Pastor: Let’s Take Over Microsoft So We Can Stop Gay Rights
Nov 19, 2007 Bad News, Funny Stuff, Stupidity
This story is totally amazing, like how often do you hear religious people saying they’re going to take over a mult-billion dollar software company in order to put an end to gay rights? I think we can officially put to rest the question “does religion cause stupidity?”.
Pastor in Microsoft ‘gay rights’ share bid
A black conservative Christian pastor of an evangelical megachurch has vowed to take over Microsoft by packing it with new shareholders who will vote against the company’s policy of championing gay rights.
The Reverend Ken Hutcherson, a former Dallas Cowboys linebacker, heads the Antioch Bible Church in Redmond, home of Microsoft.
He told Microsoft executives at a shareholders’ meeting last week that he would be their “worst nightmare” if they continued to defy him.
Antioch Bible Church attracts around 3,500 worshippers for its services and Mr Hutcherson is a powerful figure in the Christian conservative movement.
His church, which emphasises racial diversity and a strict moral code, grew from a bible study class for just 15 people in 1984.
An advocate of a “biblical stance” against divorce and homosexuality, Mr Hutcherson, 55, is asking millions of evangelical activists, as well as Orthodox Jewish and other allies, to buy up Microsoft shares and demand a return to traditional values.
Microsoft, he declares, will be just the first company targeted in an escalation of the culture wars between evangelicals and corporate America.
“There are 256 Fortune 500 companies alone pouring millions upon millions of dollars into pushing the homosexual agenda,” he told The Daily Telegraph.
November 19th, 2007 at 4:58am
I seriously hope this doesn’t work out. The zealots are fanatical enough to try it, and who the hell knows? They might just do it, simply with sheer numbers. That would really suck.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:42pm
Fear not, The Shane, international capitalism is more powerful even than this bunch of tossers.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:09pm
And we thought Microsoft couldn’t get anymore F***ed Up!
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:25pm
Hey, he’s a former football player. Someone who probably wasn’t that bright to start with and who got his few brain cells trashed during a career of getting hit in the head a lot. Give him a break. Besides, Microsoft will be fine, Satan’s on the board of directors.
November 25th, 2007 at 3:44pm
Don’t worry folks. Buying up the shares on the open market would just increase the share price, putting microsoft in a better financial position. There are so many reasons why this couldn’t work. The most obvious is that the market capitalisation of microsoft is just so vast that the church couldn’t come up with the required amount of money.
Secondly, even if they could raise the funds, would the shareholders be willing to sell? No. they would want to hold their shares for as long as possible because of the price rise associated with the buying spree this pastor is advocating.
If a proposal for gay-friendliness makes Christians (or anyone for that matter) want to buy your shares, I’ll be the first one to introduce it to my company.
December 8th, 2007 at 3:20am
Uh, heads up Narsufin… football players ain’t dumb (at least, not the successful ones). Dumb is getting sucked into stereotyped misconceptions. D’oh!
As far as Mr. Hutcherson, well… good luck there pal, lol.
December 23rd, 2007 at 8:09pm
The successful ones have agents. The dumb ones think they can take over more than half the Fortune 500 companies. The good reverend falls into both categories.