A spot-on article that clearly identifies the hypocrisy of global companies who have boycotted the state of North Carolina whilst continuing to do business in countries where gays, lesbians and transgender persons are imprisoned.*
“Although many large businesses, including PayPal, Apple, Microsoft, and Coca-Cola, have criticized North Carolina’s new locker room and bathroom law as “discriminatory” to LGBT people, those same four corporations do business in Middle Eastern countries where homosexual conduct and cross-dressing are illegal.
In Saudi Arabia, for instance, homosexual conduct is “punishable by death or flogging,” according to the U.S. State Department. In Kuwait, practicing homosexuals can face prison terms up to 10 years; cross-dressers can go to prison for up to three years.
PayPal, Apple, Microsoft, and Coca-Cola do business in both Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
CNSNews.com contacted the press offices of PayPal, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, and Apple by e-mail and telephone asking them to explain their opposition to North Carolina’s bathroom bill while simultaneously conducting business with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait where homosexual behavior is illegal, and where gays and transgender people are imprisoned. None of the companies answered CNSNews.com’s questions.”
*Disclaimer: this news comes from a conservative right-wing news outlet.
