[xwdv]

Unless you are a politician, there is no reason for anyone to know your own personal political views. Any announcement of such views is signaling. It serves no other purpose.

[scarface74]

Let’s say I’m a corporation who gives marital benefits. But some of my employees can’t get married because the state doesn’t allow gay marriage. Should the corporation not take a stance?

Should corporations not have taken a stance about doing business in South Africa before apartheid was abolished?

[xwdv]

Taking a stance does nothing in either of these scenarios except send signals to people.

[scarface74]

So they shouldn’t extend health care benefits to an employees partners when they couldn’t legally get married?

Even paying for birth control as part of a woman’s health care benefit is consider political

[xwdv]

As a single man living in a single income household who also struggles to get married why don’t I get benefits to compensate for my lack of a partner?

[mikkergp]

How are you defining the word “signaling?” Are you being as definitive as you sound when you say serves no other purpose, or do you mean few other purposes? Some would say that celebrities have influence they can use to champion causes they believe in.

[xwdv]

After a certain point there is no reason to champion a cause. If a cause is popular enough people have already made up their minds and all you are doing is boosting your image among those who agree with you. You will not change a mind.

[mikkergp]

Is this ever really true in a capitalist system where causes are constantly competing for dollars?