Where are you, Google?

I have never really given any thought to Google as a corporation. I’ve used the Google web browser so often and successfully that for me, like many, Google has become a verb and a noun. Don’t know the answer to a question? Google it. When our son-in-law and I are talking and we can’t agree on the particulars of a given topic its not surprising to the family to hear us say to each other, “To the Googles!” as we whip out or smart phones and begin a web search.

But Google the corporation is much more than a web browser developer. Google has its tendrils wrapped around software and hardware for phones, computers, and your home. It had gross revenues of nearly $60 billion dollars last year.

The Menlo Park corporation, has a reputation for innovation not just in the marketplace, but in the workplace as well. Employees are encouraged to take time out of their day to enjoy the amenities installed in their headquarters, like billiards, ping pong, video games, and more.

But Google is not satisfied with being an influence on their employees. Google is intent on influencing society. In 2008, it publicly opposed Proposition 8 in California, which banned same sex marriage.  To prove they were serious Google donated $140,000 to the cause.

And now in a show of support for homosexuals in Russia, the Google logo has been decorated with the colors of the homosexual rainbow flag, ostensibly to show opposition to violence against homosexuals in the former Soviet Union.

Please note: I oppose the violence as well. While I believe the Bible teaches that Homosexuality is a sin, I also believe that since it is so we are to show compassion on those involved in it. I believe God’s word makes it clear: We may hate the sin, but we are commanded to love the sinner, regardless of the sin. Homosexuality is no more sinful than adultery or theft, or anything else that is contrary to the will of God for our lives. I would not condone mob attacks on adulterers or thieves anymore that I would on homosexuals.

But I want Google to answer this.

Where is their support for the thousands of Christians left homeless by rampaging jihadists in the Middle East and Asia? Where is the outrage over the thousands who have lost their lives simply because they do not worship Allah?

C’mon Google. As the old British saying has it,  “In for a penny, in for a pound.”