Campaign Urging Best Buy to Oppose Marriage Amendment Continues to Grow

More than 30,000 people have now joined a campaign on Change.org asking Richfield-based Best Buy to oppose the on the ballot in Minnesota this November. .

The campaign was started by a recent University of Minnesota Law School graduate, Andrew Korando, following Target Corporation's public statement against the amendment. General Mills followed suit in mid-June. Both companies statements essentially said the amendment would be bad for business and the state's economy.

“Best Buy’s silence on this discriminatory ballot measure is both economically and morally irresponsible,” Korando said in a recent press release. “Laws that discriminate are never good for business because they undermine recruitment of top industry talent. Target and General Mills, two of the largest corporations based in Minnesota, understand this simple principle. So do the nearly 30,000 people who signed my petition. So why doesn’t Best Buy?”

, for every new signature on Korando’s petition, an e-mail is sent to Best Buy’s executive leadership and members of their employee LGBT group (PRIDE).

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Richfield Patch recently polled readers on whether they thought corporations should make statements and take positions on social and politcal issues. As of 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 13, 2012, most had answered no.

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