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		<title>Pastor to Microsoft, &#8220;Your stock tumbled because you support gays&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WOW. When I read this I could not believe it. Pastor Ken Hutcherson, who I assume is a Microsoft shareholder, spoke at the shareholders meeting yesterday in Redmond had some pretty insightful things to say to Steve Ballmer.Here is the relevant text&#8230; &#8220;We came to agreements years ago that Microsoft would take a neutral stand [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WOW. When I read this I could not believe it. Pastor Ken Hutcherson, who I assume is a Microsoft shareholder, spoke at the shareholders meeting yesterday in Redmond had some pretty insightful things to say to Steve Ballmer.<span id="more-256"></span>Here is the relevant text&#8230;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>&#8220;We came to agreements years ago that Microsoft would take a neutral stand on the homosexual issue. We agreed to that, and you did that. Steve (Ballmer), you brought that back up and you dropped it. And I would like for you guys to look at the facts and I would like for you to look at the statistics. They do not lie. Since that has been broken, our stock has not increased. Our stock has fallen. Google is kickin&#8217; our natural. Yahoo and others. Amazon. Am I saying that&#8217;s God? No, I&#8217;m not saying it&#8217;s God. I am saying that the fact speaks for itself. And I think we should go back to the original and have a stand that&#8217;s neutral to a group that is discriminatory, intolerant, and you are giving them millions and millions of dollars to do this.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Well, at least he&#8217;s not saying it&#8217;s God (sarcasm)! At any rate, what I find interesting about this, is that it is difficult to claim that God is punishing someone because of their sin. Job did that and got it wrong. Way wrong.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s also interesting is the fact that Google and Apple BOTH support gay rights and their stocks are skyrocketing. So, what gives?</p>
<p>You can read more <a href="http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/11/ken_hutchersons_advice_to_microsoft_on_competing_with_google.html">here</a> and get the audio of his address <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/11/19/microsoft-shareholder-proposal-no-2-or-why-ken-hutcherson-believes-hatred-speech-is-hurting-the-companys-stock-price">here</a>.</p>
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