A number of high-powered global businesses called on Texas Governor Greg Abbott to abandon the state's anti-LGBTQ+ initiatives.
A number of high-powered global businesses called on Texas Governor Greg Abbott to abandon the state's anti-LGBTQ+ initiatives.
Sixty-five companies including Apple , Capital One , Google, Ikea, Johnson & Johnson , LinkedIn, Macy's , Microsoft , PayPal , and Yahoo signed the open letter."Discrimination is bad for business" the headline read in an advertisement in Friday's The Dallas Morning News newspaper. The letter was done in partnership with the Human Rights Campaign ."Our companies do business, create jobs, and serve customers in Texas.
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