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Hundreds of Major US Companies Support Same-Sex Equality
Hundreds of major US Corporation support Marriage Equality and non-discrimination rights for LGBT folks (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered).
This Amicus brief has been submitted by Morgan, Lewis (www.morganlewis.com/) on behalf of 379 companies or employer organizations in support of legalizing same-sex marriage.
Amici include technology, materials, airline, financial services, healthcare, medical technology, consumer products, apparel, and entertainment companies, hoteliers, restaurateurs, service providers, and retailers, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies. Amici share a profound desire to attract and retain a talented workforce.
Among them is Danaher Corporation (www.danaher.com), parent company of Chandler based Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company, (www.psemc.com), the employer of one of the lead plaintiffs in Connolly vs. Jeanes, the case that lead the way to marriage equality in Arizona.
Congratulations to all these companies who see this as a justice issue and beneficial to their corporation, employees and families.
THANK YOU!
- A.L. Nella & Company, LLP, CPAs
- A.T. Kearney
- Aardema Whitelaw, PLLC
- Acacia Home LLC
- Accenture
- Aetna Inc.
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- AJ Leo Electric and Solar
- Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- Alaska Airlines
- Alcoa Inc.
- Amazon Services Inc.
- Amazon.com, Inc.
- American Airlines Group Inc.
- American Apparel
- American Express Company
- American International Group, Inc.
- Aparicio-Mercado Law, L.C.
- Apple Inc.
- AppNexus Inc.
- Aramark
- Arbor Brewing Company, LLC
- Arnold & Porter LLP
- Aspen Skiing Company
- Assemble Sound LLC
- AT&T Inc.
- Atlas Cut Stone
- Atticus Circle
- The Austin Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
- Avanade Inc.
- Bain & Company, Inc.
- Bakehouse Art Complex
- Baker & McKenzie LLP
- Bank of America
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
- Barclays
- Barnes & Noble, Inc.
- bebe stores, inc.
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Belcampo Inc.
- Ben & Jerry’s
- Big Duck Studio, Inc.
- Bigelow Villa LLC
- Billy’s Farm
- BlackRock, Inc.
- Bloomberg L.P.
- Blue Apron, Inc.
- Blue Heron Ventures
- Blue Moon Hotel / Winter Haven Hotel
- Blume, Faulkner & Skeen, PLLC
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Boston Community Capital, Inc.
- Boston Consulting Group
- The Boston Foundation
- Boston Medical Center Corporation
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Brady Mills LLC
- BrandQuery LLC
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Broadcom Corporation
- Brocade
- Cablevision Systems Corporation
- Capital One Financial Corporation
- Captain Wendell’s Marine Services LLC
- Cardinal Health, Inc.
- Care Resource
- CBS Corporation
- CEB
- Central Physical Therapy and Fitness, PSC
- CGI
- Charlotte Business Guild
- The Chubb Corporation
- CIGNA Corporation
- Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Citigroup Inc.
- City Catering Company
- City Lites Neon, Inc.
- The City of Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Civitas Public Affairs Group
- Clean Yield Asset Management
- CloudFlare, Inc.
- CMIT Solutions of Seattle Downtown
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Cohen & Associates
- Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Columbia FunMap, Inc.
- Comcast Corporation
- The Computer Butler
- ConAgra Foods, Inc.
- The Corcoran Group
- Corner Brewery, LLC
- Corning Incorporated
- Cox Enterprises, Inc.
- Crazy Misfits Pet Services
- Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
- Cummins Inc.
- Cupcake Royale
- CVS Health Corporation
- Dallas Voice
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
- Danaher Corporation
- David J. Jarrett, P.C.
- David Kosar Insurance Agency
- David Mack Henderson Income Tax Preparation
- DCI Group AZ, L.L.C.
- Deloitte LLP
- Delta Air Lines, Inc.
- Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
- The Desert Business Association
- Deutsche Bank AG
- Diageo North America, Inc.
- DIRECTV
- DocuSign
- Domini Social Investments LLC
- The Dow Chemical Company
- Dreamcatcher Arts and Publishing Ltd.
- Dropbox, Inc.
- DuPont
- eBay Inc.
- Edelman
- Eldercare Consulting
- Electronic Arts Inc.
- EnduringHydro, LLC
- Ernst & Young LLP
- The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
- Event Rents
- Everything Real Estate LLC
- Express Movers Inc.
- Facebook, Inc.
- Farella Braun + Martel, LLP
- Fastsigns
- Fenwick & West LLP
- First Data Corporation
- 1st Security Bank
- 1stdibs.Com, Inc.
- FIT Technologies
- Flanery CPA
- Full Court Press Communications
- G.A.W., Inc.
- The Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Nevada
- General Electric Company
- General Mills, Inc.
- Gensler
- Gilt Groupe Holdings, Inc.
- GlaxoSmithKline LLC
- Gleason & Associates Claims Services
- Go Factory, Inc.
- Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC
- The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
- Google Inc.
- Goulston & Storrs, P.C.
- Great Officiants LLC
- The Greater Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Chamber
- of Commerce
- Greater San Diego Business Association
- Greater Seattle Business Association
- Greensulate
- Grossman Marketing Group
- Group Health Cooperative
- Groupon
- Growing Hope
- Harrell Remodeling
- The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
- Healthline
- Hewlett-Packard Company
- Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
- Holdredge Wines
- Homeward Pet Adoption Center
- Horizon Air Industries, Inc.
- House Packard LLC
- HSBC
- Ikard Wynne LLP
- The Independence Business Alliance
- The Inland Northwest Business Alliance
- Insala, Ltd
- Inspirato, LLC
- Integrated Archive Systems, Inc.
- Integrity Law Group
- Intel Corporation
- Intuit Inc.
- INUS Group, LLC
- Jackson Hole Group LLC
- Jagod Designs
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Jenn T. Grace International LLC
- Jennifer Brown Consulting
- JetBlue Airways Corporation
- The Jim Henson Company
- Johnson & Johnson
- Johnston, Kinney and Zulaica LLP
- Jonathan L. Bowman, Attorney at Law, PS
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Julian Chang Consulting, Inc.
- kapchur.us photography
- The Kathy A. Janssen Foundation
- Kazan, McClain, Satterley, & Greenwood, PLC
- Keir Jones Agency – State Farm
- Keker & Van Nest LLP
- KEO Marketing Inc.
- Kimberly-Clark Corp.
- Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, LLC
- Kollmar Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
- Kotzan Chiropractic
- KPMG LLP
- Lambda Business Association
- Laparoscopic Institute for Gynecologic Oncology
- Larson Marketing & Communications LLC
- Laughton Properties
- Law Offices of Joel L. Sogol
- Law Office of Lisa E. Schuchman
- Law Office of Lorie L. Burch, PC
- Law Offices of Robin L. Bodiford, P.A.
- The Law Office of Susan K. Fuller, PLLC
- Levi Strauss & Co.
- Liberty Burger
- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
- Life & Love Celebrations
- Link in the Chain Foundation, Inc.
- Littler Mendelson, P.C.
- LNT, Inc.
- The Long Beach Gay & Lesbian Chamber of
- Commerce
- Lori Karbal et al
- Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Trust, LLC
- The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Chamber of
- Commerce
- Main Street Hair Shoppe Ltd.
- Marriott International, Inc.
- Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
- McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.
- McKesson Corporation
- McKinsey & Company, Inc.
- Merca Property Management
- The Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of
- Commerce
- Microsoft Corporation
- The Mid-America Gay & Lesbian Chamber of
- Commerce
- Miller & Olson, LLP
- Miller Shelton Group, LLC
- MillerCoors LLC
- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Mona Smith PLLC
- Moody’s Corporation
- Morgan Miller Plumbing
- Morgan Stanley
- MWW Public Relations
- NAMI Dallas, Inc.
- The Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce
- The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
- Neumann Capital Management, LLC
- The New England Patriots
- New Leaf Columbus
- New York Life Insurance Company
- Nifty Hoops, LLC
- NIKE, Inc.
- Nixon Peabody LLP
- North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce
- Northrop Grumman Corporation
- OBOX Solutions
- Office Depot, Inc.
- The Ogilvy Group, Inc.
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
- ONE Community Media, LLC
- 1 Source Consulting Solutions
- Oracle America, Inc.
- Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.
- Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
- Outerwall Inc.
- Pakmode Publications, LLC
- d/b/a Pakmode Media + Marketing
- Pandora Media, Inc.
- PATH
- Peabody & Arnold LLP
- Pepper Hamilton LLP
- PepsiCo
- Pfizer Inc.
- Pixelligent Technologies LLC
- Plexus Education Foundation
- Plexus LGBT and Allied Chamber of Commerce
- Portland Area Business Association
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- PrideFest
- The PrintingWorks
- Pro-Tec Data, Inc.
- Procter & Gamble
- ProTrials Research, Inc.
- Prudential Financial, Inc.
- Puma Spring Vineyards
- Qualcomm Incorporated
- Quorum
- RAFI Architecture and Design
- Rainbow Chamber of Commerce Silicon Valley
- Ralph’s Regal Weddings
- Ray Holley Communications
- RBC Capital Markets, LLC
- Replacements, Ltd.
- Restaurant Management Concepts
- Reverberate! Marketing Communications, Inc.
- Rising Tide Brewing Company
- RJR Photography
- Robert H Stutz Jr CPA
- Rockwell Automation, Inc.
- Rotella & Hernandez, LLC
- The Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce
- Sadek Bonahoom PLC
- The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
- The San Francisco Giants
- The Seattle Lesbian, LLC
- Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
- Sempra Energy
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
- Shingles Roofing LLC
- Sidetrack, Inc.
- Simon, Schindler & Sandberg LLP
- Skellenger Bender, P.S.
- Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
- Sleeves Up Productions, LLC
- SÅw
- Spectra Law PS
- Spry Vision, Inc.
- St. Jude Medical, Inc.
- Staples, Inc.
- Starbucks Corporation
- Starrtek LLC
- State Street Corporation
- Steven Graves Insurance Agency
- Stonewall Behavioral Health
- Stonewall Columbus
- Stuffed Cakes, LLC
- Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Services Company, Inc.
- SunDaily
- Support.com, Inc.
- Sweet Dixie Kitchen
- Symantec Corporation
- Taber Food Services, Inc.
- dba Hobee’s California Restaurants
- The Tampa Bay Rays
- Target Corporation
- TD Bank, N.A.
- TD Securities (USA) LLC
- Tech Data Corporation
- TestTracks
- Thinking Cap Communications & Design
- Third Point LLC
- Thomson Reuters
- Tiwary Entertainment Group LLC
- TNT Promotions, LLC
- TOCA Events, LLC
- TravelOut, Inc.
- Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria
- Twitter, Inc.
- 206 Inc.
- UBS AG
- The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.
- United Air Lines, Inc.
- United Therapeutics Corporation
- Uptown Physicians Group
- VCB Consulting & Accounting Services
- Verizon Communications Inc.
- Viacom Inc.
- Visa Inc.
- VitaPerk
- VMware, Inc.
- W. M. Martin Advertising
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- W/S Development Associates LLC
- Walsh Wellness Center
- The Walt Disney Company
- Wasserman Media Group
- Wells Fargo & Company
- Whey Natural! USA LLC
- Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce
- Witeck Communications, Inc.
- The Workplace Equality Index
- Wyndham Worldwide Corporation
- Xerox Corporation
- Xfund
- YES DESIGN GROUP
- Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority
- Zausmer, Kaufman, August & Caldwell, P.C.
- Zingerman’s Community of Businesses
- ZoomSystems
- Zynga Inc.
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 Same-Sex Marriage and Children is the first book to bring together historical, social science, and legal considerations to comprehensively respond to the objections to same-sex marriage that are based on the need to promote so-called "responsible procreation" and child welfare. Carlos A. Ball places the current marriage debates within a broader historical context by exploring how the procreative and child welfare claims used to try to deny same-sex couples the opportunity to marry are similar to earlier arguments used to defend interracial marriage bans, laws prohibiting disabled individuals from marrying, and the differential treatment of children born out of wedlock. Ball also draws a link between welfare reform and same-sex marriage bans by explaining how conservative proponents have defended both based on the need for the government to promote responsible procreation among heterosexuals.
In addition, Ball examines the social science studies relied on by opponents of same-sex marriage and explains in a highly engaging and accessible way why they do not support the contention that biological status and parental gender matter when it comes to parenting. He also explores the relevance of the social science studies on the children of lesbians and gay men to the question of whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. In doing so, the book looks closely at the gay marriage cases that recently reached the Supreme Court and explains why the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans cannot be defended on the basis that maintaining marriage as an exclusively heterosexual institution helps to promote the best interests of children. Same-Sex Marriage and Children will help lawyers, law professors, judges, legislators, social and political scientists, historians, and child welfare officials-as well as general readers interested in matters related to marriage and families-understand the empirical and legal issues behind the intersection of same-sex marriage and children's welfare.
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