Gay Tech Executive: Why We're Leaving Georgia

[eridani]

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/35480-gay-tech-executive-why-were-leaving-georgia

After a few moments, I started thinking, I’m gay; one day I may get married. Employees of my company are gay or lesbian. With the exception of two employees, both white, conservative, heterosexual Christians, every single one of my other heterosexual employees could be discriminated because they’re divorced, had children out of wedlock, are in an interracial relationship, or aren’t Christian. The fact of the matter is, we’re a high-tech company. We hire people based on their skill set and abilities; their genetic or religious makeup means nothing to us. And we’re in hiring mode. I asked myself, If you didn’t live in Georgia and you were offered a job, would you go? And the answer was a definite Hell, no! So after a brief chat with the rest of the team, we published this tweet, which apparently was heard around the world.

And we meant it. I instructed our president and general counsel to immediately find a new home for this corporation. Because under no circumstances would I want to stay domiciled in this state, paying taxes to this state, this state that has almost legalized hate. With the diverse group that we already have working together, and knowing that our next hire may not meet the requirements of someone’s “deeply held religious belief,” I was not going to take the chance of us not being able to attract the talent we need to keep this company growing.

[mikehiggins]

1. Come to Santa Fe. We've got cookies, and lots of chili. Plus, that science place to the North

and the Spaceport and all that stuff. And land is cheap. And we just got a Crispy Creme donut shop and our own opera company and symphony orchestra and that thing we do each year that always reminds me of the Wicker Man movie.

I'm sure our local government will be happy to give you subsidies, too, and nobody gives a crap about what you do in your own bedroom.

Give it a thought. This is a wonderful place. Take it from me, a former NYC resident.

[The Traveler]

2. The dark side has really taken over here

Georgia is pretty much a cesspool of hate wrapped in religious mummery. If I could leave I would. I'm working on it.

Trav

[Dawgs]

3. Me too. N/t