be in error on homosexuality.
wild bird
Heres a idea for a MICROSOFT ad WE SEE BILL CLINTON IN JAIL, WE SEE TED KENNEDY IMPEACHED,WE SEE HILARY CLINTON RUNNING IN 2008AND LOOSING BIG,WE SEE AL GORE FILLING UP A BALLOON WITH HIS HOT AIR
David R. Block
It only gives ALL Christians a bad name IF one adopts the guilt by association mode. Is that what you are up to??
John Cole
No, that is not what I am doing, although it was poorly worded.
Would you disagree that suicide bombers and radical jihadists give Islam a bad name?
If so, then perhaps what more accurately represents my thoughts is:
“This loud, organized fringe movement within Christianity, particular some of the Evangelicals, really gives Christianity a bad name.”
Jay
Buy Apple stock,
But seriously, these ‘Culture Wars’ WILL be fought in the marketplace.
The business of America is business, and the true God of this Country is Treasury Green.
Got to admire the Amish.
wild bird
Bye bye micro soft you TV ads stink and so do you
Dr. Jack Shepard
MISSING ACCURATE INTELLIGENCE
By Dr. Jack Shepard
One Committed Atrocity against a child; is an example how hatred against America is created
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One Committed Atrocity against a child; is an example how hatred against America is created
By Dr. Jack Shepard
Dr. Jack Shepard says, America is blamed and hated throughout the Islamic World because of the Atrocities committed by the Israeli Military under the policies of Ariel Sharon toward the Palestinian Men, Women and especially things like the targeted cool blooded murdering of children like poor Aboel Samad Shamalakh, who was shown moments before he is killed in the morning by Israeli gunfire from a Israeli tank while he was working in his family field.
He may seem just another forgotten victim, but atrocities like this Israeli Military