From Domainfax:
Companies including Qantas, ANZ, Google and eBay on Monday launched a new campaign on marriage equality, in stark defiance of Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s advice to “stick to their knitting”.
The initiative invites customers to order one of 250,000 specially-commissioned rings bearing the phrase “until we all belong” – which will also appear on Qantas boarding passes and other paraphernalia.
The ring is incomplete, representing the “gap” in equality between same-sex couples and their heterosexual peers. In a series of video advertisements, straight allies are encouraged to wear the rings “until we all belong”.
The campaign is spearheaded by Airbnb in conjunction with the official marriage equality campaign, and it is understood to be worth in excess of $5 million, including in-kind resources from the major firms.
..It was immediately attacked by the Turnbull government’s arch-conservative, Senator Abetz, who accused chief executives of favouring politically correct campaigns over their own shareholders and employees.
“It’s disappointing that certain CEOs are trying to establish their personal PC credentials rather than being fully focused on the interests of their shareholders,” Senator Abetz told Fairfax Media.
“The 5000 staff at Qantas who lost their jobs a few years ago and the 200 staff who lost their jobs at ANZ last year would be very disappointed to learn those companies couldn’t afford to keep them but have the money for these types of campaigns.
…”I think Australians are getting fed up with some big business CEOs constantly trying to wave their PC credentials rather than getting on and delivering the services consumers expect at a reasonable price,” he said.
It’s Abetz that is politically correct beyond all reason. He’s just come from supporting supposed “free speech” changes to 18c! CEOs are running private companies and can do whatever they bloody well like on social issues (within reason)!
Abetz better get moving to sports stars too, or his political correctness is going to get swept away, today from the Herald Sun:
ERIN Phillips, the standout star of the AFLW competition, has urged the federal government to legalise same-sex marriages, saying it is a denial of “basic human rights” to not have the opportunity to marry in Australia.
While she never intended to be a role model for same-sex unions, Phillips is happy to speak out if it helps to change perceptions, as well as the “disappointing” stance some politicians have on gay marriage.
There is nothing worse than a “liberal” like Abetz that spends his time deregulating the economy while regulating your bedroom.
Someone with such a horrific family background should carry himself with a stronger sense of historical obligation.
