Google pays gay workers extra

[Ognir]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/g ... extra.html

Google has begun paying extra to its gay employees in the US to compensate them for additional taxes on their benefits.
Published: 6:48PM BST 01 Jul 2010

 Google was among a number companies which opposed a successful California initiative to legally define 'marriage' as exclusively a union between a man and a woman  Photo: PA

The search engine giant yesterday adjusted the pay packets of employees in same sex relationships to offset income tax they have to pay on health insurance for their partners

Gay couples have also been given the same rights as heterosexuals to take off from work for family or medical reasons, Cynthia Yeung of the Google's strategic development team said in a blog post.

The company has strong gay representation, with nearly 300 "Googlers' marched in San Francisco's 40th annual Pride parade on Sunday.

"We braved the rain in Boston, enjoyed the sun in New York, rode a trolley in Chicago and marched with the Israel Gay Youth Organization in Tel Aviv and Haifa," Ms Yeung said of Google workers taking part in such celebrations.

"Googlers will be participating in EuroPride, held in Poland this year, as well as many other parades, including Tokyo for the first time. And we'll be celebrating Pride season in Singapore too."

Google was among a number of high profile companies which opposed a successful California initiative to legally define "marriage" as exclusively a union between a man and a woman.

"While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality," Google co-founder Sergey Brin said when the company came out in 2008 against the initiative that was passed later that year by voters in the state. "We should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love."

However, the company's stances on morality have incensed some religious groups who forced it to back down on rules banning pro-life groups from buying adverts against search terms such as "abortion".

[Rockclimber]

Damn why don't just change their name to
Gaygle or

Jizzle
Gaggle
Faggle
Gayjewgle

Must be because their ''happier or maybe they can suck a golf ball through a garden hose.

Or it's because their gay fag jews?