Motorola seen promoting homosexuality

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, August 2, 2002 | By Diana Lynne

[JohnHuang2]

"Homophobia" workshops, homosexual sex education courses and e-mail recruitment for "gay"-pride parades are creating tension among employees at Motorola, according to an engineer.

The Motorola engineer, who prefers not to be named, told WorldNetDaily there is a "quiet anger" among many non-homosexual employees who support the traditional definition of the family over the homosexual activism supported by corporate management "under the guise of ... diversity."

The activism entails use of the corporate e-mail system, bulletin boards, televisions, meeting rooms and offices for seminars, film festivals, homosexual sex education courses and recruitment to "gay" parade events.

Of particular concern to employees are the "Homophobia in the Workplace" workshops, one of which a Motorola website described as "mandatory."

MotoPride, a website bearing the Motorola logo and corporate tagline and designed for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) people lauds the "unconditional" support of the management team for the homosexual community. Visitors to the website can offer feedback by clicking on a link labeled, "Be Heard! Tell us what you think about Motorola's relationship to the community."

The site also provides a timeline of "significant milestones" reached at Motorola. These include:

1993 Motorola launches the Gay, Bisexual, and Lesbian employee network GABLE-NET to foster discussion of GLBT issues in the workplace.

1994 Mandatory Homophobia in the Workplace workshops are conducted in Plantation, Florida.

1996 Motorola adds sexual orientation to its U.S. non-discrimination policy.

1998 Motorola holds "Homophobia in the Workplace" workshops in Austin, Texas.

1999 U.S. bereavement policy is amended to include same-sex partners of Gay and Lesbian employees.

1999 Motorola celebrates its first Gay and Lesbian Awareness Day in Austin, Texas and Phoenix, Ariz.

2000 Motorola adds same-gender domestic partner health and dental benefits for U.S. employees.

2002 Lunch and learn series at Motorola locations nationwide.

2002 Motorola partners with Gay.com, PlanetOut.com and the Advocate to celebrate Gay Pride Month with the MotoPRIDE Campaign, supporting pride festivals and events across the nation.

"We are proud of Motorola's growing history with the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) community, including its support of our internal GLBT employee group and organizations that are important to us," write Bob Williams and Audrey Lin, co-leaders of Motorola's Gay & Lesbian Business Council in a letter posted on the website.

A call to Williams was not returned. Lin told WorldNetDaily she did not want to comment.

Motorola spokesperson Margot Brown told WorldNetDaily the Gay & Lesbian Business Council is one of five corporate groups Motorola created in 2000 to improve "business links to diversity" and "to have an inclusive environment." In addition to gays and lesbians, Asians, blacks, Latinos and women are represented by these corporate councils.

"The idea behind it was to help with recruitment and retention ... and to zero in on some of our consumer markets," Brown told WND.

Statistics on the number of employees who would identify with each of the business councils are not available, according to Brown.

"Motorola's 'inclusive environment,' which excludes white males, is a 'career-limiting' concern among many Caucasian men here," the engineer told WND. "I have heard it said among 20-year Motorolans that some cannot get promoted to the next level, when compared to a minority or minorities, because they suffer from 'White Man's Disease.' In addition, we have observed that many less-technically competent people get promoted to management by their own 'beating the drums of diversity.' The drums of diversity are a great way to get positively recognized by corporate leadership, even though you do little or nothing to contribute to a profitable bottom line of the company," he added.

Brown was not familiar with the MotoPride website. After pulling it up, she confirmed that it bore the corporate logo and tagline, "Intelligence Everywhere," and speculated that the site was "coming out of the" personal communications section of the company.

When asked to explain what the "homophobia" workshops were, Brown responded, "I have no idea. I didn't even realize we had one. ... I don't know if that was sponsored by the company or not."

Brown then referred WND to another Motorola spokesperson that deals with diversity, who did not return phone calls.

The engineer has not attended a "homophobia" workshop and could not describe what takes place.

According to the engineer, the only other business council representing minorities at Motorola that holds periodic meetings which are advertised on bulletin boards at his location is the Women's Leadership Council.

"However, the homosexual activists are by far the most feared by management," he said, "And, it appears, [they] have free rein of internal media, corporate resources, and event scheduling."

"White male Motorolans often joke about forming a club, website, or common activity," the engineer continued.

But insecurity born out of Motorola's apparent priority of diversity keeps them quiet about their anger.

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[JohnHuang2]

Friday, August 2, 2002

Quote of the Day by Libloather

[Vidalia]

Besides selling your Motorola stock, write the company.

The company site is Here...

More info may be obtained on almost any stock site...

Here's one for much more info...Motorola....

Check out their top competitors, and do your homework.

Send the limp-wrists at Motorola a message, and do it with your feet and purchasing power.

[Conagher]

I always thought the vibrate mode on Motorola phones was particularly strong.

[johnboy]

and the reason macs run pathetically slow compared to pcs is because they use motofag chips, manufactured by a company that, apparently, does not appear to place quality of product at the top of its mission statement, and, too, seems to discriminate against those humans responsible for breakthrough developments in the industry.

[SAJ]

Nokia makes much better equipment anyway. I used to love Motorola, shorted the stock in Feb 1973, repoed in Aug 1974 at roughly 41%. Got three or four more good shorts in over the next 15 yrs

Ah, well, all good things come to an end

[stands2reason]

bump

[Vidalia]

Hello... Knock, knock...is anybody in there?

There was another real estate bubble from the early 1990s to 1995+, force fed by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) whereby properties were being bought up by every idiot and their dogs expecting profits of at least 200% to five times the actual purchase price.

The "bubble of the 90s" was brought about by the bubble of the markets allowed by Bill Clinton , with no questioning of method or accounting by the Reno run InJustice Dept., as long as the markets ballooned while the Blow Job Boy was in the White House.

That crap rise of all the markets, internationally, has been proven to be, if you will, another "blow job"...

This real estate bubble crap is "misrepresentation" at the least and is a civil crime, and depending upon the circumstances, may be a criminal offense, depending upon how monies may be handled.

Real estate value does not rise and fall with the arrogance of the Congress and the caine snorting fools on the floor (oh, you didn't know that?).

If you are coerced into buying real estate now, whether it be a larger, more expensive home, a lot down the street, a time-share, or a "brand new lot on the Big Island of Hawaii with a view (which means it is a lot on a lava flow), tell the Broker or Realtor to "EFF OFF", unless you are in the business of buying and selling properties.

"CAVEAT EMPTOR", means do your homework and do it well.

If you do not feel comfortable with the Salesman, Realtor or Broker, regardless of what they say and if you are pressured by any means, especially with the "you have to act now to get the best deal on this exclusive offer...

Then you walk as fast as you can to get away from the shyster.

Leave your monies in the bank at 3-5%, at least you know where it is...

[Vidalia]

Dammit, the Merge button was pushed...

[Pushi]

Can't afford to sell the worthless $hit-stock. I have lost my a$$ already.

[Winston Smith]

I have purchased my last Motorola device, of ANY sort.

[Vidalia]

Depending upon what you hold now (unless it is Moonrocks,Inc, or Martian,Inc.), the average stock will increase in value per your holdings.

Screw all these everyday whiners and moaners on the tube.

Not a damn one of them has a clue for day to day, week to week, or month to month valuation of the stock markets.

Again, as you have heard, if they are so damned smart, why haven't they cleaned up and moved to Morroco, Hawaii, or Tahiti?

[Looking4Truth]

Well no more Motorola anything for me, barring chips that may be on a board in some other brand name.

Same-sex partner benefits. What a crock of sh*t! If I have a live in girlfriend, no bennies; a live in boyfriend (NOT!), medical, dental, life, etc? Yeah, that's really fair, huh? (Once again. NOT!)

OK homos, just who the hell is disadvantaged now, you creeps!

[goldstategop]

The heterophobes preach tolerance and inclusion but in fact they've gotten a corporate conglomerate to squelch any respect for traditional values. You want to know what really stinks? They force straight people to listen to gay brainwashing and reeducation sessions whether they want to or not. This is what the homosexual lobby in America means by coming "out of the closet": everyone has to get back in it but them.

[rackman]

As always, follow the money trail. Motorola is just trying to corner the rump ranger demographic. That they garner this heavily-monied "community" (man I hate using that word that way!) at the loss of a lot of other average folks is really not so surprising. I've seen it too many times before. Otherwise successful businesses making collossal marketing blunders, ultimately to their demise. Let's face it, it's hip to have one of those rainbow stickers on your car and have the "people who count" think you're smart and progressive. Besides, it seems to have worked for the demo-nazis. Their attempts to bully the populace into accepting all sorts of Jerry Springer behaviors and lifestyles appears to be working in most sectors. Look what passes for entertainment on the idiot box. It's a veritible who's doing who and all the whos are guys! I hate to be a cynic, but people like us are less than 1% at best. As you can probably tell, I've lost most of my faith in humanity.

Anyway, I'll add Homorola to my boycott list, but I have to warn you that it's getting so long that soon I'll have to fashion everything I need out of rocks and twigs. I'm going to bed.

[goldstategop]

Homorola? That's a good one. Bwahahaha!!!

[rackman]

Someone else is still up? I thought I was the only one who couldn't sleep.

[rackman]

Actually, if I stay up just a little longer, ebay will be back on line and I won't have to go to be at all!

[rackman]

That was supposed to be "bed". I'm outta here. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

[EddieB]

Freep this site...

http://commerce.motorola.com/consumer/QWhtml/motopride/

[BigDaddyTX]

Check out IBM's "stratagy"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/725445/posts

and their advertising for the homo crowd
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/725681/posts


This is not my Dad's IBM any more....