A Split of Right Wing Religion from Corporations Has Started


I don't know how many times it has been discussed here and many other places. The marriage between right wing religion with its anti abortion and anti gay passion has to divorce at some point. Corporations must attract, not repel, customers and employees. Being mean to either will see corporations pack up their belongings and say goodbye right wing religion. When the split began publicly right wing religion started saying it moved out first.

The first big moves I recall from religion against big business was when anti gay fanatics said lots of gay people showed up at Disney World and it should turn them away. They called for a nationwide boycott. Then a year of so later the person who had announced it said, "Oh, I guess that is over." Another boycott way back was Ford Motor Company. I think that was for benefits provided provided gay employees. That turned out to be a source of laughter also. 

Still, in Congress, conservative religion supported the same politicians as the low tax and deregulation business lobbies. Religion has had a lot of success. To me, however, the time is about here when corporations will hold back financial support from politicians who hurt their bottom line with anti gay and anti abortion politics.

One of the big changes over recent decades is the new giants in corporate America. Way back it was the smoke stacks. Now it is tech companies. These have entirely different cultures and customers. They require a broad cross culture of gender, race and nationality. 

Many foreign citizens work for tech. It is the world of creative minds instead of strong backs. This is the reason many attribute to Trump's strong support in rural America where tech plays a smaller role in the economies. Supporters incorrectly thought Trump would help them. He made them worse off.

Anti abortion gay voters have seen their millions of dollars and years of volunteered time go up in smoke. They would be smart to realize living their own lives according to their moral convictions is the best thing they can do and giving money to politics when it doesn't deliver is the worst.

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