FedEx’s Multi-Pronged Attack on the LGBT Community

This morning I wrote about the efforts of a number of corporations in Tennessee to throw LGBT citizens under the bus. The story line gets worse as some of the anti-gay culprits try to cover their tracks - including some that obviously need to have their "gay- friendly" rankings severely revised by HRC. Among the worse is FedEx which as AmericaBlog Gay reports has much more anti-gay dirt on its hands - e.g., Jon Cannon (pictured at right) , senior vice president of global operations for FedEx Office and Print Services, Inc., was a major donor to the Prop 8 campaign. I did call FedEx today and let loose with my thoughts. Next week I will be dumping my not insignificant position in FedEx stock and pursuing a different courier service for the law firm since I refuse to do business with corporations that support demonizing and bigotry against the LGBT community. FedEx and other supporters of anti-LGBT bigotry need to pay a price in the form of declining revenues and plunging stock values. Here are highlights from AmericaBlog Gay's update post: for their
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We learned yesterday that FedEx, as a member of the board of directors of the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, was one of the companies responsible for passage of a religious-right sponsored bill that would repeal Nashville's gay/trans civil rights ordinance AND ban any municipal civil rights laws in that state, forever.
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Today one of our intrepid readers discovered that a senior exec at FedEx was also a major donor to the Prop 8 campaign that stole marriage rights away from gay couples in California: Jonathan Cannon - Senior VP of US Operations $9,999 Who is Jonathan Cannon? He's the Senior VP for US and Global Operations of Fedex.
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FedEx's senior VP helps repeal gay rights in California. FedEx itself helps repeal gay/trans rights in Tennessee. It's difficult not to see a pattern.
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Please join the nearly 4,000 people who, in a little over 12 hours, have signed our open letter to FedEx, AT&T, Comcast, DuPont, Pfizer, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Caterpillar, KPMG, Whirlpool, Embraer, Alcoa, and United HealthCare, telling that bigotry is bad for business, and that they'd better fix this, fast.