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Shareholder resolutions calling for equal rights for all employees at Commercial Metals and Micron highlight growing support for companies to include sexual orientation in their nondiscrimination policies.

SocialFunds.com -- Two recent shareholder resolutions asking for sexual orientation to be added to companies' employment nondiscrimination policies met with great success. Micron Technology (MU) revealed on January 10, 2007 in their 10-Q that 55% of shareholders supported an amended policy in a recent proxy vote. Commercial Metals (CMC) shareholders supported 43% in favor to unequivocally add sexual orientation to their Equal Employment Policy.

These two companies are part of a minority of companies that still don't have inclusive nondiscrimination policies. The Human Rights Campaign reports that over 85% of Fortune 500 Companies have policies that are inclusive of sexual orientation. read more