# Prof. Irving Schenkler on corporations taking sides in the same-sex marriage debate

1 Faculty News June 17, 2012 ![Huffington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/huffpost192x144.jpg?itok=sF2Y0c9v)>

Excerpt from [The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/17/same-sex-marriage-corporations-ballot-measures-nom_n_1600718.html) -- "'Asking companies to remain neutral is a realistic tactic. The fact that many companies aren't doing it is quite meaningful,' [Schenkler](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/irving-schenkler) continued. 'Corporations are rarely in the forefront of raising banners to change the world.'"

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