@Frederick:
@Drwas:
The CEO of Australian airline Qantas says he’ll continue to publicly support same-sex marriage after he was attacked with a pie over the issue. “My opinion on this has not changed,” Alan Joyce said in a statement Wednesday. “We’ll continue to speak about important social issues including indigenous reconciliation, gender diversity and marriage equality, because it’s the right thing to do.”
A man rubbed a pie in Joyce’s face at a business event on Tuesday morning just as the CEO began delivering a speech. The assailant, Tony Overheu, has since spoken to Australian media, saying he wanted to make a statement about Joyce’s support for same-sex marriage. “There’s some really crude stuff going on here, and Joyce has been very much leading the issue,” Overheu told 7News.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/10/news/qantas-ceo-same-sex-marriage-pie-attack/
I'm going to respond to this taking the position of a stockholder in Quantas. I assume that Quantas is a publicly traded company. What business does the CEO of Quantas have making a speech about same-sex marriage? Whether the CEO was in favor of same sex marriages or against them is irrelevant. As the CEO of Quantas.. he needs to refrain from delving into areas which have zero to do with the company he is supposed to be running.
QANTAS was pro gay rights and pro same sex marriage before it was "cool" (best way to put it, I guess) and it is a stance the company has had for many years.
I think, with the fact that he is gay, if he HAD just suddenly decided the company was pro gay then, yes, I would understand your point, but in this case it was pro gay way before he was even part of things.
And to clarify, the company's pro gay stances haven't been deliberate speeches, more things like, company policy, via sponsored events and a few comments here and there on the issues we face, in Australia. He didn't hold a specific meeting to address it to the public or anything.
And to be clear, we have had companies that have never commented, some have been quite adamant they were for it and some against it too. Australians don't like to discuss gay issues, usually.