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The consolidated Massachusetts cases, currently before the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, are the first to reach the federal appellate level, just one step down from the U.S. Supreme Court, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.

Here is the Amicus Brief listing the corporations, et al.

BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE 70 BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYERS, AND PROFESSIONAL, TRADE, AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING EMPLOYERS IN SUPPORT OF APPELLEES AND IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE OF THE JUDGMENT BELOW

1 posted on 11/06/2011 2:21:02 PM PST by NYer
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It ought to be thrown out on lack of standing. I mean, what harm can they show because there is a FEDERAL DOMA when each state can still make that decision for themselves?


39 posted on 11/06/2011 4:43:21 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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The organizations are, or represent, major employers who argue that DOMA imposes significant administrative costs, and that it harms their ability to attract and retain talent.

You know what? Tough sh1t. The law is to serve citizens first, not corporations first.

Now then, where are all the Randian capitalist apologists who refuse to believe that corporations are annexes of the government?

40 posted on 11/06/2011 5:03:30 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (Hail to the Thief)
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it’s getting easier and easier to envision that time when you can’t buy or sell without being approved by the Beast, isn’t is?


41 posted on 11/06/2011 5:05:59 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (Hail to the Thief)
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ABT Associates

Aetna, Inc.

Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Alere Inc.

Bank of New York Mellon

Corporation

Biogen Idec, Inc.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mass., Inc.

Boston Community Capital, Inc.

Boston Medical Center Corp.

Bright Horizons Children’s Centers

LLC

Calvert Investments, Inc.

CBS Corporation

The Chubb Corporation

Communispace Corp.

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

Diageo North America, Inc.

Eastern Bank Corp.

Exelon Corp.

FitCorp Healthcare Centers, Inc.

Gammelgården, LLC

Google Inc.

Integrated Archive Systems, Inc.

Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group,

LLC

Levi Strauss & Co.

Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Trust,

LLC

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance

Co.

Massachusetts Envelope Company,

Inc.

Massachusetts Financial Services

Company

Microsoft Corp.

National Grid USA, Inc.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.

New England Cryogenic Center, Inc.

NIKE, Inc.

The Ogilvy Group, Inc.

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Partners HealthCare System, Inc.

Reproductive Science Center of New

England

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

Starbucks Corp.

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

Stonyfield Farm, Inc.

Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Services

Co., Inc.

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

Trillium Asset Management Corp.

W/S Development Associates LLC

Xerox Corp.

Zipcar, Inc.


42 posted on 11/06/2011 5:10:30 PM PST by airborne (Paratroopers! Good to the last drop!)
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You can get Folgers cappucino or Maxwell House lattes for a lot less than a Starbucks coffee and they taste just as good,if not better


46 posted on 11/06/2011 7:43:34 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Straight and proud.)
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to all those who said “I have a friend and they are nice they just want to be married” and all that crap , well thank you for never speaking up, never being a conservative when claiming to be one and for those who said it’s just about civil unions , well you helped them to get this far because if they overturn DOMA then you can expect to see this perverted crap in the school, private schools, will be forced to teach it, all our laws will be focused on helping them.

As for those who couldn’t be bothered shopping at other places or never sending mail, calling them then you too helped them.
There are lists out there with companies giving money to the homo agenda, home depot is a massive one.

Ban the likes of home depot and tell them why you are banning them.


54 posted on 11/07/2011 4:32:15 AM PST by manc (Marriage is between one man and one woman. I HATE OUR BIAS MEDIA)
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“The organizations are, or represent, major employers who argue that DOMA imposes significant administrative costs, and that it harms their ability to attract and retain talent.”

This makes absolutely no sense to me.....Can someone help me understand.


57 posted on 11/07/2011 8:57:02 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the "Dave Ramsey Fan" ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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“Microsoft and Starbucks are among 70 corporations, financial institutions, medical centers, and other major organizations that have signed on to a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).”


CORPORATE GREED for money knows no limits.


60 posted on 11/07/2011 9:28:55 AM PST by ex-snook ("above all things, truth beareth away the victory")
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