Microsoft reboots its gay agenda.Bowing to pressure from gay activists, Microsoft Corp. on May 6 said that it would support pro-gay employment laws in the future. The software giant came under fire two weeks earlier when it dropped its longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective support of gay-inclusive antidiscrimination legislation in Washington State. The bill failed by one vote. "I've concluded that diversity in the workplace is such an important issue for our business that it should be included in our legislative agenda," chief executive Steve Ballmer wrote in an email to employees that said the company would support both federal and local antidiscrimination laws. "We are proud that Microsoft ... has come down squarely square·ly adv. 1. Mathematics At right angles: sawed the beam squarely. 2. In a square shape. 3. on the side of fairness," said Joe Solmonese Joe Solmonese was appointed President of the Human Rights Campaign of the United States and its affiliate, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, on March 9, 2005. A native of Attleboro, Massachusetts, Solmonese, aged 40 at the time of his appointment, lives in Washington, D.C. , executive director of the Human Rights Campaign. The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Gay and Lesbian Center--which had called for the return of an award it gave Microsoft--said the company could keep it. |
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