Thursday May 24, 2012

Blankfein endorses same-sex marriage

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has recorded a commercial endorsing same-sex marriage for the Human Rights Coalition.

“Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has recorded a commercial endorsing the right to same-sex marriage,” CNNMoney reports, “becoming one of the highest profile corporate executives to weigh in on the controversial campaign.” The 30-second spot was recorded for the Human Rights Coalition, a national group pushing for equal rights for gays, lesbians and bisexual and transgender people. In the commercial, Blankfein identifies himself as Goldman’s CEO and announces his support for marriage equality. He states, “America’s corporations learned long ago that equality is just good business and is the right thing to do.”

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