According to the Charlotte Business Journal, Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers came out strongly Friday against a proposed North Carolina constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage.
“I believe that when you pass an amendment like that, you are sending a message to the world about what kind of community this is — not inclusive,” he told a crowd of nearly 400 at the Hood Hargett Breakfast at Carmel Country Club. “We don’t have equal standards for people with a different point of view.”
Rogers emphasized he was expressing a personal opinion, not a corporate one. But he did not dodge the question and he was emphatic.
“I’m old fashioned. I believe we’re all the children of God, and we shouldn’t have special rules for some and not for others,” he said.Read the full article
“I believe that when you pass an amendment like that, you are sending a message to the world about what kind of community this is — not inclusive,” he told a crowd of nearly 400 at the Hood Hargett Breakfast at Carmel Country Club. “We don’t have equal standards for people with a different point of view.”
Rogers emphasized he was expressing a personal opinion, not a corporate one. But he did not dodge the question and he was emphatic.
“I’m old fashioned. I believe we’re all the children of God, and we shouldn’t have special rules for some and not for others,” he said.Read the full article
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By timothypeck
04/15/2012
I'm cool with gay marriage. But we need to make divorce illegal.
By bill smith
04/15/2012