Ford Shareholders Overwhelmingly Vote For Gay Policy

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/05/051106ford.htm

An attempt by a Ford shareholder to force the automaker to drop protections for LGBT workers from its human resources regulations was swiftly defeated on Thursday.
Shareholders at the company's annual meeting in Dearborn voted 95 percent to reject the proposal.

The motion had been submitted by shareholder Robert Hurley of Alton, Ill. Ford attempted to keep the issue off the agenda for today's meeting but Alton went to the Securities and Exchange Commission which ordered Ford to put it to a vote

The motion called for Ford to change its policy to exclude any reference to sexual interests, activities or orientation. Ford argued to the SEC that the proposal would hurt the company's ability to recruit and could hurt sales to gays and lesbians. The SEC rejected the argument.

[GodlessBiker]

1. The SEC was right, and I'm glad it was defeated so overwhelmingly.

[Ian David]

2. Yay! Now, just like the straight workers, the gay workers at Ford...

will lose exactly the same benefits as soon as they decide to drop their pensions or cancel their health insurance.

Thank gawd Ford is protecting their workers right up until the last one dies in a Global Warming Apocalypse among the rusty hulks of the last SUVs.

[terrya]

3. Fantastic! This is a slapdown to the AFA

Well, that's how I see it.

Great news! :thumbsup: