Company that received Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index 100% rating hires anti-gay CEO

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.bilerico.com/2011/09/anti-gay_meg_whitman_named_new_president_ceo_of_hp.php



The HP decision comes a year after Whitman's failed gubernatorial campaign in California, when she made headlines for the amount of personal wealth she contributed to her own campaign and for her anti-gay stances on LGBT issues.

Whitman spent $144 million of her own money on her primarily self-funded campaign. She spent more of her own money on her campaign than any self-funded political candidate in history. And ultimately, she lost the election, to the Democratic Jerry Brown, who spent an estimated $36 million on his campaign.

Another distinction between Brown and Whitman that emerged during the 2010 election were the candidates' stances on LGBT issues. While Brown pleased members of the LGBT community during his campaign - and has since proven to be a strong advocate for the community while in office - Whitman struggled with a back-and-forth set of opinions on issues like marriage equality. First she opposed marriage equality, then she was an outspoken proponent for Proposition 8 in California, then she approved of civil unions, then she opposed the entire concept of marriage, saying that she wished we could use "civil union" as an umbrella term. Who knows where she stands now...

Hewlett-Packard Co, as a whole at least, has a positive record on LGBT issues. In 2008, the Human Rights Campaign gave the company a 100 percent rating on its Corporate Equality Index.

[mwooldri]

1. HP is bigger than any of its CEOs.

As has been obviously demonstrated over the past several years.

Also Ms. Whitman founded ebay, who also features in the CEI @ a 100 rating.

[ThirdEye]

2. She did not start eBay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay

The man who did is a much better humanbeing.

[mwooldri]

3. Thanks for correcting me. nt