Yesterday, Microsoft posted a lengthy blog post on their support for marriage equality and the reasons they do. The company says that it prides itself on their products and services, but their greatest asset has always been their employees.

To be successful, it’s critical that we have a workforce that is as diverse as our customers. Every day, the national and global economies are becoming more diverse. The lifeblood of a business is its ability to understand and connect with its customers. We’re no exception. Now more than ever, the most effective workforce is a diverse workforce.

The company states that it employs people from every state and almost 150 countries around the world. They say that this diversity is reflected in their work and that they use this creativity in developing new products.

They claim that Microsoft was the first Fortune 500 company to provide same-sex domestic benefits to their employees. The resulting support from their LBGT employees could has been very beneficial for the past two decades.

To that end, Microsoft is throwing their support behind two bills in Washington State that would give marriage equality to their employees and everybody in the state.

They claim that Washington’s employers are at a disadvantage as long as they can’t offer an inclusive environment to their employees. They claim that marriage equality would be Washington businesses on par with the six states that already have marriage equality laws in the books. They say that such laws that provide marriage equality would allow them to hire talent in the highly competitive tech field.

They do stress though that they don’t want this to be turned into a religious issue. They want a bill that’s similar to the one passed in New York that preserves religious freedom while ending discrimination in Washington law.

“Like the New York bill, we believe Washington’s legislation should be passed into law. It will make our state and our economy stronger,” the blog stated.

Engaged couples wanting to Get Married on MySpace can submit videos to the series profile starting in March. MySpace users will vote on the finalists to select the bride and groom.

The series will debut on MySpace in May with the announcement of the chosen couple and wrap up in early August. Each week MySpace users will vote on two wedding details leading up to the event.

"The concept of empowering the worldwide MySpace audience to plan the most important and perhaps stressful day of one couple’s lives makes for great reality programming," said, Jason Kirk, VP of Video and Entertainment for MySpace.

"Endemol and MySpace will offer fans of Get Married on MySpace the ability to get involved and stay connected to the series, the bride and groom, and each other, in a way that no other reality series has ever done before."

Get Married on MySpace allows user to influence almost every detail of the wedding from casting the couple, selecting the bride’s dress, choosing the couple’s rings, and picking the wedding location, through ongoing voting. The series will consist of 13 webisodes, ending with a live wedding ceremony.
 

Engaged couples wanting to Get Married on MySpace can submit videos to the series profile starting in March. MySpace users will vote on the finalists to select the bride and groom.

The series will debut on MySpace in May with the announcement of the chosen couple and wrap up in early August. Each week MySpace users will vote on two wedding details leading up to the event.

"The concept of empowering the worldwide MySpace audience to plan the most important and perhaps stressful day of one couple’s lives makes for great reality programming," said, Jason Kirk, VP of Video and Entertainment for MySpace.

"Endemol and MySpace will offer fans of Get Married on MySpace the ability to get involved and stay connected to the series, the bride and groom, and each other, in a way that no other reality series has ever done before."

Get Married on MySpace allows user to influence almost every detail of the wedding from casting the couple, selecting the bride’s dress, choosing the couple’s rings, and picking the wedding location, through ongoing voting. The series will consist of 13 webisodes, ending with a live wedding ceremony.
 

Engaged couples wanting to Get Married on MySpace can submit videos to the series profile starting in March. MySpace users will vote on the finalists to select the bride and groom.

The series will debut on MySpace in May with the announcement of the chosen couple and wrap up in early August. Each week MySpace users will vote on two wedding details leading up to the event.

"The concept of empowering the worldwide MySpace audience to plan the most important and perhaps stressful day of one couple’s lives makes for great reality programming," said, Jason Kirk, VP of Video and Entertainment for MySpace.

"Endemol and MySpace will offer fans of Get Married on MySpace the ability to get involved and stay connected to the series, the bride and groom, and each other, in a way that no other reality series has ever done before."

Get Married on MySpace allows user to influence almost every detail of the wedding from casting the couple, selecting the bride’s dress, choosing the couple’s rings, and picking the wedding location, through ongoing voting. The series will consist of 13 webisodes, ending with a live wedding ceremony.
 

Engaged couples wanting to Get Married on MySpace can submit videos to the series profile starting in March. MySpace users will vote on the finalists to select the bride and groom.

The series will debut on MySpace in May with the announcement of the chosen couple and wrap up in early August. Each week MySpace users will vote on two wedding details leading up to the event.

"The concept of empowering the worldwide MySpace audience to plan the most important and perhaps stressful day of one couple’s lives makes for great reality programming," said, Jason Kirk, VP of Video and Entertainment for MySpace.

"Endemol and MySpace will offer fans of Get Married on MySpace the ability to get involved and stay connected to the series, the bride and groom, and each other, in a way that no other reality series has ever done before."

Get Married on MySpace allows user to influence almost every detail of the wedding from casting the couple, selecting the bride’s dress, choosing the couple’s rings, and picking the wedding location, through ongoing voting. The series will consist of 13 webisodes, ending with a live wedding ceremony.
 

To be fair, Hitwise’s Robin Goad writes, "We aren’t morbid enough to have a Hitwise ‘Lifestyles – Divorce’ category . . ."  And to be accurate, this data comes from the UK, not America.  Still, marriage certificates are getting thrown out with sad-looking Scotch pines at what seems like a record rate.

About 0.0012 percent of UK Internet traffic went to a divorce site on January 8th, according to Goad.  This was down from 0.0015 on January 7th, but still up significantly from the December 25th standing of 0.0004 percent.  Goad also reveals "the number one downstream site visited after quickie-divorce.com": Her Majesty’s Courts Service.

Yikes.  Well, at least the visitors’ follow-through can be commended.  That’s the follow-through on their divorce site visits, of course, rather than any original marriage vows.  In that respect, well, everyone may need to do some work.  But Goad also explores a happier subject – wedding site stats – for the optimists out there.