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09-22-2008, 02:35 AM | #1 |
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Anti-Prop 8 Tactics Now Appearing
The father of a teammate of my son knows we're LDS. At a game yesterday, he was talking to my wife and, inaccurately presuming we're big Prop 8 supporters, told her about a letter he had received at the office (he owns a company in Silicon Valley) during the week. Apparently an LDS employee of his had made a donation to Prop 8. Donors are apparently required to identify their employers, perhaps to guard against employers coercing employees to donate on behalf of a cause. The letter said the following:
I am appalled that a representative of your company (ref below) has donated a large sum of money to the hateful, discriminatory, marriage denigrating Yes on Proposition 8 campaign in California. Unless your company issues a public statement of disassociation with the views of this individual and speaks out against the passage of Proposition 8, I will not consider your company for future needs and will recommend to my friends, family, and associates that they do not do business with your company. Our friend said he told the employee not to sweat it, that his employees could donate to whatever they wanted, but he was still a bit bugged by the letter. Apparently these are being sent to a lot of employers. |
09-22-2008, 03:45 AM | #2 |
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I wondered what the consequence might be for not including the name of your employer on the donation form. The form states this is a requirement, would the donation be returned?
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09-22-2008, 04:41 AM | #3 |
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Pac, Is it okay with your friend for employees to donate to the Klan, the American Nazi Party?
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09-22-2008, 04:53 AM | #4 |
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09-22-2008, 04:55 AM | #5 |
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This makes me feel dumb for posting my query.
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09-22-2008, 05:00 AM | #6 |
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Don't fret it. Most of us feel that way after responding to an SU post. Such is his brilliance. He didn't say, "Is it legal..." He said, "Is it okay..." Big difference. You see, he was setting PAC up big time and PAC is dead in the water. Notice PAC hasn't even responded yet, if he ever will because he can't.
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09-22-2008, 05:11 AM | #7 |
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I love it when I cause you to lose your cool. Who else has ever done that?
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09-22-2008, 05:17 AM | #8 |
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09-22-2008, 04:54 AM | #9 |
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Could they stop you? If I worked for whaling company and donated to Greenpeace what can they do about it? I think this would be outside of an 'at will' release condition and could be covered under the '64 CRA, correct?
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Get over it.
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