knocking at the door of Amazon, demanding more. That's one of the concerns of Justin Danhof, general counsel of the National Center for Public Policy Research
"It turns out that Amazon actually, in part, uses lists created by an
organization called the Southern Poverty Law Center to determine who it
does and doesn't associate with from time to time, [to determine] who's allowed to be vendors and merchants," he explains.
SPLC is the same group that lists organizations such as American
Family Association, Family Research Council, and others as "hate groups" for supporting Christian and conservative values – among them, biblical marriage. Danhof attended a shareholders meeting in Seattle on Wednesday and addressed CEO Jeff Bezos, urging Amazon to take the company neutral. He summarizes his message to Bezos:
"So when they come knocking at the door contending that you work with
this group and this group but not these groups, because we don't like
their position on gay marriage or climate change or whatever the issue
is the activist is trying to bring up, you can just take a step back and say "Sorry guys, we have a content neutral policy. Thanks for your concerns but we're going to adhere to our policy. Have a good day."
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