Gaming Company Says DOMA is Bad for Businesses

[William769]

Not only do Electronic Arts executives believe that the Defense of Marriage Act should be deemed unconstitutional, but they also know that striking down the law would simply make operations run a lot smoother.

The video game company signed an amicus brief with 70 other employers, including the city of Seattle, Gap Inc. and Xerox, urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to find DOMA unconstitutional.

"DOMA presents a number of problems for businesses like EA," the company wrote in a statement. "It creates regulatory, tax, and discrimination complications for employers, and that's why we're standing against it. The underlying lawsuit impacts all employers no matter how big or small, and no matter the industry, and we encourage other business to join these efforts."

[Scootaloo]

1. Well, now I can say that EA has gotten one thing right

[WillParkinson]

2. Their customer service isn't the greatest...

But this service to their customers deserves applause.

[Jim Lane]

3. Good cause, bad argument

Creating complications for business isn't an indicator of unconstitutionality. If that were the standard, most environmental laws would be much more vulnerable to constitutional attack, as would Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank.

[dickthegrouch]

5. Complications induced by failure to treat the entire populace equally

is the unconstitutional part.

[Marrah_G]

4. Not a big fan of their stuff anyway

I am pretty sure we only own dragonage.

[William769]

6. I am a big fan of the Sims.

One of the most Gay friendly Games I have ever seen and this is going back to 2000. EA has been out in front of everybody else and no doubt has paved the way for the LGBT community in gaming.

[Marrah_G]

7. Nice

I play WoW and I see the gaming community becoming more and more accepting of LGBT players.

I have a friend who runs our guild who is very openly gay and I think it has a really positive effect on our younger players.