Sometimes you just know that you are being subjected to a hard sell. Someone pushes a product at you and they just start rattling off alleged benefits, hoping that one will hit the right button and trigger your impulse to buy. You'll look younger…cures baldness…lose weight…save money…girls love it….just buy it, will ya? That's what the recent rash of 'gay-marriage-is-good-for-business' announcements is beginning to sound like. Microsoft was the big boy who got this started, pouring millions of dollars into pro-gay marriage initiatives, warning Washington State that a ban on gay marriage would be bad for business because it would hurt with the recruitment of talent.
Reported by Forbes.com 11 hours ago.
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