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Corporations Push U.S. Supreme Court to Legalize Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ 

by MATT HADRO

‘There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that requires the states to redefine marriage, and big business should not lobby the Supreme Court to say otherwise,’ said author Ryan Anderson.

With the U.S. Supreme Court set to rule on a potentially far-reaching marriage case this summer, several hundred corporations are pushing for the court to require “gay marriage” recognition nationwide.

Reuters reported last week that almost 400 businesses filed a “friend of the court” brief favoring a redefinition of marriage in a set of cases before the court that will decide whether states, under the 14th Amendment, must grant same-sex “marriage” licenses and recognize “gay marriages” conducted in other states.

The list of businesses includes a host of media, communications and entertainment companies: Thompson Reuters Corp., Disney, Viacom, Inc., Bloomberg, Verizon, DirectTV, Google, Comcast, CBS and AT&T.

Social-media companies Facebook and Twitter signed on to the brief. Even a few professional sports teams joined the list: the National Football League’s New England Patriots and Major League Baseball’s San Francisco Giants and Tampa Bay Rays.

In addition, the list of businesses include financial companies, hotel companies, retail giants and food and beverage corporations like PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Starbucks and Miller Coors.

But Ryan Anderson, an author and specialist on marriage, religion and freedom, argued that big business should not push the Supreme Court to decide something that should be determined by the states.

“There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that requires the states to redefine marriage, and big business should not lobby the Supreme Court to say otherwise,” he told CNA.

“That so many big businesses are lobbying the court, though, puts to rest the claim that gays and lesbians are a politically powerless ‘suspect class’ that is in need of special protections from the court,” he continued. “The debate about marriage should be worked out democratically, not cut short by the court.”

The companies’ argument for legalizing “gay marriage” is on the grounds that a division is created between states that have redefined marriage and those that have not.

This division, the legal brief said, creates a “fractured legal landscape” that “harms employers and employees alike,” resulting in inconsistent policies and a hindered ability to attract and retain employee talent.

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