Mistershine said:
Why should a company have to be gay friendly? Surely the should be gay indifferent? The same as they shoud be colour/race/sex indifferent and always hire the best person for the job regardless. |
But that would be ignorant of systematic unbalances which they could otherwise help combat. Same with scolarships etc
I can understand why many would find positive discrimination irkesome but its there for a reason and it would be niave to think that everyone starts off with the same opportunities in life. It was only 60 years ago that Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. Even though that degree of discrimination doesn't openly exist today, people are being brought up in homes and communities that have been completely shaped by that degree of opression. Again only 60 years ago.
In terms of being gay friendly I think it is the equivalent of being indifferent. Replace it with human, if you were human friendly you wouldn't automatically jump to the conclusion of someone being bias in favour of humans.
