Eli-Lilly speaks out against same -sex marriage ban.

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http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070328/LOCAL19/703280479/0/LOCAL#postacomment
Eli Lilly and Co. today became the latest large Indiana employer to oppose a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
Tony Murphy, Lilly's senior vice president for human resources, sent a letter to House Speaker B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, and other legislators saying the amendment could hinder Lilly's ability to attract employees and also paint an image of Indiana as an intolerant state.

[hippiechick]

1. what?

... that makes my head hurt. Lilly? Doing something logical and not profit based?

I'm so confused! :hurts:

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. You can bet the farm it is profit based

It is very simple: institutionalized bigotry drives away competent workers, either because those workers are the target of the institutionalized bigotry or because those workers are fair minded people who refuse to move to a state with institutionalized bigotry. So the bottom line is, if such a ban is put into place, many current Eli-Lilly employees will quit and move away, and E-L will find it very difficult to recruit other people to fill the vacancies.

If such a ban were proposed in Washington, I would be very surprised if Microsoft did not come out just as vocally against, for these reasons.

[saltpoint]

2. Very nice to see a major U.S. corporation do something right like this.

Good for Eli Lilly.