Tell AT&T, Nissan, Comcast, and FedEx to withdraw their support for anti-gay legislation

Tell AT&T, Nissan, Comcast, and FedEx to withdraw their support for anti-gay legislation

The Issue

The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce actively lobbied for the passage of a bill that would remove vital protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. As AmericaBlog and others have highlighted, this bill is bad for business and bad for Tennessee.

The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors includes the following major corporations:

Alcoa, AT&T, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Caterpillar, Comcast, DuPont, Embraer, FedEx, KPMG, Nissan, Pfizer, United HealthCare, and Whirlpool.

Tell the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and these companies to immediately withdraw their support for this horribile bill. Discrimination is bad for business and bad for Tennessee. 

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TENNESSEE EQUALITY PROJECTPetition StarterI am the Director of Campaigns for <a href="http://AllOut.org" rel="nofollow">AllOut.org</a>, an organization working to bring equality, everywhere. It is still a crime to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans in 76 countries, and in 10 countries the punishment is life in prison or death. We can change this.
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The Issue

The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce actively lobbied for the passage of a bill that would remove vital protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. As AmericaBlog and others have highlighted, this bill is bad for business and bad for Tennessee.

The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors includes the following major corporations:

Alcoa, AT&T, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Caterpillar, Comcast, DuPont, Embraer, FedEx, KPMG, Nissan, Pfizer, United HealthCare, and Whirlpool.

Tell the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and these companies to immediately withdraw their support for this horribile bill. Discrimination is bad for business and bad for Tennessee. 

Photo via red dart: eskimo pie

avatar of the starter
TENNESSEE EQUALITY PROJECTPetition StarterI am the Director of Campaigns for <a href="http://AllOut.org" rel="nofollow">AllOut.org</a>, an organization working to bring equality, everywhere. It is still a crime to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans in 76 countries, and in 10 countries the punishment is life in prison or death. We can change this.
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The Decision Makers

Monica Teague
Monica Teague
Senior Manager, Brand PR, Whirlpool
Julie Bannerjea
Julie Bannerjea
KPMG, Head of Media Relations
FedEx
FedEx
Media Relations
Deborah K. Woolley
Deborah K. Woolley
President, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce
Bradley A. Jackson
Bradley A. Jackson
Vice President for Governmental Relations, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce

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Petition created on May 20, 2011