"Google campaigns for same-sex marriages"
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Google is launching a campaign to legalize marriage for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people around the world, an LGBT professionals network reported over the weekend.
The campaign, dubbed "Legalize Love," was to launch in Poland and Singapore last July 7, according to a report ondot429.com.
"We want our employees who are gay or lesbian or transgender to have the same experience outside the office as they do in the office. It is obviously a very ambitious piece of work," it quoted Google's Mark Palmer-Edgecumbe as saying at a Global LGBT Workplace Summit in London.
It said Google intends to expand the initiative to every country where it has an office.
Google will particularly focus on places with homophobic cultures and anti-gay laws, the report added.
Palmer-Edgecumbe also explained the decision to launch an initiative in Singapore.
"Singapore wants to be a global financial center and world leader and we can push them on the fact that being a global center and a world leader means you have to treat all people the same, irrespective of their sexual orientation," he said.
Under Google's strategy, partnerships will be developed between companies and organizations to support grassroots campaigns.
Palmer-Edgecumbe also said the campaign will also benefit Google's business, saying Google operates in many countries and has a mobile workforce.
"We have had a number of instances where we have been trying to hire people into countries where there are these issues and have been unable to put the best person into a job in that country," he said.
The report quoted Harry Gaskell of professional services firm Ernst & Young as supporting the argument for putting together initiatives between governments, organizations, and companies.
Also supporting the initiative was Bob Amnnibale, a gay executive at Citi.
"The fact that Google is so virtual and its appeal is very wide and young demographically means it can help spread messaging very, very quickly," he said.
Source: Yahoo! News / GMA News
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