Google To Add Pay To Cover a Tax For Gays 1036
GrApHiX42 writes "Starting on Thursday, Google is going to increase the salaries of gay and lesbian employees whose partners receive domestic partner health benefits, largely to compensate them for an extra tax they must pay that heterosexual married couples do not. Google is not the first company to make up for the extra tax. At least a few large employers already do. But benefits experts say Google's move could inspire its Silicon Valley competitors to follow suit, because they compete for the same talent."
Re:Well, heck! We can all be gay! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Still unfair.. (Score:2, Funny)
Damn straight, because it's all about the heteros, because they're so discriminated against and are lacking in lots of rights...
Mothers! (Score:2, Funny)
"Do you know your Sons might be Lesbians?"
Re:Andrew (Score:5, Funny)
Sure, why not? We tax alcohol and tobacco too. Are you suggesting that this is a sin tax error?
Re:Why so discriminating? (Score:2, Funny)
When I beget my girlfriend, we couldn't get benefits - I had to go and marry her!
The other thing that sucks in this society, you can't beget girls like you could in the Bible - you know, girls who just had their first period - 13 year olds. That's prime childbearing age! What the heck!
Anyway, I don't know why Google just doesn't save money and stone the gays to death just like the Bible tells us to!
Re:Still unfair.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why so discriminating? (Score:4, Funny)
Yes - and they all caught Gomorrahrear.
God hates shrimp (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why so discriminating? (Score:2, Funny)
But what about gay people who do register internet domains?
Or to be less flippant - where do you get the wierd idea that gay people can't have children?
Google has no gay employees (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Well, heck! We can all be gay! (Score:2, Funny)
Got a friend? Want more money?
If need be, you can use half the money to rent a friend.
After the expenses of Lady Gaga mp3s or Cher (for older partners) of course.
Gotta have the image.
Re:Why so discriminating? (Score:5, Funny)
Sure, that filthy hippy Jesus waffled some peacenik tree hugging propaganda...
Actually, Jesus was a tree killer, not a tree huger.
Matthew 21:18: Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!" Immediately the tree withered.
Just sayin
Re:God hates shrimp (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Still unfair.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:God hates shrimp (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Why so discriminating? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why so discriminating? (Score:5, Funny)
The passages in liviticus are surprisingly clear for the bible. The Sodom and Gomorrah story doesn't necessarily have anything to do with homosexuality though. Trying to rape gods kid would surely qualify for extermination even if it weren't homosexual rape.
This was actually a fun conversation I had with the local jehova's witness lady who seemed to think an unmarried guy living with female roommates was somehow at high risk for "catching gay" along with other seemingly incompatible sins.
Re:God hates shrimp (Score:4, Funny)
Re:God hates shrimp (Score:5, Funny)
As long as you're not watching pr4wn
Re:Why so discriminating? (Score:3, Funny)
So how many of his women did he offer to you?
Re:Why so discriminating? (Score:1, Funny)
Thus proving that God hates figs.
God Hates Figs (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Why so discriminating? (Score:3, Funny)
If by "extreme lack of hospitality" you mean "going round to someone's house and demanding to rape their guests", then I concede your point.
Re:Why so discriminating? (Score:1, Funny)
On a related line, someone recently told me Jack Tripper was not really gay. Is this true?!?
Re:Why so discriminating? (Score:3, Funny)
The peanut has its name for a reason, too. But it's still not a nut.