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Tech : Duncan RileyThe Religious Right Is Going To Boycott Google In 3…2…1…
Users who type the word “gay” into Google are being presented with a little extra in their search results: a rainbow flag between the results and ads.
The rainbow flag (also known as a gay pride flag) represents an open statement of support for the LGBT community, and can commonly be seen in businesses or on vehicles of members of the LGBT community or by those who support this community. By display the flag, Google is sending a message that it supports gay rights.
Now there is absolutely nothing wrong with Google’s stand, and credit to them for making it, but gay rights and the religious right in America don’t make great bedfellows. Google is making overtly political statements in its key search area, a stand that for Google is actually unprecedented as far as I can recall. When the right wing media and blogosphere find out that Google is making these statements, it’s only a matter of time until someone calls for a boycott.
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I do like that they are willing to do this, it's something a bit quirky and I sorta think about Google that way but I hope that they don't get overly political as I don't think that a search or advertising company should be strongly promoting either side of an argument outside those that directly affect their business such as Net neutrality.
But I do think this is pretty cool. I mean come on it's not like there showing a pic of two guys getting it on on the homepage.
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He wishes. Wolfsbayne, you're clearly hoping they turn up at your doorstep and get you laid, rarrrr. Nice manly name by the way- it's the perfect cover for your secret closet identity.
Oh- and please do some historical research before you post on society and how universally against homosexuality it's always been. I suggest you have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berdache for some information on exactly how accepted homosexual behaviour was in the Americas in the past and for a little more military wank-material for you there's always http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_t...
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Sorry dude, you're losing this one ;).
Oh and thanks for posting your last 2 comments- you've proved the point about your own stupidity which I think Duncan was actually trying to give you the benefit of the doubt about by removing. Nothing like a particularly stupid person from the so-called "religious right" making their case even more pig-headed and retarded.
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i don't have to agree with you. this is called disagreement. your secular progressive views may cause you to think anyone without your views is stupid, but i assure you, we're not. we're the majority in america and we still have the strongest and most innovative country in the history of the planet. do any of you secular progressives ever wonder why that is?
if you don't like america, don't live here or visit here. maybe you should all consider helping build up the empire of luxembourg.
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true, but when has that ever stopped the far right from getting worked up about stuff like this? :-) I think it's great Google is doing this, but it has a touch of the crazy brave about it in terms of the issues that may arise in the right wing media and blogosphere
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Bold yes. But for a small company maybe, when you talk about a publicly traded one, then it gets tough.
I guess it would be the same as if Apple did a Rainbow edition iPod.
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I guess there are far less people in the religious right than there are in China. (sorry Wolfsbane but you really ARE in the minority as far as the western world is concerned. We're mostly secular, have a low birth rate and don't have neurosyphilis)
So I guess I'm kinda cynical on this one in a way...
... but hell it's still fucking awesome regardless
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If you don't like their closed mindedness...I implore you to not share the very attribute you are railing against. I don't need my search engine to try to dictate to me what my social conscience should be comprised of.
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Dipshit.
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I don't celebrate all the holidays that they put icons up for, btu I also don't get angry about it.
Inquisitr writer, I don't completely agree with the way you framed this story. It's not *necessarily* a political statement that they support gay rights or any other agenda. It's just an acknowledgment of a holiday that millions of people worldwide celebrate.
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I might start printing bibles with a rainbow spine.
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my comments again that got me blocked by duncan on friendfeed:
the queer agenda is nothing more than modern secular progressive attempts to normalize something that was always unacceptable in america - beyond the closet, that is. newsflash: not everyone agrees on this issue. and those that are against the queer agenda aren't all idots. we just disagree with it, fundamentally. i'd like to think we're entitled to disagree with that agenda here in this free land, especially considering we're in the majority. no vitriol here, just statements.
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