Just a follow-up to our previous post about Microsoft being bullied by the the religious right. Many employees of Microsoft are disgruntled by their 11th hour pull-out from backing the legislation. The bill ended up being defeated in the state Senate by one vote. Rumor has it that Microsoft turned tail due to pressure from local religious leaders who said they would organize a nationwide boycott of Microsoft if they continued to back the legislation.

A boycott?! What are they going to do? Go door to door and tell everyone to throw out their computer operation system?

Some decisions have to be more then just revenue based. This sets in motion a terrible perception of Microsoft, who has traditionally received awards for being so pro-gay rights.

As they say, it takes a lifetime to build a reputation and one simple act to destroy it. The statement that this makes about how Microsoft does business could be much more damaging then any boycott the religious right could have orchestrated.

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