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Good for Exxonmobil. Thaey have a simple, clear antidiscrimination policy, not a special rights policy for a select group of people. Ford should learn from them. As for the company finding and retaining competent, talented people I don't think there will be a shortage of them willing to work for EM just because they don't give special privileges to homosexuals.

It is sad that in this day and age a company could be so out of touch with basic respect towards a very significant segment of the population.
An admitedly discrimatory policy 'ExxonMobil spokesman Russ Roberts stated that Exxon relied on used the "definition of spouse used in federal legislation, which has the effect of limiting coverage to heterosexual couples,"' demonstrates that this oil industry company cares only about pandering to wrong-minded policies that even most Americans do not agree with (54% of Americans support some sort of legal recognition for gay couples--Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey July 6-19, 2006) and (89% should have equal rights in terms of job opportunities--Gallup Poll May 8-11, 2006)[as reported on PollingReport.com]
A company like this does not deserve the support, patronage or investments of any American who values freedom and equality.
They will receive none from me.

Hats off to Mobil. What has gay & lesbian rights got to do with pumping, shipping & refinning oil that's needed all over the world. Why do theses gay and lesbians insist on throwing their sexual orientation at everybody else. There are to many more important issues in life. I for one am sick of hearing their complaints and hope they would all just go somewhere else and build their own place to focus all their energies on sex. Good bye

I'm hoping #1 and #3 above are in jest or meant to be sarcastic because otherwise ... how depressing.

im sorry for what this world is comming too. gay and lesbien people are sick in the head and they need sikee actric treatment my bible says if a man lays with a man he will surily die.

I personally will purposely purchase from ExxonMobil stations in support of a company that is not willing to "bow down" to the gay community.

Good for HRC....I have a sister who is gay and will not buy from Exxon Mobile again. As for special rights....it seems to me that the Gay community doesnt have the special rights.....Jim was probably born into a bigoted family and just doesnt know any better.

RE: BobRio
What does pumping oil have to do with anyones company benefits? What a silly comment.
People work at companies. They get benifits such as health insurance, vacation, retirement programs. Having the same rights as a straight couple is not special...it is the same.
We hold these truths to be self evident--that all men are created equal.
as far as your last line--the absolute bigotry of it defies comment among civilized people. It is not about sex, It is about equality.
But I am sure you have no problem with a company having your wife/kids (if you are married)getting health benefits, pregnancy leave, time off to go to your kids school for a parent-teacher conference--all special rights for only married people.
Take off your hood, you will be able to see better that way.

Good for Mobil.. I respect them.. Gays are not black. Blacks have to show up for work, Black. Gays don't have to skip around the workplace and share or, put stupid rainbows on their cars. They should cancel their health insurance once they know.. AIDS cost the taxpayers too much money ... God Bless Mobil Oil!!!!

Wow I didn't realize Exxon was so bigoted. Offering gay people insurance for their partners isn't such a big deal. If they are living together and committed to each other (and maybe have children) then why wouldn't a company offer them the same benefits as a straight couple? of course this shouldn't surprise me. As one of the only oil companies still not acknowledging the existence of global warming, it is obvious that the company is run by a bunch of people with their heads in the ground.
i will purposefully make sure not to purchase gas from Exxon ever again.

good for exon mobile

I wonder what the sexual predilection of the writer of the article is to raise this issue. Why should gays be entitled to any more benefits than heterosexuals who choose to live together? MobilExxon will continue to attract the best and brightest in their fields as long as the people do not make a case regarding their sexual orientation which, basically, is their own business and need not be shared with the world. To cite Levi Strauss, a garment/fashion company located in San Francisco, as an example for other companies to follow is ridiculous. It is like comparing apples and oranges. My hat is off to MobilExxon for establishing and sticking to a firm and unbiased position. Unfortuantely, the Liberal media continues to make an issue out of non-issue topics. Get a life.

Exxon-Mobil is doing the right thing. The homosexual community is working overtime to intimidate and badger corporations into their agenda. Homosexual people have a choice... they don't HAVE to work for XOM. Sounds like XOM is a solid company with traditional values and beliefs... which is a recipe for success. "hats off to them". Time to buy more of their stock.

I have usually found that the people who agree with these bigots are usually gay themselves, so shut up you closet cases.

Who cares if what your sexuality is. It is a workplace and please leave your sexuality at home. Being a good worker matters, not being a pervert. You want a raise because you are a gay? Tough luck. You will get a raise if you are a good, reliable person and know your trade well. I am sick and tired of hearing of homo, poly and anything that does not matter at workplace. Way to go Exxon! You are my gas station.

All you anti-gay holier than thou bigots with your out-dated views from the 50s and 60s, and younger ones whose parents ignorantly taught them such views, are the same intolerant bunch of hateful, belligerant backward thinkers that spoke out against blacks in the 60s, and against women in the 70s.

Gays seeking "special rights" is a myth propugated by the Republican party and the Christian Right to rally ever diminishing support for their anti-gay rhetoric and agenda. Lesbians and gays deserve EVERY RIGHT afforded others, and should not be denied benefits or treated as second class citizens strictly because of their sexual orientation, something of which they had no control over. It's 2006 for heaven's sake! The world changes, society progresses, people need to learn to stop hating people who may be different than they are through no choice of their own! We need to be more tolerant and accepting of others, get past this issue, and move forward. Hateful speech and intolerance against lesbians and gays only serves to set us back as a society, a nation, and a leader of the free world. Rich (poster #2 above) said it best, and we should all heed his final words of wisdom..."A company like this (ExxonMobil)does not deserve the support, patronage or investments of any American who values freedom and equality. They will receive none from me."

Is this serious? How are gays/lesbians asking for any "special rights," when the rights are simply that their significant other is treated equally to hetero couples' significant others, or that their sexual orientation is covered in an existing anti-discrimination policy that already covers age, race, creed, etc? And these comments about gay/lesbian people going "somewhere else" or being obsessed with their sex--this is insanity, or just plain trolling, talking. GLBT individuals just want equal treatment and protection in their WORKplace, where they WORK to LIVE. There's NOTHING too special about that.

And whoever said something about AIDS is just plain ignorant, because HIV and AIDS have no more to do with gay/lesbian folks than straight folks because it's an STD to ALL human beings. Wow.

If I were some of you, I'd think about supporting companies that won't get multi-million dollar lawsuits in the future for discrimination...

It doesnt matter what you believe in, you were put on this planet as a man or a woman, you were born one way! This is called "natural," don't fight nature just because you want to be different. Why do you have to go against the natarul grain? (maybe you will get what you want in another time and place)If nature meant for us to be asexual we would have been!!!!