Blankfein’s Gay-Rights Stance Shows Wall Street’s Dilemma
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Lloyd C. Blankfein, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s chief executive officer, heard from a partner at his firm yesterday about the dilemma Wall Street gay-rights advocates face in this year’s presidential race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney.
“One of my straight, male partners yesterday gave me permission to vote for Obama, but he told me I’m the only partner at Goldman Sachs who has permission,” said Susan Scher, who said she’s a lesbian as she spoke from the audience at the “Out on the Street” LGBT Leadership Conference. Gay rights is “the only issue that he sees as an issue that it’s kind of OK for someone who works on Wall Street to vote for Obama.”