Google, perhaps the world's best known search engine, has come out against Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban on the Nov. 4 ballot.
The Internet company made the announcement - no surprise here - on its official company blog.
Despite the fact that "we do not generally take a position on issues outside of our field, especially not social issues," writes Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google. "...It is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8."
The measure would place a ban on same sex marriage in the California constitution. Voters approved a similar statute in 2000, but the state supreme court overturned that decision earlier this year, legalizing gay marriage.
Google isn't the first company to come out against the measure. PG&E donated $250,000 to the No on 8 campaign earlier this summer and San Francisco-based Levi's Strauss & Co. announced last week they would co-chair the businesses against Proposition 8 campaign.
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