TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is calling on Microsoft’s CEO to end what he describes as “unlawful religious discrimination.”
In a letter to Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella, Uthmeier said the company denied faith-based organizations access to its nonprofit discount program.
According to Uthmeier, these nonprofits include Christian schools, churches, and pregnancy resource centers.
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“If Microsoft is pro-abortion and hostile to the pro-life community, then make that position plain. If Microsoft harbors some hostility to Christian educational institutions, then come out and say it,” Uthmeier wrote in his letter to Microsoft. “Don’t hide anti-life and anti-Christian biases behind a mellifluous nondiscrimination policy that suggests an all-comers policy to the nonprofit community.”
Thmeier claimed the company excludes nonprofits with a “policy or mission of discrimination,” arguing that Microsoft uses this language to justify excluding groups with faith-based policies. He said the practice impacts many organizations across Florida.
The attorney general accused Microsoft of “discriminating under the guise of opposing discrimination” and urged the company to either follow its own non-discrimination commitments or be transparent about its stance.
“In Florida, this sort of anti-religious, anti-conservative, and anti-consumer discrimination is intolerable,” he wrote.
In a post on X, Uthmeier warned of potential consequences if the company doesn’t “fix” the issue, adding, “The choice is yours, but the status quo is dishonest and illegal.”
Microsoft has not yet publicly responded to the letter.
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