On June 22, 2011 I put up a blog post titled,"'Diversity' Means Tyranny - The Intolerant Homosexual Sabotaging of Dr. Frank Turek." When a student in Turek's leadership and motivational class at Cisco learned that Turek had penned a book on the consequences of same-sex marriage, he complained and Turek was summarily fired.
Today I learned from the Family Research Council that Cisco has completely reversed itself. My response is "hooray." It's about time that the corporations stop kowtowing to gay lobbies especially when it comes to blacklisting individuals who stand up for marriage as the union of a man and a woman. FRC writes:
Being socially conservative can be an occupational hazard! Just ask our good friend Dr. Frank Turek. As a consultant with Cisco and Bank of America, Frank's contract was abruptly terminated when an employee complained that he'd authored a book on the harms of same-sex "marriage." It was a stunning decision--mainly because Frank's views on marriage had never been a topic of conversation. This was ideological sabotage, pure and simple. I say "was," because Cisco and Bank of America have reversed course. After the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) contacted the Boards of Directors and generated more than 1,400 grassroots phone calls, the corporations apologized. In a letter to NOM last Friday, Cisco Senior Vice President Mark Chandler said his office is taking steps to ensure that it never happens again. "Cisco was incorrect in dealing with Dr. Turek... It is not Cisco's policy, nor is it 'acceptable to discriminate against vendors such as Frank Turek or employees who, outside the work context, have taken a position supporting marriage as the union of one man and one woman.'" At Bank of America, executives echoed the sentiment. "We recognize that our differences--in thought, style, culture, ethnicity, and experience--make us stronger as a company. We have taken the appropriate measures within our organization to address this matter. Dr. Turek remains a vendor in good standing with us."
The FRC report concludes:
Let's hope the Human Rights Campaign is listening. The rabid pro-homosexual group is trying to take another scalp in their corporate bullying campaign. HRC's newest target is the law firm Foley & Lardner LLP, who employs pro-marriage attorney (and friend of FRC) Cleta Mitchell. She recently registered as a lobbyist for NOM in Minnesota, where a marriage amendment will be on the ballot in 2012. For this, HRC (as well as homosexual group GOProud) thinks she is unemployable. In a menacing letter, HRC hreatens to downgrade the firm to a 60% on its corporate index. Let them! It just might be better for business.