EBay, Marriott Among Companies Supporting Gay-Marriage Bills
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Marriott International Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. are among at least 13 companies throwing their support behind an effort to repeal a U.S. law that defines marriage as solely between one man and one woman.
Corporations such as Hartford, Connecticut-based Aetna Inc., the third-biggest U.S. health insurer, and EBay Inc., the San Jose, California-based operator of the world’s largest online marketplace, also have joined a coalition put together by the Human Rights Campaign, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group in Washington. Six of the 13 coalition members are Fortune 500 companies.