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Reaction to Stranger Article Has Microsoft Reeling, Rethinking

By AAN Staff
april 27, 2005  12:24 pm
Reaction to Stranger Article Has Microsoft Reeling, Rethinking
Mark Kaufman
"Microsoft Caves on Gay Rights," published in the April 21 edition of the Seattle alt-weekly, accused the software giant of withdrawing its support for an anti-gay-discrimination bill in response to pressure from an evangelical Christian pastor. The New York Times followed the next day with front-page coverage of the story, and since then hundreds of publications around the globe have picked up The Stranger's scoop. Advocates of the legislation reacted with outrage -- vocally enough that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told the Seattle Times yesterday that the company might reconsider its stance toward such legislation.
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