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Why would Goldman Sachs care about this? It's funny to me because same sex relationships were never an issue until the arrival of Judeo-Christian values via colonialism from the West.

Japan also had a long history of same sex culture, as did Korea and many other countries.

Then those cultures that imposed this discrimination turn around to poke fun at Islam for burqini or burka when as a secular outsider, its no different than Judeo/Christian/Abrahamic religious attitude and persecution of same sex relationship.

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The top banks and the top consulting firms love smart and educated gay men who disproportionally fill their ranks. Why? Because they’re far less likely to have children, and they marry (if at all, particularly the nyc crowd) far later in life. So you can overwork them and make them fly all around the world an huge percentage of the year and they won’t complain like married straight people will.

The correct answer right here

Some of them even enjoy it.

Goldman Sachs is a stand-in for the kinds of international companies that might have offices in Singapore. Being an international finance hub is valuable to singapore and those companies will often employ lots of western expats in the country. Those expats are likely going to care about this and they will make their employers care somewhat about this too.

New York and London are also international financial hubs, and don't seem to have problems with people being gay. I'm not sure we can blame investment banks for this one.

For example, sure it's marketing copy, but I don't think a company that wanted to make laws against being gay would bother with this: https://www.goldmansachs.com/our-commitments/diversity-and-i...

The people you're replying to are saying that companies like Goldman would greatly prefer for gay sex to be legal.

I see. I was so confused by the original comment that I guess my brain stopped working.

wait what? expats in singapore dont want same sex relationships (not even marriage) being legal and are threatening to leave?

The claim above is saying the opposite of that.

Look up "Goldman Sachs DEI ESG" My take: More Consumers, More Profit

"As a firm focused on sustainable and inclusive growth, we are channeling the power of capital to drive economic prosperity for more people." https://www.goldmansachs.com/our-commitments/diversity-and-i...

Gay people are generally more educated and less likely to have kids/family. This makes them more likely to move to east Asia for a banking job. Their employers don’t want the country they work in to criminalize them.

Goldman Sachs is based on NYC and is primarily staffed with college educated, urban liberals. One of their key executives (Marty Chavez) was openly gay. I was at their headquarters (consulting) when the 2016 election election happened and the mood was utterly morose.

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